9 October 2021 Earth Science Sites of the Week
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Francek, Mark
Oct 8, 2021, 6:45:52 PM10/8/21
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Hello Everyone,
This week’s 9 October 2021 Earth Science Sites of the Week feature the following resources:
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Editor’s Picks: **1) This Is What the Surface of Mars Would Look Like If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water, ***2) The Sea Ice at Santa's Workshop Is Thinning, ****3) Vacation Relaxation? **4) Mapping the Association between COVID Vaccination Rates and Political Lean in the U.S., ****5) How Is Your Phone Changing You?
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Geology and Geography
1. A Map of the World of the Largest Companies
2. This Is What the Surface of Mars Would Look Like If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water.
Water
1. The Danger Lurking In an African Lake
Space
1. The Moon's Elliptical Orbit
Environmental
1. The Sea Ice at Santa's Workshop Is Thinning
2. Natural Gas Infrastructure and Resources
General
1. Vacation Relaxation?
2. Mapping the Association between COVID Vaccination Rates and Political Lean in the U.S.
Inspiration
1. Resiliency among the Salmon People in the Yukon Delta.
2. How Is Your Phone Changing You?
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Geology and Geography
Site Name
A Map of the World by the Largest Companies
Site URL
https://fortune.com/global500/2019/visualizations/
Site Author
Louis Dor
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Fortune’s” Global 2000 list has measured the world’s largest public companies in terms of four equally weighted metrics: assets, market value, sales and profits.”
Site Name
This Is What the Surface of Mars Would Look Like If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water.
Site URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/ngdvk0/this_is_what_the_surface_of_mars_would_look_like/
Site Author
u/RespectTheFancey
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Reddit user crukey recently came up with a map showing the surface of Mars with 71% of its surface area covered with water – just like on Earth.”
Water
Site Name
The Danger Lurking In an African Lake
Site URL
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/physical-world/2020/the-danger-lurking-african-lake
Site Author
John Wenz
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Kivu is no ordinary lake, with dense depths packed with methane and carbon dioxide gas.”
Space
Site Name
The Moon's Elliptical Orbit
Site URL
https://twitter.com/NESTA_US/status/1344347466733297665
Site Author
NESTA-US
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Moon’s elliptical orbit causes distance from Earth to vary”
Environmental
Site Name
The Sea Ice at Santa's Workshop Is Thinning
Site URL
https://twitter.com/i/status/1340415274701373440
Site Author
Zack Labe
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“View the decrease in sea ice volume and thickness over the years.”
Site Name
Natural Gas Infrastructure and Resources
Site URL
https://atlas.eia.gov/apps/3652f0f1860d45beb0fed27dc8a6fc8d/explore
Site Author
U.S. Energy Atlas
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Map of natural gas infrastructure and resources in the U.S.”
General
Site Name
Graph of Vacation Relaxation
Site URL
http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1231
Site Author
Jorge Cham
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Vacation v. Stress”
Site Name
Mapping the Association between COVID Vaccination Rates and Political Lean in the U.S.
Site URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/oktgls/oc_mapping_the_association_between_covid/
Site Author
Victim Of Maths
Suggested by
Simon Kuestenmacher
Description
“Mapping the association between COVID vaccination rates and political lean in the US”
Inspiration
Site Name
Resiliency Among the Salmon People in the Yukon Delta
Site URL
https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/1eKcTGgf
Site Author
Video created by Global Oneness Project Lesson Plan created by Cleary Vaughan-Lee
Suggested by
Mark Francek
Description
“Follow Yup'ik fisherman Ray Waska as he teaches his grandkids how to fish during the summer salmon run along the Alaskan Yukon Delta. The Yup'ik are one of 11 distinct cultures of Native Alaskans. Traditional communities, such as the Yup'ik, face a variety of changes and their cultural traditions and wisdom passed on from elders help them sustain their way of life.”
Site Name
How Is Your Phone Changing You?
Site URL
https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/B1Xt1Yx1
Site Author
Video created by AsapSCIENCE Lesson Plan created by Lauren mcalpine
Suggested by
Mark Francek
Description
“As of 2016, of the 7 billion people on Earth, roughly 6 billion own a cellphone. So what are these popular gadgets doing to your body and brain? AsapSCIENCE investigates.”
