Human Footprint Interactive Geographers study the Earth and its physical features, inhabitants, and cultural phenomenon. They examine the physical and human characteristics of a region, ranging in scale from local to global, to explain an event or solve a problem. While many geographers have at least a bachelor’s degree in geography, many professionals, such as teachers, traffic consultants, and doctors, must also use geography in their jobs when examining specific challenges and solutions to issues. This geo-story introduces you to some of these folks who use geography. Each story point includes images, a short bio, and an interactive mapping tool that allows you to see the regions where these people work.
Resize Images online Google Fights to Save 3,054 Languages Will you be any worse off the moment humans cease to speak in Aragonese? How about Navajo or Ojibwa? Or Koro, a language only just discovered in a tiny corner of northeast India? No, you probably wouldn't, not in that moment. But humanity would be. Science, art and culture would be. If there is hope, it lies in the world's centers of information — such as Google. The site, launched early Thursday, features videos and an interactive map. You can hear the heartbreaking, beautiful sound of Koro being sung, or read 18th century manuscripts written in a nearly-dead Native American tongue. The idea is to unite a lot of smaller preservation efforts under the Google.org banner. Check out the project's video below, and let us know in the comments: how else can 21st century technology help save ancient languages?
The free online database for home and office. Vanishing Cultures Photography LinkedIn: The Beginner's Guide Update: This post was updated October 2013 to reflect current statistics and tools. LinkedIn is considered the non-sexy, sleeping giant of social networks. It keeps a low profile, perhaps due to the professional nature of its users. Nonetheless, LinkedIn continues to exert a powerful influence on connected job seekers, brands, recruiters and industries. Founded by Reid Hoffman in 2002, LinkedIn has grown to 225 million members in over 200 countries, making it the world’s largest professional network on the Internet (by comparison, Twitter has more than 500 million registered users, and Facebook has surpassed one billion). That being said, we doubt you spend 20 minutes on LinkedIn per day, like Facebook’s power users do. SEE ALSO: The Beginner’s Guide to Facebook Have you used LinkedIn to find a job, network with professionals or research hot topics in your industry? 1. To ensure that your profile is 100% complete, LinkedIn recommends including the following information. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Aiko Stevenson: A 4 Degrees Celsius Rise? World leaders will gather in Doha this week to discuss the fate of our planet whose future now hangs in the balance. According to the World Bank, global temperatures may rise by 4 degrees Celsius as early as 2060. This will usher in changes not seen since the last Ice Age. "It is my hope that this report shocks us into action. It is a stark reminder that climate change affects everything. There is no certainty that adaptation to a 4 degrees Celsius world is even possible. According to the World Bank, extreme weather will thus become the "new normal." In this much hotter world, sea levels will rise by at least three feet. This stark warning by the World Bank is one of many that has been issued by a global body in recent weeks. So, as world leaders gather in Doha this week, they may have to go much further than simply extending and ratifying the Kyoto Protocol which was established in 1997 to curb global carbon dioxide emissions.
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The top 10 causes of death Of the 56.9 million deaths worldwide in 2016, more than half (54%) were due to the top 10 causes. Ischaemic heart disease and stroke are the world’s biggest killers, accounting for a combined 15.2 million deaths in 2016. These diseases have remained the leading causes of death globally in the last 15 years. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claimed 3.0 million lives in 2016, while lung cancer (along with trachea and bronchus cancers) caused 1.7 million deaths. Lower respiratory infections remained the most deadly communicable disease, causing 3.0 million deaths worldwide in 2016. Road injuries killed 1.4 million people in 2016, about three-quarters (74%) of whom were men and boys. Leading causes of death by economy income group More than half of all deaths in low-income countries in 2016 were caused by the so-called “Group I” conditions, which include communicable diseases, maternal causes, conditions arising during pregnancy and childbirth, and nutritional deficiencies.
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