Hurricane Matthew’s outer bands approaching the Florida coast (October 6)
It’s incredibly hard to predict a hurricane’s course. Source: www.ssd.noaa.gov
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Evolution of U.S. States with a focus on the Confederate States (December 20, 1860 – July 15, 1870)
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Read MoreLakes of the United States
The U.S. has approximately 250 fresh-water lakes known to have surface areas of 13,700 square miles or more. Nearly one hundred are in Alaska, and 100 in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and Maine. 23 U.S. states have all the lakes of 10 square miles or more and numerous smaller lakes.
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When does the climate record say you can expect the season’s first snow?
This map shows the historic date by which there’s a 50% chance of at least 0.1” of snow on the
Read MoreA map of Switzerland showing how some global cities occupy a smaller surface area than some Swiss “metropolitan areas”.
– Berlin: superimposed on Bern/Mittelland region (983 km2) – New York: superimposed on the Greater Zürich Area (2103 km2)
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Territoral evolution of Ukraine
History of Ukraine (since 600 BC)
Read MoreJob creation from Startups in U.S. Metro Areas
San Francisco lags with only 2.2% in jobs from startups. This was only slightly higher than the United States metro
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