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By Boing Boing on Apr 26, 2024 in: books, ecology, geography, new york city, Science
Eric W. Sanderson is a landscape ecologist, and Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy at the New York Botanical Garden, who has embarked on a project to digitally recreate all of New York City as it existed in 1609, the year Henry Hudson sai...
By Boing Boing on Dec 2, 2023 in: Video, africa, geography
Look, I'll admit it, I don't know anything. I don't know where anything is, I don't know why it is and I don't know what it is. Once in a while, a YouTuber helps me out. "But Natalie", you say, "TV isn't for learning! — Read the rest...
By Boing Boing on Oct 31, 2023 in: geography, literature
Nick Carr is a movie location scout who maintains a blog with fascinating and extensively researched and photographed analyses of historical, notable, or cinematic sites. When Mark Frauenfelder hosted the podcast Gweek, which I occasionally co-hoste...
By Life Hacker on May 11, 2023 in: garden, architecture, environment, landscape, geography
I am constantly searching for more space to garden. So when I ran out of ground, I went vertical—and the way it fundamentally changed the way people experience my garden is remarkable. Consider this a love letter to trellises.Read more...
By Life Hacker on Apr 8, 2023 in: garden, environment, landscape, gardening, geography
Want to add a bit of greenery outside your home, but don’t have the time or space for a full-blown garden? A small-but-mighty pocket garden may be the solution. Here’s what to know about pocket gardens, including how to make your own.Read more...
By Boing Boing on Mar 3, 2023 in: geography, Japan
For the last 35 years, Japan has thought that its territory includes 6,852 islands. Turns out, the number is actually 14,125. The happy news comes from Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) who used new technology to find the 7,000+ additio...
By Boing Boing on Jan 9, 2023 in: geography, language, linguistics
The United States State Department has honored the Turkish embassy's request to refer to change the spelling of "Turkey" to Türkiye. "The department will use the spelling that you saw today in most of our formal diplomatic and bilateral contexts...