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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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For decades, south Louisiana residents have watched coastal landmarks disappear as erosion worsened and the Gulf of Mexico marched steadily inward. 
Sylvain Rotillon's comment,
May 9, 2:57 PM
The eprverse effect of maps is that they give the false idea that our physical world is steady. It's the case as we see here for coastal environments, but also for rivers.
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News 8 chief photojournalist Kevyn Fowler captured a road collapsing in Freeport, Maine during a storm.
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The forces of erosion are usually slow and gradual, wearing away at landforms over the course of years. This video show the quick and dynamic factor that erosion can be...this is easily the most compelling 3-minute video about a single patch of road that I've ever seen. Tags: physical, water, disasters, geomorphology, erosion. 
Emily Ross Cook's curator insight,
May 6, 7:56 AM
Another reason why you shouldn't drive on flooded roads. Amazing how quickly this road went from looking fine to having a gaping hole in it. 
Leslie G Perry's curator insight,
May 8, 4:58 PM
Very interesting view of the forces of erosion. This would make a good addition to any science discussion that covers erosion and the forces of nature on the land. 
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May 12, 8:53 PM
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"A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides."
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This encyclopedic entry is a concise explanation of the environmental forces that create canyons. Tags: water, physical, geomorphology, landforms, National Geographic. Delete the scoop?
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Video of a sandbox equipped with a Kinect 3D camera and a projector to project a real-time colored topographic map with contour lines onto the sand surface. ...
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Many of our first experiments of creating landforms and designing a new world started in the sandbox. This video shows how that early childhood activity can make for an excellent classroom demonstration to shows how Earth's physical systems work. If you happen to have a digital topographic map to superimpose on the sandbox and a GPU-based water simulation, then you've got this fantastic video. Click here to learn more about this UC Davis project on the visualization of lake ecosystems. Tags: water, physical, geomorphology, landforms, visualization.
David Ricci's comment,
April 22, 3:40 PM
I actually watched this video the first time we went to the computer lab in gauge just because it caught my eye. I think that this is a cool way to show different landforms and how some of the ecosystems processes work with and around them. I feel that this video encompasses geography as a whole. Seeing the way that the water falls around the mountain made in the video and where it ends up pooling is a good example of natural geography. When looking at the area the lake is now centered a viewer can see where a potential colony or group of people may live in this are. This all depends on closeness to resources such as water, arable land, and potential food supplies. All of this depends on the physical occurrences that you can see in this video. This video also helps to tie in the lesson in class about geomorphology. The creation of dremmels by glaciers, runoff from the mountains, and plate tectonics. These topics can be taught through a power point, but it really helps to see all of this created and the process it takes.
Brianna Simao's comment,
April 30, 10:28 PM
This is a cool way to show the different landforms and the potential use of the surrounding area. It shows us where people could migrate to and start a community and the resources it may have. It also shows the geomorphology of how the landforms were made. I agree with David when he says that these topics can be taught through a power point but to get a real understanding of how they are created and the process it takes, this is the best way to learn.
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A 150-yard-long chunk of State Highway 89 collapsed about 5 a.m. roughly 25 miles south of Page
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Just a reminder that the Earth beneath our feet (and roads and buildings) are a part of a dynamic system that changes. 
chris tobin's comment,
February 21, 1:12 PM
Located on the cliffs, surprisingly there were no landslides
Louis Culotta's comment,
February 21, 2:49 PM
it looks like some of the pictures of the roads I took after the earthquake in new Zealand .
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An initial analysis of the Mount Dixon landslide in New Zealand on Monday
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There are some great images (and a post-landslide helicopter flight video) of the massive landslide that occurred Jan 21, 2013. The rockslide extends over 3 km, with an elevation change of approximately 800 meters. This is an excellent example to help students visualize mass wasting, alpine glaciation and erosion in general. While the mountain didn't explode strictly speaking, I couldn't help but love the headline "Mount Dixon explodes!" Tags: New Zealand, physical, geomorphology, erosion. Delete the scoop?
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Fulgurites are the rocks that form when lightning strikes sand (there are other types as well) and it creates a hollow tube. Think of it as petrified lightning--super cool! 
