Expanding Earth theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
may 2008 by maciej
earth swell up
geo
crank
may 2008 by maciej
The Perplex City endgame story: Thursday in Fineshade
april 2007 by maciej
interesting account of winning a "find the buried mystery object" game (and 100,000 pounds). need to view source on the annoying miniframes for it to be at all readable
geo
wank
rpg
prize
orienteering
geocache
subculture
game
april 2007 by maciej
I know a place where things seem to roll uphill. How does it work?
february 2007 by maciej
neat list of places with the illusion
geo
list
gravity
illusion
february 2007 by maciej
Tsunami hazard in Seattle
january 2007 by maciej
given a quake on the seattle fault, people have two minutes to reach higher ground. Another fun thing to worry about in america's most doomed city
risk
disaster
seattle
tsunami
earthquake
geo
january 2007 by maciej
Earthquake hazard map for California
january 2007 by maciej
3g acceleration could ruin your whole picnic
earthquake
risk
california
shooka
fear
geo
january 2007 by maciej
Gold Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
january 2007 by maciej
scientology's creepy HQ
scientology
geo
california
religion
cult
compound
wikipedia
january 2007 by maciej
Unthirsty - Find your happy hour.
october 2006 by maciej
google maps + happy hour schedules
gmaps
map
geo
booze
drink
hack
web
october 2006 by maciej
Free the Maps
august 2006 by maciej
this is a great idea, and the ransom apparently has been met
geo
data
map
internet_archive
gis
pubdomain
cool
august 2006 by maciej
CNS - A Preemptive Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Possible Consequences - August 12, 2004 - Research Story
august 2006 by maciej
a 2004 rumination on the consequences of attacking Iran and potential targets in Iran to hit
war
mil
iran
politics
nukes
analysis
geo
august 2006 by maciej
American Scientist Online - The Source of Europe's Mild Climate
july 2006 by maciej
everything I thought I knew about the North Atlantic conveyor is wrong
thermohaline
debunk
climate
geo
cool
weather
sea
july 2006 by maciej
Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow - New York Times
june 2006 by maciej
air monitoring filters in lake tahoe are almost as dark as in urban areas because of Chinese coal burning
globalization
geo
econ
china
pollution
environment
energy
coal
june 2006 by maciej
Maps of NYC racial distribution, 1900 - 2000
may 2006 by maciej
neato maps hampered by silly flash tricks
maps
flash
nyc
race
demographics
census
visualization
geo
may 2006 by maciej
World Language Mapping System User Area: Huffman Language Phyla
may 2006 by maciej
beautiful language distribution maps
linguistics
map
obsess
lang
geo
cool
may 2006 by maciej
Polar routes
april 2006 by maciej
the nitty gritty of the new high-latitude airline routings to asia
aviation
nav
geo
april 2006 by maciej
Stone Forest
april 2006 by maciej
astonishing rock formations near Yunnan, China
park
geo
want
china
april 2006 by maciej
The Antarctic Sun: Dry Valleys flood
march 2006 by maciej
an unusual year of high temperatures and its effect on the strange antarctic dry valleys
antarctica
geo
weather
bio
march 2006 by maciej
Andes detailed geographical description
march 2006 by maciej
discusses geology and morphology of the range
andes
south_america
chile
argentina
mountain
geo
reference
march 2006 by maciej
Special Report: Minerals Convention
march 2006 by maciej
mind-numbing detail on minerals exploitation agreements for Antarctica
antarctica
reference
mining
minerals
geo
march 2006 by maciej
Sovereign Rights of Chile in Antarctica [es]
march 2006 by maciej
obsessive rehearsal of the self-evident and immemorial claims of Chile to its slice of frozen nothing
antarctica
chile
ha
obsess
es
history
geo
south_america
march 2006 by maciej
CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Disputes - international
march 2006 by maciej
comprehensive listing of international border diputes
border
politics
geo
reference
march 2006 by maciej
A mystery of Earth's wobble solved: It's the ocean
march 2006 by maciej
Chandler wobble - a 433 day fluctuation in earth's spin. The poles move by 3 to 15 meters.
