Category: BP Geographic Science
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Chasing Reality
This month of the year has always been like that, even if global warming can cause more extreme weather events. It was always possible to see snow again in April. Tree blossoming started earlier that year than previous years due to global warming. However, how much influence we humans have…
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The Day After Tomorrow
Planet earth has complex systems of water and air which have a dynamic that sometimes causes events that can be challenging, for example water being at places where it is not supposed to be. Floods due to melting snow are not only happening in Russia and Kazakhstan but also in…
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Evolution To Diversity
Evolution has created plants adapted for many different kinds of environments, from dry areas like deserts to humid ones like rainforests. Botanical Gardens have a variety of plants, here an indoor area with a section for cactuses and other plants of dry areas and a tropical rainforest department. Some climate…
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Through The Beginning Of Winter
On the way to Hamburg, despite rising global temperatures still with some snow during these first winter days. While we humans might have an effect on the global climate, it is wrong to say that the global warming was man-made, as it already started during the last ice age. Independent…
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Dune Without Desert
Shifting sand dunes don’t only exist in deserts. On the way to List, the northernmost town not only on the island of Sylt but of all of Germany. While being on that way, at the side of the road, you will pass exactly such a sand dune. Like the mainland…
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The World Is Not Enough
The world is not enough. To know how the seasons of the earth will be in 200 million years time you have to know the position of the earth more precisely than the size of an atom, otherwise you will have an inaccuracy as big as the rotation of the…
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The Audacity Of Science
Science does not only help us understanding matters, it also often leads to new technology. One example is the Transrapid or Maglev train. Originally developed in Germany it is nowadays operating in Shanghai. The track from Pudong Airport to the city centre of Shanghai is the only commercial one in…
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Advancement Through Technology
The former Gazprom headquarters in Moscow. Gazprom was founded in 1989 and is the largest natural gas company in the world and the largest company in Russia by revenue. This journey was organised by Gazprom as well as Ruhrgas which imported the Russian gas to Germany. Gazprom has always been…
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Terremoto em Marrocos / Terremoto en Marruecos
Terremoto em Marrocos Um terremoto de magnitude 6,8 atingiu Marrocos em 8 de setembro de 2023. O epicentro foi localizado a 73 km a sudoeste de Marrakech, perto da cidade de Ighli. Marrocos está situado na Falha Transformante Açores-Gibraltar, que marca a fronteira entre a Placa Africana e a Placa…
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Erdbeben in Marokko / Séisme au Maroc
Erdbeben in Marokko Am 8. September 2023 erschütterte ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6,8 Marokko. Das Epizentrum lag 73 km südwestlich von Marrakesch, in der Nähe der Stadt Ighli. Marokko liegt an der Azoren-Gibraltar-Transformstörung, der Grenze zwischen der Afrikanischen und der Eurasischen Platte. Das Beben beschädigte oder zerstörte Gebäude in Marrakesch…
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Earthquake Near Marrakesh In Morocco
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has struck Morocco on 8 September 2023, the epicentre was located 73 km southwest of Marrakesh, near the town of Ighli. Morocco is located at the Azores-Gibraltar Transform Fault which is the boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake…
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Terra Pavilion
Terra, the Sustainability Pavilion on the Expo 2020 Dubai. It delivered an idea of the beauty of the world and the issues to solve for protecting it.
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