For as long as I’ve been alive (FWIW I can remember the 1960s) Halloween has been synonymous with costumes, trick-or-treating, and excess candy consumption. The deleterious (there’s a nice big word – eh?) effects of said consumption include, upset stomachs, massive fluctuations in blood sugar levels with the attendant behavioral… Read more“Map Monday, Halloween candy, tooth decay & fluoride”
Category: Science
Map Monday, Just how big is the Pacific Ocean?
Everyone knows that the Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water on the Earth, but just how big is it? The precise answer is that the Pacific Ocean’s surface area is 165,250,000 square kilometers (or for readers in Burma, Liberia, and the US, 63,800,000 square miles). That’s just short… Read more“Map Monday, Just how big is the Pacific Ocean?”
Map Monday, Antarctica – What’s under all that ice?
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, windiest, and emptiest place on our planet. Over 97% of its surface is covered in ice that at it’s thickest is almost three miles deep and averages one and a third miles. While there’s been a lot of news about the arctic ice sheet or… Read more“Map Monday, Antarctica – What’s under all that ice?”