Showing posts with label geography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geography. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

The Geography of Hate


Geography of Hate is part of a larger project by Dr. Monica Stephens of Humboldt State University (HSU) identifying the geographic origins of online hate speech.

Monday, 11 July 2011

Krakatoa - The Day The World Exploded

Current reading:

"The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa."

Book summary and author's note via

Covering a volcanic event in extraordinary detail, this book touches on all things geographic; from plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions to the then location of undersea communication cables and the social geography of the world at the time.