New York City could see 20 inches of snow when all is said and done. Snow totals in Boston could rival the snowiest storm the city has ever seen: 27.6 inches on Feb. 17-18, 2003.
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Seth Dixon's curator insight,
January 27, 2016 3:58 PM
The Connecticut Geographic Alliance has expanded their annual High School Geography Challenge to include some other teams in southern New England. Any RIGEA member that would like to enter their high school to have a team participate in this competition can register here (2016 CT Registration form).
Dyna-e International's curator insight,
September 8, 2015 11:38 AM
Ron Sandack Wow. Amazing to think about really.
Erik Glitman's curator insight,
September 18, 2015 11:39 AM
Comparing how long it took to travel even 150 years ago opens up a question on trust. At that time, checking accounts were rare, credit cards non-existent, and every one had to travel with cash. Yet, incidents of robbery were uncommon and trust in the stranger was high. Now travel takes a small fraction of the time it did 150 years ago and strangers are seen as a threat. Trust has eroded, but is it a fear based or fact based erosion? Is travel less safe now than it was in the 1860's? |
Blake Joseph's curator insight,
May 6, 2015 6:02 PM
I remember seeing a road map of the United Kingdom once and wondering why almost every single road eventually seemed to make its way to the massive urban sprawl of London in the country's southeast. Even cities as far away as Inverness in Scotland or Belfast in Northern Ireland seemed to inevitably revolve around the massive capital. Having such a dominance on the country, I can see why other distant communities are gradually losing interest in the political and economic influences London still has on them, especially if other closer urban centers are greatly growing in population and influence. The recent election for Scotland's independence from England shows that even today many people are looking to branch out away from London's reach, and that these reasons are perhaps not totally influenced by historic tensions and rivalries between the two places. Populations centers like Birmingham and Manchester have grown immensely in the last decade, and with that has came a growing independent sense of culture and identity as well. Residents in smaller towns and villages feel that these other closer urban areas would be a better representative of them in country-wide politics than distant London. Some of these distant communities are nearly 500 miles away from London. That is like Detroit, Michigan being politically and economically dominated by New York City. Even with London being massive in size and influential reach, I can see why far away towns in the U.K. don't always consider London too important.
Norka McAlister's curator insight,
April 5, 2015 8:04 PM
James Hayes-Bohanan has a good point about climate change as a result of the growth of coffee plants. In biological terms, growth refers to carbon dioxide (CO2) that is essential for plants, trees and all vegetations to succeed in growth. Also, water is another important part of this growth process. Hayes-Bohanan also mentions that we need to be concious on how we are disminishing the environment and our actions are having negative impacts the climate, such as air current and ocean current, time temperature change...etc. But the question has been raised about greenhouse gases and how they have affected climate change. In the past, volcanoes , the amount of greenhouse gases, and the sun energy levels have polluted and changed the atmosphere and temperatures. Presently we are releasing double the amount of pollution into the environment. &Increased warming may also have a greater effect on countries whose climate is already near or at a temperature limit over which yields reduce or crops fail.& (www.wunderground.com). On the other hand, societal factors always have an impact on the farmers who end up with the least amount of money from trades. Transportation, product processing plants, and traders take a chunck of the profit in this unfairly trade. Coffee has a high demand around the world, but farmers need to be protected against climate change and unfair trading practices.
Keighan Chapman's curator insight,
July 4, 2014 11:17 AM
Developing this regional collaborative will not only benefit the 6 member state alliances, NEGEN has the capacity to promote and facilitate meaningful Geography Education dialogue throughout New England. I'm glad to be a part of this work!! |