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Plate Tectonics - Crust, Lithosphere, Mantle Topics Plate Tectonics Crust Lithosphere Mantle Density Buoyancy Earth Science Description Explore how plates move on the surface of the earth. Change temperature, composition, and thickness of plates. Milan’s Vertical Forest Wednesday, 12 October 2011 GreenMuze Staff Milan’s Vertical Forest from Stefan Boeri Architects. The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) will be the greenest building in Milan when completed, which is one of Europe’s most polluted cities. Chile’s Raised Coast after earthquake « Mannaismayaadventure's Blog By Brett Israel Caleta Yane The Chilean earthquake that struck on Feb. 27 changed the country’s landscape by raising the ground near the coast and sinking land farther inward, a new study finds. Here on the Arauco Peninsula, the uplift of a marine terrace displaced the coastline about 980 feet (300 meters) seaward. New coast Uplift of the ground is seen at the beach of Lebu.

A Cartography of the Anthropocene The Anthropocene: A primer. The Anthropocene. We’re already there. Praxis Dr. Abdollahnia Fiktive Konzeptarbeit / conceptual study Branding, Graphic Design, Illustration2013 Jahresbericht —12 für den Deutschen Kinderschutzbund NRWEditorial Design, Illustration2013 Corporate DesignArt Direction, Branding, Graphic Design2012 Editorial DesignEditorial Design, Illustration2012 Editorial DesignEditorial Design, Illustration Corporate DesignBranding, Graphic Design, Print Design2011 Corporate Design for a Canadian Corporate Intelligence Company.Branding, Web Design2011 school campaign for better sanitationCharacter Design, Digital Art, Illustration2012 Corporate DesignBranding, Graphic Design, Typography2011 Editorial DesignEditorial Design, Web Design2011 WebsiteWeb Design2011 Aufklärungskampagne /WanderausstellungExhibition Design, Graphic Design, Urbanism2011 Editorial DesignEditorial Design2011 PhotographyPhotography2011 IconsetIllustration2011

KML Archive Introduction I am a British/American volcanologist, neogeographer and undergraduate educator. My scientific interests incorporate a mixture of physical volcanology, geomorphology, remote sensing and other geospatial tools, such as Google Earth. My goals are to promote understanding and of the form and processes of the world around us through the use of innovative technologies. Map Data banksy versus bristol museum a few years ago i attended an uh-mazing banksy exhibition in downtown los angeles and have been eagerly awaiting the elusive graffiti artist's return. alas, mr. bansky choose instead to set up his latest wares in new york and bristol. on june 13th, banksy's largest exhibition entitled "banksy versus bristol museum" was unveiled at the bristol city museum. it features more than 100 of banksy's works mixed amongst the museum's permanent collection (including a mouse with a backpack tucked inside of a natural history case. someone, please send me a picture! check out the mouse here. thanks, matt, more the picture!).

New iPad App: Urban World The McKinsey Global Institute just released a fascinating new iPad app, Urban World. Urban World provides users with a visually engaging way to explore urbanization for over 2,600 cities. You can read more about the project in detail right here. The app also places urbanization in a historical context, using a view from space of the global nighttime distribution of light as a proxy for the global distribution of economic activity. Users can visualize the world’s shifting center of economic gravity during the past two millennia, to 2025. The app serves a purpose similar to a 16th-century map—a rough but helpful tool to help navigate the evolving urban world.