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Mark Francek
Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Dow 285
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: (989) 774 7617
Spring 2021 Office Hours: TTh 1-3:30 or by app't. in person or WebEx
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This week’s 9 October 2021 Earth Science Sites of the Week feature the following resources:
______________________________________________________________________________
Editor’s Picks: **1) This Is What the Surface of Mars Would Look Like If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water, ***2) The Sea Ice at Santa's Workshop Is Thinning, ****3) Vacation Relaxation? **4) Mapping the Association between COVID Vaccination Rates and Political Lean in the U.S., ****5) How Is Your Phone Changing You?
______________________________________________________________________________
Geology and Geography
1. A Map of the World of the Largest Companies
2. This Is What the Surface of Mars Would Look Like If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water.
Water
1. The Danger Lurking In an African Lake
Space
1. The Moon's Elliptical Orbit
Environmental
1. The Sea Ice at Santa's Workshop Is Thinning
2. Natural Gas Infrastructure and Resources
General
1. Vacation Relaxation?
2. Mapping the Association between COVID Vaccination Rates and Political Lean in the U.S.
Inspiration
1. Resiliency among the Salmon People in the Yukon Delta.
2. How Is Your Phone Changing You?
_______________________________________________________________________
Geology and Geography
Site Name
A Map of the World by the Largest Companies
Site URL
https://fortune.com/global500/2019/visualizations/
Site Author
Louis Dor
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Fortune’s” Global 2000 list has measured the world’s largest public companies in terms of four equally weighted metrics: assets, market value, sales and profits.”
Site Name
This Is What the Surface of Mars Would Look Like If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water.
Site URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/ngdvk0/this_is_what_the_surface_of_mars_would_look_like/
Site Author
u/RespectTheFancey
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Reddit user crukey recently came up with a map showing the surface of Mars with 71% of its surface area covered with water – just like on Earth.”
Water
Site Name
The Danger Lurking In an African Lake
Site URL
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/physical-world/2020/the-danger-lurking-african-lake
Site Author
John Wenz
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Kivu is no ordinary lake, with dense depths packed with methane and carbon dioxide gas.”
Space
Site Name
The Moon's Elliptical Orbit
Site URL
https://twitter.com/NESTA_US/status/1344347466733297665
Site Author
NESTA-US
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Moon’s elliptical orbit causes distance from Earth to vary”
Environmental
Site Name
The Sea Ice at Santa's Workshop Is Thinning
Site URL
https://twitter.com/i/status/1340415274701373440
Site Author
Zack Labe
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“View the decrease in sea ice volume and thickness over the years.”
Site Name
Natural Gas Infrastructure and Resources
Site URL
https://atlas.eia.gov/apps/3652f0f1860d45beb0fed27dc8a6fc8d/explore
Site Author
U.S. Energy Atlas
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Map of natural gas infrastructure and resources in the U.S.”
General
Site Name
Graph of Vacation Relaxation
Site URL
http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1231
Site Author
Jorge Cham
Suggested by
NESTA Twitter
Description
“Vacation v. Stress”
Site Name
Mapping the Association between COVID Vaccination Rates and Political Lean in the U.S.
Site URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/oktgls/oc_mapping_the_association_between_covid/
Site Author
Victim Of Maths
Suggested by
Simon Kuestenmacher
Description
“Mapping the association between COVID vaccination rates and political lean in the US”
Inspiration
Site Name
Resiliency Among the Salmon People in the Yukon Delta
Site URL
https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/1eKcTGgf
Site Author
Video created by Global Oneness Project Lesson Plan created by Cleary Vaughan-Lee
Suggested by
Mark Francek
Description
“Follow Yup'ik fisherman Ray Waska as he teaches his grandkids how to fish during the summer salmon run along the Alaskan Yukon Delta. The Yup'ik are one of 11 distinct cultures of Native Alaskans. Traditional communities, such as the Yup'ik, face a variety of changes and their cultural traditions and wisdom passed on from elders help them sustain their way of life.”
Site Name
How Is Your Phone Changing You?
Site URL
https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/B1Xt1Yx1
Site Author
Video created by AsapSCIENCE Lesson Plan created by Lauren mcalpine
Suggested by
Mark Francek
Description
“As of 2016, of the 7 billion people on Earth, roughly 6 billion own a cellphone. So what are these popular gadgets doing to your body and brain? AsapSCIENCE investigates.”
*******************************************************************************************
Mark Francek
Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Dow 285
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: (989) 774 7617
Spring 2021 Office Hours: TTh 1-3:30 or by app't. in person or WebEx
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