What’s lost when we lose sight of globes?
While I love digital images, sometimes a sturdy old fashioned three-dimensional globe is just what is needed. As the article laments, they are becoming increasingly rare.
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Global news with a spatial perspective: Interesting, current supplemental materials for geography students and teachers. http://geographyeducation.org
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melissa b's comment, August 30, 2012 10:45 AM
Beautifully written! brings back the memories as a child and how i would spend hours playing with my old globe and discovering new places, and tracing my fingers along the mountainous features. makes me wonder what ever happened to that old globe.
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Today's 100-year storm surge could be tomorrow's high tide.
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This set of maps and articles help to explain why sea level rise is such an issue for many major metropolitan areas. In coastal cities with substantial economic development, much of the current coastal areas where once underwater until landfill projects filled in the bay. During storm surges (or if and when sea levels rise) these will be the first places to flood. Tags: disasters, water, physical, Boston, weather and climate. 
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I came to find out that this was photoshopped, but the message still read the same, except it was Arabic.
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This historical collection of USGS 15 minute topographic maps dates from the 1890s to the 1950s. Geographic coverage is complete for New Hampshire and nearly complete for the rest of New England.
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