Category Archives: earth

Global Prospects for a Post-Car World

Originally posted on CityGeographics:
Earlier this year I worked on some charts and maps for a Greenpeace report authored by sustainable transport academic Robin Hickman, exploring the impacts of automobile dependence and the prospects for a post-car world. The report…

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Indian Rivers and their Places of Origin

Source: Fb Post of Sadhna Sharma

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Lithosphere, LAB and Other Spheres of Earth

The lithosphere is the solid, outer part of the Earth. The lithosphere includes the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the crust, the outermost layers of Earth’s structure. below. The lithosphere is the most rigid of Earth’s layers. Although the rocks of the lithosphere are still considered elastic, they are not viscous. … Continue reading →

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New U.S. Datum Requires Location Corrections

A new datum or geospatial reference system is being introduced in the United States to become the official datum in 2022.  Pam Fromhertz of the NOAA National Geodetic Survey gave an overview of the reasoning behind the new datum, technical … Continue reading →

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