Kimberly Hordern's comment,
April 28, 8:46 PM
I have never heard of these before. I thought it was really interesting how they a made. It is confusing however how the article talks about lighting being able to create these almost every time it strikes then how come they are not more common?
Seth Dixon's comment,
April 28, 9:02 PM
If you want to see how to coax nature into producing these things while watching a rom-com, see "Sweet Home Alabama" w/Reese Witherspoon.
Thomas D's comment,
April 29, 4:53 PM
I find this article very interesting, I have never heard about or seen this in my life. I had no idea that these types of things could be formed from a lightning strike. The article is a little confusing however saying that these can happen all the time. Maybe it’s because I’ve never seen a lightning bolt directly hit the ground in front of me and see the reaction of the earth. I just find it hard to see as this being the first time I would come across something like this.
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Who says you can't integrate geography and real world applications into the math curriculum? Paul Bouke has scoured the Earth searching for fractals in the natural environment and created this amazingly artistic remote sensing gallery (with KMZ files for viewing in Google Earth as well). Tags: Remote sensing, art, math, google, physical, landforms, geomorphology.
Seth Dixon's comment,
September 9, 2012 8:40 PM
Thanks for sharing so many great link on FB and have been able to use several. I'm glad that the sharing can go in both directions.
Ann Kissinger Wurst's comment,
September 9, 2012 8:44 PM
Seth - I am hardly worthy of YOUR currating! Hope to meet you in person at NCGE and get a picture of us for Facebook. :-)
's comment, September 10, 2012 11:21 AM
This is so beautiful. Fractals are an amazing phenomenon, whether you are an artist, geographer, or mathematician. I love being able to see fractals in plants or feel them as air travels through my lungs.
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This is a great set of images that show coastal processes for a geomorphology or physical geography class. Pictured above is Palm Bay, Australia, which also happens to show fluvial processes as well. Delete the scoop?
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Thousands of tons of chalk from the famous White Cliffs of Dover have collapsed into the sea following a huge rockfall.
An excellent example of erosion and the processes that have shaped an iconic landscape. The accompanying article has numerous pictures from a variety of angles that truly tell the story. Delete the scoop?
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The site is in Chinese, but the images are spectacular. They put a glass trail on the mountain Tyanmen (Heaven's Gate), located in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan Province, China. Delete the scoop?
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Flood Map shows the map of the area which could get flooded if the water level rises to a particular elevation.
Still in work in progress, but in essence this is a GIS layer showing which areas are at risk for flooding. You can set the elevation level to monitor where the threat is greatest and where it will infrequently occur as well. Delete the scoop?
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This infographic is stunning in its artistry and presentation of how mountains and rivers "stack up" next to each other (Good to point out that the rivers were "straightened" for comparative purposes). The image comes from the General Atlas of the World, which was published in 1854. It contained upwards of seventy maps, reproduced from the steel engravings of noteworthy cartographers Sidney Hall and William Hughes. For the legend and more about this map see: http://io9.com/5855100/gorgeous-victorian-infographic-shows-earths-mountains-and-rivers-as-we-knew-them-over-150-years-ago 
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It looks like this was produced just prior to Mt. Everest being formally surveyed.
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1) What is a hotspot? A volcanic "hotspot" is an area in the upper mantle from which heat rises in a plume from deep in the Earth. High heat and lower pressure at the base of the mantle facilitates melting of the rock. This melt, called magma, rises through cracks to the surface and forms volcanoes. As the tectonic plate moves over the stationary hot spot, the volcanoes are rafted away and new ones form in their place.
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Why are the Hawaiian Islands a linear formation if there are not plate boundaries in that region? Why are the islands seemingly arranged from largest to smallest? The answers lie in the physical geography of 'hot spots.' After this introductory video, you can learn more about the geologic life cycle of a hot spot volcanic island in this companion video. Tags: Oceania, physical, geomorphology, landforms. Delete the scoop?
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Climate change is dramatically altering the Swiss Alps, where hundreds of bodies of water are being created by melting glaciers. Though the lakes can attract tourists and even generate electricity, local residents also fear catastrophic tidal waves.
