It’s bigger than every country in Europe apart from Russia, and every state in the USA except Alaska. It’s a dry country with no natural lakes, so the water area – dams and rivers – is only 4,620 square kilometres, just 0.38% of its total surface area. (India, by contrast, ...
A hydrovolcanic eruption from Ukinrek Volcano, off the coast of Alaska. Photo courtesy USGS Vulcanian Eruptions: Like Strombolian eruptions, these eruptions are characterized by many short explosions. Vulcanian eruptive columns are typically larger than Strombolian columns, however; and they are mostly...
A hydrovolcanic eruption from Ukinrek Volcano, off the coast of Alaska. Photo courtesy USGS Vulcanian Eruptions: Like Strombolian eruptions, these eruptions are characterized by many short explosions. Vulcanian eruptive columns are typically larger than Strombolian columns, however; and they are mostly...
I have buisness in Azerbaijan and Russia and I live on two country (Russia/Azerbaijan) but who cares this. If you have a russian passport, you can’t get accounting and corporate formation services. How to solve this problem, maybe you know? To buy real estate in CA and use this ...
Ready for epic views?Check out some ofthe most beautiful places in Alaska. Explore the Commander Islands, Russia When people talk about the edge of the world, they’re probably thinking of places like this. Sailing among the seventeen treeless Commander Islands in the icy Bering sea, where ...
(Canada) at -63 C (-81 F), Utqiagvik (USA/Alaska) at -49 C (-56 F) and Oymyakon (Russia) at -72 C (-97 F). People in these regions are well adapted to the cold and know about the danger of hyperthermia and how to avoid getting yourself stranded outside, exposed to the ...
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For many years, the US was able to down-blend nuclear warheads (both purchased from Russia and from its own supply) to get around its uranium supply deficit. Figure 2. Chart from ArmsControl.org showing estimated global nuclear warhead inventories, 1945 to 2023. Today, the inventory of nucle...
Izmailovo Hotel in Russia is the largest hotel in the world. It could accommodate over 7,500 guests. There’s a house in Rockport that’s made entirely out of newspapers. Both basketball and volleyball were invented in Massachusetts. It is also where the first sewing machine and the computer...
The elevated tensions between Israel and Iran, and between Russia and NATO over Ukraine, make it feel like we are moving inevitably toward World War III. Glenn breaks down how team Biden’s strategy of restraining Israel against Hezbollah and Hamas terrorists and coddling Iran is moving us close...