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Birth Rate Troubles
Two recent interesting articles about birth rates caught my attention recently. The first is a look at different measures that various countries use to encourage births among their declining...
View ArticleAbandoned Places
Check out these two fascinatingly beautiful collections of abandoned malls and a broader collection of abandoned places.Abandoned Places originally appeared on About.com Geography on Tuesday, April...
View ArticleAP Style Changes to Spell Out State Names
The Associated Press Stylebook, the arbiter of many practices in journalism, has ruled that abbreviations should not be used in the body of news stories. In a win for geography, U.S. state names should...
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Why is Kona Coffee so Good?!
The Kona Coffee Belt is a narrow strip of a mere 4,000 acres of land that produces some of the best-tasting coffee in the world. This coffee-growing microclimate is approximately two miles by...
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Why is Zomia Resistant to Nation-States?
Zomia, also known as the Southeast Asian massif, refers to an expansive, rugged swath of mainland Southeast Asia that have not been fully incorporated into nation-states. Although it is situated across...
View ArticleMany Americans Think Ukraine is in Greenland, Alaska, or India
Take a look at the delightful map indicating locations around the planet where Americans think Ukraine is located. In a March study, only one in six Americans can find Ukraine on a map, and some locate...
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Meet Jacob Goldberg
Meet Jacob Goldberg, the newest inter writer for Geography at About.com. Jacob graduates next month from UCLA with a degree in International Development Studies. His first article is about the...
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20 Tallest Buildings in the World
The world's tallest buildings keep getting taller. Take a look at my just-updated list of the world's 20 tallest buildings. I'm sure you'll be surprised by what you discover. Several, as high as number...
View ArticleLive Global Shipping Map
This Marine Traffic Map is incredible; by zooming in you can see the location of every commercial shipping vessels over 299 gross tonnage on the planet. It's nearly real-time, too! Click on a ship's...
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China Will Have Another Major Demographic Problem
Due to China's One Child Policy, by the mid-century, China will have a surplus of 40-50 million men: "A surplus of 40-50 million bachelors throughout the mid- to late 21st century will have a...
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