Anybody know of maps that reconstruct land use patterns in Europe over the past 1000 years or so?
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A slime mold once recreated Tokyo’s rail system
No, really.
In 2010, scientists put oat flakes on a Tokyo map. Then let loose a slime mold.
This is the city that turned chaos into structure.
Full story → https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/06/01/tokyo-the-city-that-was-never-supposed-to-be/
#Tokyo #UrbanDesign #Geography #CityPlanning #Japan
Ryan J. Hite · Tokyo: The City That Molded Itself (Literally)What do slime mold, ancient moats, and artificial islands have in common? They all helped shape Tokyo. Discover how Japan’s capital went from mosquito-filled exile to a megacity that wasn’t supposed to exist.
> At our current rates of burning coal, fossil gas and petroleum, if we got 8 inches or so of sea level rise by 2050, the world’s largest 136 coastal cities would suffer $1 trillion per year of losses.
#ClimateChange #ClimateScience #SeaLevel #geography
The 136 Largest Coastal Cities, including Egypt's Alexandria, face $1 Trillion Losses per Year from Sea Level Rise by 2050 https://www.juancole.com/2025/05/including-alexandria-trillion.html
Informed Comment · The 136 Largest Coastal Cities, including Egypt's Alexandria, face $1 Trillion Losses per Year from Sea Level Rise by 2050Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - In a new paper, Chris R. Stokes et al. write in Communications Earth and Environment that even if we manage only to heat up the earth 1.5º C. (2.7º F.) above pre-industrial norms, that might be enough to provoke massive melting of the world's principal ice sheets -- those in Greenland, East Antarctica and West Antarctica. The previous academic consensus was that it would take an increase of 3º C.(5.4º F.) to melt them. But Stokes and colleagues find that the ice sheets are more vulnerable to global heating than had been previously thought. They
Khanzadian’s Atlas of Historical Cartography of Armenia Reprint Presented at Moscow’s St. Regis Nikolskaya Hotel https://www.byteseu.com/1060616/ #Armenia #atlas #cartography #geography #RepublicOfArmenia
At 69.792° N 108.241° W on Victoria Island, Nunavut, a lake contains an island that holds a second lake with a third-order island. Verified by satellite imagery and highlighted by National Geographic, this is the only known example of a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake.
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In the 15th and 16th centuries, European voyages of exploration opened up a #geography of cosmic horror: where was the boundary between human space and monster space? People believed bodies bodies were malleable, shaped by latitude and environment. Was it dangerous to settle in a new climate? 3/n
Today I wondered how far it is from John O’Groats in Scotland to The Isle of Wight on the southern coast of England.
It’s 891 km (553 miles) according to https://www.doogal.co.uk/MeasureDistances
www.doogal.co.ukMeasure distancesMeasure the distance between two locations as the crow flies and when driving.
The Great Basin is one of the most extreme places in America.
It’s bigger than France, filled with deserts, surrounded by mountains—and no water flows out.
Explore the full story 
https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/05/27/the-great-basin-americas-land-of-extremes/
#Geography #GreatBasin #ClimateCrisis #AmericanWest #DesertFacts
Ryan J. Hite · The Great Basin: Understanding America’s Land of ExtremesExplore the history, geography, and future of the Great Basin—a massive, endorheic region shaped by water scarcity, mountain ranges, and climate extremes.
#geography #science #geology #history
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Croatia in 2020 damaged a town hall's walls. What seemed very unfortunate was the very opposite as it revealed Roman ruins hidden below the basement of the building. The find has been described as 'extremely valuable.'
https://archaeology.org/news/2025/05/27/earthquake-reveals-roman-theater-in-croatia/
This is hands-on #Geography in action! In our Freilandpraktikum, students assemble meteorological stations, calibrate sensors & collect field data (chloropyll levels, soil samples & more!) – all for their own research projects. 
Real data, real questions, real science!
THE WILD…
We read the story of the land in its rock, vegetation and terrain. That was apparent as I stood atop the high cliff above Lake Seal in Mt Field National Park in Tasmania. Below, the lake and the valley is sat at the head of told of past glaciers and of a distant ice age, and of the power of moving ice to reshape the land.
READ THE STORY HERE: https://medium.com/pacificedge/the-glaciated-land-c35827c0699f?source=friends_link&sk=64fd1a3f12bafe81e523da456a3147aa
Which continent has the most birds by weight?
Retoot to help gather a wider range of answers.
#geography #biology #ornithology #bird #birds
Every once in a while the stars align and you get to work on a paper that aligns all your interests. For me it was this side project:
Speculative Ecologies: Anxieties, Hierarchies, and Anarchies in the Natures of Speculative Fiction
(1/4)
https://www.literarygeographies.net/index.php/LitGeogs/article/view/437
www.literarygeographies.netSpeculative Ecologies: Anxieties, Hierarchies, and Anarchies in the Natures of Speculative Fiction
| Literary Geographies
#OTD May 26, 1940, 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated during WW2 in an operation known as 'Operation Dynamo'. It's most famously known by another name based on the location.
Can you locate on a #map where this took place?
Click the link to guess: https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=201&type=q
Brooks Range, Alaska, 2009. Sebastião Salgado. The Brooks Range is Alaska's northernmost mountain range, stretching 700 miles-1126.54 kilometers across the Arctic Cir. Known for its rugged peaks, vast wilderness, diverse wildlife and it's a unique & vital ecosystem. #photography #nature #ecology #science #geography
Letters of recognition: the spatial inscription of literature in the Romanian street nomenclature https://www.byteseu.com/1042763/ #geography #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #literature #multidisciplinary #Romania #Science #sociology
Les oubliés du ghetto d’#Osaka, envers du décor de l’#Expositionuniverselle #LeMonde #Japon #Japan #OsakaExpo2025 #geographie #geography #Kamagasaki #MarleneDietrich #Lilimarleen
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In Invisible Lines, geographer Maxim Samson draws readers into the unseen architecture of our world— curious and yet invisible borders, boundaries, and barriers that we humans take for granted. Yet these places shape our identities, countries, politics, languages, customs and histories. This is an absolutely fascinating deep dive into how lines—both literal and metaphorical—divide, define and disorient us. #MaximSamson #Geography #Politics #History #InvisibleLines #Book…
http://contentcatnip.com/2025/05/25/book-review-invisible-lines-by-maxim-samson/
Content Catnip · Book Review: Invisible Lines by Maxim Samson
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Un #printemps sans pluie : l’Europe du Nord en proie à une #sécheresse précoce exceptionnelle
Du #RoyaumeUni à l’#Allemagne et des Hauts-de-France à la #Suède, une large part du Vieux Continent traverse son printemps le plus sec depuis parfois plus de cent ans. Une situation qui menace les rendements agricoles et impose des restrictions d’usages. #LeMonde #changementsclimatiques #climatechange #géographie #geography
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https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/05/24/un-printemps-sans-pluie-l-europe-du-nord-en-proie-a-une-secheresse-precoce-exceptionnelle_6608168_3244.html
Le Monde · Un printemps sans pluie : l’Europe du Nord en proie à une sécheresse précoce exceptionnelle