earth
geo
astro
cool
wobble
measurement
marine
march 2006 by maciej
Hans Island Dispute
march 2006 by maciej
Canada vs. Denmark in case of Arctic idiocy
arctic
canada
denmark
politics
geo
idiot
march 2006 by maciej
Russians plan to drill through into Lake Vostok
march 2006 by maciej
spat over whether the russians will contaminate the lake, which has been sealed off for 10 million years and might have strange life in it
exobiology
antarctica
drilling
russia
eco
science
geo
cool
fossil
march 2006 by maciej
Images from the First International Polar Year (1882)
february 2006 by maciej
neat archival stuff from an early effort at concerted polar exploration
igy
polar
climate
hist
science
cartography
geo
brr
arctic
february 2006 by maciej
Cyclone Catarina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
february 2006 by maciej
extremely rare South Atlantic hurricane
hurricane
brazil
weird
geo
meteorology
climate
february 2006 by maciej
The Siberian Traps
february 2006 by maciej
info on the enormous Siberian flood basalts that coincided with the Permian extinction
geo
volcanism
extinction
permian
eco
siberia
february 2006 by maciej
Adélie Land
february 2006 by maciej
the French territorial claim to Antarctica
antarctica
france
geo
february 2006 by maciej
hidden europe magazine - "tangled territories". Fun article on European exclaves and enclaves
february 2006 by maciej
the only sure way to tell which country you are in is to check the house numbers. Rectangles, usually with a red and blue bar recalling the colours of the Dutch flag, indicate that a house is in the Netherlands, while an oval sign reveals Belgian loyaltie
geo
border
law
ha
fun
europe
belgium
holland
february 2006 by maciej
The boundary cross at Jungholz
february 2006 by maciej
neat bit of Austrian border arcana
border
law
cool
geo
austria
germany
february 2006 by maciej
Picton, Lennox and Nueva - disputed islands, Argentina/Chile
january 2006 by maciej
when Queen Elizabeth is not enough, sometimes you need to deploy the Pope
argentina
chile
geo
politics
january 2006 by maciej
Great Circle Mapper
december 2005 by maciej
Fun app for displaying air routes, including ETOPs restrictions
aviation
app
cool
map
geo
december 2005 by maciej
ILMENITE (Iron Titanium Oxide)
october 2005 by maciej
this is the stuff on the Moon they want to try and extract oxygen from
moon
space
geo
chem
mineral
october 2005 by maciej
List of historic earthquakes near NYC
september 2005 by maciej
some 5+ magnitude events in the late 18th century
nyc
earthquake
disaster
geo
reference
september 2005 by maciej
NYC Hurricane Evacuation Application - Find Your Location
september 2005 by maciej
enter your address and this handy utility will tell you whether or not to panic (with map)
nyc
geo
hurricane
cool
gis
disaster
metro
september 2005 by maciej
Mapmaking and the Failed Israeli/Palestinian Negotiations
august 2005 by maciej
Tufte-like rant about the contribution of blundering, visually illiterate maps to reaching a peace settlement
maps
israel
palestine
visualization
geo
rant
august 2005 by maciej
Hidden Earthquake Hazards in the Mississippi Valley
august 2005 by maciej
discusses the geology and earthquake history of the New Madrid Seismic Zone
disaster
earthquake
hazard
geo
us
august 2005 by maciej
Elevation map of new orleans and vicinity
august 2005 by maciej
storm's a-comin
new_orleans
geo
map
disaster
august 2005 by maciej
Earth's Core is Rotating Relative to Surface
august 2005 by maciej
one revolution per 400 years, as documented by seismic 'fast track' data of waves passing through inner core
earth
cool
geo
physics
august 2005 by maciej
Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)
august 2005 by maciej
2008 launch. Site notable for grating language about climate change being a matter for business leaders to decide. Also like the 'A-train' of earth science satellites
astro
climate
politics
geo
space
nasa
august 2005 by maciej
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Did quark matter strike Earth?
august 2005 by maciej
intriguing speculation that weird superdense matter hit the earth in 1993, inferred from seismic data
physics
geo
science
space
august 2005 by maciej
Radioactive potassium may be major heat source in Earth's core
august 2005 by maciej
potassium-iron alloy may be plentiful in the core and provide up to a fifth of the planet's internal heat
geo
chem
radiation
physics
august 2005 by maciej
Evidence against complete freezing of oceans during snowball episode
april 2005 by maciej
Scottish scientists argue that areas of water remained free of ice based on sedimentary rock deposits
climate
geo
marine
grocklebar
april 2005 by maciej
The Snowball Earth
april 2005 by maciej
theory of radical oscillations in climate between frozen-over and sweatbox earth
climate
geo
disaster
april 2005 by maciej
Closeup of giant LUECKE letters carved out of Texas forest
april 2005 by maciej
Satellite shots with some zoomdown that shows you just how ginormous these things are
ha
space
map
geo
img
april 2005 by maciej
Astronaut-acquired Orbital Photographs as Digital Data for Remote Sensing: Spatial Resolution
april 2005 by maciej
background on spatial resolution of satellite photos, includes mention of giant LUECKE letters in Texas
ha
space
geo
map
img
april 2005 by maciej
piPod: An iPod-Based Field Guide to new york pizza
february 2005 by maciej
downloadable database of pizzerias organized by borough
geo
nyc
pizza
eat
february 2005 by maciej
The Origin of the Moon
february 2005 by maciej
Nice detailed page on the composition of the moon, and a synopsis of various theories of how it formed
science
astronomy
chem
geo
february 2005 by maciej
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