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Earth systems are inherently dynamic; however a change to system such as climate change can upset the system dramatically. Tags: climate change, water, physical, geomorphology, landforms. 
Mark Brady's curator insight,
May 6, 6:23 AM
Hi guys, this is an interesting read that shows some of the positive benefits of global warming and specifically the melting glaciers in the Swiss Alps. 
Magnus Gustafsson's curator insight,
May 8, 4:45 AM
What can we do learn of this? Will send this to my students. Delete the scoop?
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Scraped clean and weighted down for thousands of years by Pleistocene ice sheets, Akimiski Island in James Bay provides a case study of how Earth's land surfaces evolve following glaciation. Tags: remote sensing, geospatial,Canada. Delete the scoop?
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Many of you have seen the YouTube video of the meteor in Russia this week (and were you wondering why so many Russians have cameras on their dashboards?). This show the geologic impact of the largest of meteors and here are links to a map (with the data) of all the known meteorites to have landed. Pictured above is Meteor Crater in Arizona, one of the most powerful impacts the Earth has even seen. Delete the scoop?
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It's already unlikely we'll get a view as good as the ones collected in "Earth As Art"
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This article and the selected gallery is based on the free e-book "Earth as Art" which I've mentioned here before earlier. This particular image is fantastic for teaching about geomorphology and river systems. Students can 'see' the historical layers of a meandering stream winding it's way across the landscape. Connecting the physical geography to human geography, analyzing the flood plains can help explain the land use and settlement patterns in this Mississippi Delta image. UPDATE: Here's another meandering stream image (Willamette River, Oregon) that shows the dynamism of fluvial processes quite nicely. Delete the scoop?
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Time and time again, we're reminded of nature's beauty. It's hard to believe, but these photos of real landscapes, not abstract paintings. Andre Ermolaev, through his photography has captured the beauty of Iceland's geomorphology. Being on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland has abundant volcanic ash which adds rich color to the fluvial systems.
Tags: geomorphology, physical, Europe, fluvial, water, landforms, images. Delete the scoop?
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The lithosphere (Earth's crust) is a hard, rigid plate on top of a softer molten layer known as the asthenosphere. Sounds like an Oreo to me! As a crude analogy that lets you bring food into the classroom, this lesson on plate boundaries sound like a winner. Read this for an academic article on how to use Oreo's to teach about Earth's crust. Delete the scoop?
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Yesterday was Earth Day, a time set aside to increase awareness of the natural environment and the impact of our collective actions...
This is a gorgeous set of 39 images that are all view the Earth and captures images for above. These aerial photography and remote sensing images focus of a wide range of topics such as the cultural landscape, the environment, earth science, cultural ecology and urban systems. The photo above is of Mont-Saint-Michel, a tourist attraction and UNESCO world heritage site in northwestern France that is the world's premier example of the tombolo landform. Via M. Roman
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Its interesting how patterns in this world repeat themselves, whether in nature or man-made objects. The pictures of the shanty town in Venezuela and the floating ice sheets in Germany are similar in their layers, overlapping, and repetitiveness.
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Emissions of gas and ash indicate an increase in activity at Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano in January 2010.
A new vent opened this month on Turriabla, the easternmost of Costa Rica's active volacanoes. This false-color, near-infrared satellite image would be an effective teaching tool to discuss the importantce of geospatial technologies to monitor the Earth's surface. 
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April 25, 8:55 PM
its crazy how something so dangerous can be so pretty. Delete the scoop?
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"Kinetic City: Shape It Up"
What forces shape the Earth? What timeframe is necessary to create these changes? This is a powerful tool, especially for the elementary school and middle school teachers to use. Delete the scoop?
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"October 28, 2011—The White Salmon River in Washington state is flowing again as the nearly 100-year-old Condit Dam was disabled with explosives Wednesday. The reservoir draining took about 2 hours. Further demolition is scheduled in 2012." Don't have a water table to demonstate fluvial geomorphology? This Time Lapse video demonstates deposition and erosion powerfully. This is also a useful discussion started for human and environmental interactions. Delete the scoop?
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