It’s gotten off to a later start this season, but for those of us in Western New York, the lake-effect snow season has kicked into gear. Lake-effect snow is produced when cold air moves over warmer (at least relatively) water. Heat transfer occurs at the boundary between air and water,… Read more“Map Monday, the power of lake-effect snow events”
Category: Science
Map Monday, Planets and the Enormity of Space
Virtually every map or picture you’ve ever seen of the planets in our solar system has had one glaring flaw – it hasn’t been to scale. It’s not because we don’t know the proper scale. Rather the interesting bits, the planets, moons, comets, and even the sun, are insignificantly small… Read more“Map Monday, Planets and the Enormity of Space”
Map Monday, Geographic map of the Internet
Today’s feature is a map of the Internet done in the style of a classic National Geographic map. For those of you who aren’t map geeks (in which case you’ve got to ask yourself why you’re reading this blog), National Geographic magazine is an official publication of the National Geographic… Read more“Map Monday, Geographic map of the Internet”
