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- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
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- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
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- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
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Tag Archives: ecology
Ten planning lessons from the death of Mountain Lion P-22
Source: Steve Winter of National Geographic via bbc.com and reddit.com The tragic death this weekend of Mountain Lion P-22 in/near Los Angeles’ Griffith Park struck a somber chord within me, much like the euthanized death of a neighborhood-roaming black bear … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animal rights, Animals, architecture, Cars, charities, cities, civility, climate, climate change, culture, ecosystems, engineering, environment, geography, Geology, government, health, Highway displacement, highways, hiking, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, mountains, natural history, nature, opinion, Pets, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, topography, toponymy, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, water, water conservation, water trails, Wilderness, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged animals, cities, ecology, environment, epidemiology, geography, humanity, land use, Los Angeles, Mountain Lion P-22, planning, transportation, Traverse City, urban jungle, wildlife
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The “unity of drought” must supersede myths and self interest
*A small commission is earned from purchases that are made using the above links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. _______ The book Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths About Water in the … Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, cities, civics, civility, climate, climate change, economic development, ecosystems, education, engineering, environment, futurism, geography, Geology, government, health, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, landscape architecture, literature, Maps, Native Americans, natural history, nature, opinion, planning, politics, reading, recreation, rivers/watersheds, Science, social equity, spatial design, Statistics, topography, urban planning, water, water conservation, weather, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, collaboration, Colorado River, drought, ecology, ecosystems, environment, John Fleck, myths, Rio Grande, Southwest, water, water conservation, watersheds, writing
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Cities and towns named for a river bend
The following list identifies whose cities and towns with “bend” in their name. In nearly all cases, the term “bend” refers to a significant bend in a river, but a few pertain to lakes and or bays. Only two (2) … Continue reading
Posted in cities, ecosystems, environment, fun, geography, Geology, history, Maps, nature, place names, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, topography, transportation, Travel
Tagged bays, ecology, environment, geography, lakes, nature, river bends, rivers, terrain, topography, watersheds, waterways
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Nothing but blue waters…smiling at me
I don’t know about the rest of you, but whenever I am traveling to Lake Michigan, my anticipation continually grows until I get my first chance to glimpse those lovely blue waters. Through cities, towns, farmland, and wooded forests we may … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, civility, Communications, culture, environment, fun, geography, health, history, humanity, land use, Love, nature, North America, peace, pictures, placemaking, pollution, rivers/watersheds, sustainability, topography, tourism, Travel, Wildlife
Tagged ecology, environment, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, love, nature, peace, pollution, scenic vistas, water
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It’s a beach, not a litter box for plastic!
This disgusting and disgraceful view is what we were greeted with upon arriving at the beach of San Jose Island on the Texas Gulf Coast 10 days ago. The largely uninhabited island sits on the north side of the mouth … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, civility, consumerism, education, environment, planning, pollution, recycling, sustainability, tourism, Travel, visual pollution
Tagged Aransas Pass, beaches, civics, ecology, environment, oceans, plastic, pollution, recycling, sustainability, Texas, water pollution
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Exquisite equatorial river deltas from space
Here are satellite images (and one map) of exquisite and beautiful river deltas from Earth’s equatorial region lying between the Trip of Cancer and the Tropic Capricorn. Included are the Ganges (Bangladesh/India), Indus (Pakistan), Irrawaddy (Myanmar), Mekong (Vietnam), Niger (Nigeria), … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, Africa, art, Asia, climate change, commerce, environment, geography, history, India, land use, Maps, nature, Outer Space, pictures, planning, pollution, rivers/watersheds, Science, South America, spatial design, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged Africa, Asia, deltas, ecology, environment, geography, rivers, South America, transportation, watersheds
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Earth acne creep across boreal Alberta
Here are two satellite views of the expanding Earth acne in the tar sands region of Alberta. The photo on the right is the most recent photo and shows mining has spread across the Athabasca River. Below this comparison is … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Canada, climate change, economic development, energy, environment, geography, Geology, land use, Mining, nature, North America, planning, pollution, Renewable Energy, sustainability
Tagged Alberta, Canada, Earth, ecology, environment, extraction, geography, geology, mining, oil, pollution, tar sands
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An image of human-made Earth acne
The image below is a satellite photograph of the Cananea Copper Mine in the northern Mexico state of Sonora. As the old adage states, “a picture says a thousand words.” In this case, most of those words would be negative. … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, aerospace, cities, environment, geography, Geology, globalization, government, health, history, Labor, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, North America, pictures, politics, pollution, visual pollution
Tagged Cananea, copper, ecology, environment, geography, geology, government, health, inaction, labor, land use, Mexico, mining, photos, politics, pollution, safety
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The dark side of bright lights
Fascinating and useful data on the effects of light pollution on the environment is provided in this poster. Is your city one of the top 10 brightest cities in the world? In this particular case, “brightest” is definitely NOT a … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, globalization, health, humanity, land use, light pollution, nature, planning, pollution, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged cities, dark skies, ecology, environment, green, light pollution, lights, nature, pollution, Science, sprawl, sustainability
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