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"Many of us tend to think of Antarctica as a sheet of solid snow and ice. But, in contrast with its peer to the north, the southern pole's ice sheet lies atop a rocky continent. What are its features, its mountains and valleys, plains and coastlines? A new dataset from the British Antarctic Survey provides the most detailed map ever of the bedrock below, information scientists hope will enable them to better model the affects of climate change on the ice, whose melting will have an impact on climate the world over."
Via Seth Dixon
Glowing cockroaches and a destructive fungus make the grade in Arizona State's list of top 10 new species of 2012.
Via Michael Miller
GPS maps reveal where cats go all day
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The mysterious comings and goings of our feline friends just got a little less mysterious.
National Geographic
American West Becoming Increasingly Dusty
National Geographic
A massive cloud of dust looms over Phoenix, Arizona, during a dust storm in July 2012. Photograph by Ross D. Franklin, AP.
Languages that evolve at high elevations are more likely to include a sound that's easier to make when the air is thinner, new research shows
Via Seth Dixon
Last summer, Bob Bleuer's farm in Channahon, Ill., was dying of thirst. Now, the farmer is trying to work through the wettest spring the nation's Corn Belt has seen in 40 years. Dean Reynolds reports.
Can you tell a Vancouver mansion from a crack shack?
Via Seth Dixon
Super hot peppers can make you sweat and tear up, but CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports how they also may fight cancer.
Rising waters spilled onto flood plains and into cities across Germany. Central Europe has endured its worst flooding since medieval times.
Via Seth Dixon
New geologic map helps scientists understand ancient volcano’s roots and contemporary rock falls.
Via Seth Dixon
"Crowdsourcing," "mouseover," "big data," "redirect" and "e-reader" are among the tech terms that made the cut in this year's version of The Oxford English Dictionary, while "follower" and "tweet" will be given expanded definitions to accommodate...
Via Barb Jemmott
"Each iOS app offers remarkable — and often delightful — possibilities. But the most powerful iOS apps ever are ones that change people's lives in ways they never imagined."
Via KEpps
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The transformative technology will come to, yes, a FULL STOP.
Via Arlis Groves
Mayor of Glasgow, Montana, says his town welcomes the Keystone pipeline, but other residents have doubts. Michelle Miller reports.
With stars like Lionel Messi and a youth academy bringing up the next generation of athletes, is Barcelona becoming the world's best soccer team? Bob Simon reports.
The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings,
of the familiar terms on today's maps of the World, Europe, the British Isles and the United States.
For instance, where you would normally expect to see the Sahara indicated,
the Atlas gives you "The Tawny One", derived from Arab. es-sahra “the fawn coloured, desert”.
Via Seth Dixon
Population growth is projected to be highest in Africa, while UN projects world population will top out at 9.6 billion in 2050.
Via Mr. David Burton
Slate Magazine (blog)
Image courtesy of Awesome Maps
Slate Magazine (blog)
We live in a new golden age of maps.
Recent studies show that many of the world’s savannas, including famed African landscapes such as the Serengeti, are experiencing significant change as rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere favor the growth of trees over grasslands.
Via Tony Burton
Urban heat islands are considerably hotter than their more rural surrounds. Here's why.
Via geographil
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