we just don’t seem to care about it. Antarctica, too, is massively inflated on the Mercator, to the point that it’s as big around as the entire earth. But few would argue that mapmakers intended to depict it as a superpower. Meanwhile, if maps lead us to ignore Africa, they shoul...
Juno's observation of volcanoes in Io's south polar region. (Image credit: Nature Astronomy/a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0) "Before this analysis it was thought that Io's polar volcanoes were fewer and more powerful than at lower latitudes," Davies said. "We show that polar volcanoes are...
The gap between North America and Europe became part of the Atlantic Ocean. The second continent also broke apart to form South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. The continents were like floating ships at sea, moving to where they are nowadays. Finding Evidence It sounds unbelievable,...
Previously:Five Years of Drought;Cartographers’ Stories;The Earth at Night, Updated. Early Radar Maps of Antarctica Digitized Published on29 December 201729 December 2017byJonathan Crowe Nature: “Glaciologists will soon have a treasure trove of data for exploring how Antarctica’s underbelly has ...
“Ultimately, we want to turn daily maps of ocean sea surface height from satellites into daily maps of the movement of heat in the Southern Ocean toward Antarctica. This will help governments and communities plan how to adapt to rising sea levels and how fast they need to act,” she said...
A World of War is a Map Game created by The Thundar Mapper. Pick only 1 country. Make realistic turns, don't make turns about (e.g. Luxembourg conquers China and Russia in 1 turn). Be reasonable. If you are beaten, you are allowed to join back. Play fair
Just one year later, the USS Discovery would find itself in the brutal winter waters of Antarctica. The ship would get stuck in the sheets of ice, only to be released in 1904. Science and research continued to be at the forefront of this ship’s endeavors and it returned to the scene ...
before everything closed down because of the global pandemic Corona virus. It was a risk but I needed the break! Unfortunately Skype is blocked in Oman which isn’t that helpful when trying to call UK telephone support numbers for changing flight dates – there are always new challenges and ...
Science news this week: 'Impossible' black holes and Antarctica's hidden 'plumbing' Astronomers discover 'Quipu', the single largest structure in the known universe In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago 'Wandering' contraceptive implant travels to woman...