UNF Geography Club

http://m.news4jax.com/nationalnews/nasa-finds-earths-bigger-older-cousin/34316976

https://www.facebook.com/Discovery/posts/10153508151908586

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west-snow-fail/draining-california/index.html

Draining California The American West faces persistent drought, whether or not relief comes this winter. When will the hard choices be made?

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/start-up-provides-a-picture-of-our-shape-shifting-planet/?_r=0

A Start-Up Provides a Picture of Our Shape-Shifting Planet Population growth, globalization and technology are changing Earth like never before. A series of images from a satellite imaging start-up shows, in moving deserts, spreading airports and shifting water resources, how rapidly we move things around.

https://roadtrippers.com/blog/this-town-has-been-living-under-a-rock-for-thousands-of-years-literally

Very cool article. Just a little translation issue with the towns name which probably means 6-Nil rather than 7. Read the article for context.

This town has been living under a rock for thousands of years. Literally. An ancient town with a fascinating geological history.

Different point of view.

Astronauts' photo gives Sunshine State a larger-than-life, glow-in-the-dark presence In mid-October, astronauts aboard the International Space Station made a majestic photograph of the Sunshine State at night, showcasing the bright lights of Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville.

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/1327708/america-is-really-big-were-so-big-that-our-states-are-bigger-than-many-countries-check-out-this-map-showing-states-that-are-the-size-of-whole-nations.0.jpg

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http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartography

The true true size of Africa LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/07/map-more-than-half-of-humanity-lives-within-this-circle/

Map: More than half of humanity lives within this circle About 3.6 billion of the world's 7.1 billion people live in South and East Asia.

http://www.kellegous.com/j/2014/02/03/pleasant-places/

kelly norton: The Pleasant Places to Live It has been a winter of dreadful weather so far. I spent January flying back and forth from New York expecting to find a different set of conditions at the end of each leg. Whichever way I went, bitter cold greeted me at the end of the jet way and often with a coating of slick ice. It’s hard not to…

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2014/02/slime-based_maps_simulate_real-world_transportation_networks.html

Slime-Based Maps Simulate Real-World Transportation Networks - information aesthetics Several research groups around the world in the area of mobility and transportion optimization are exploring the use of a particular slime mould, Physarum polycephalum (the "many-headed slime"), to establish the most efficient routes around congested cities and countries.