Month: August 2011
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Glaciers Aren’t So Slow After All…
Antarctica is a continent way down at the southern end of the world. It is covered almost entirely by glaciers. But glaciers move, and NASA and the University of California unveiled a map looking at the speed of the glaciers’ movements. Along with it, an interesting little video showing the tributaries to the glacial flow.…
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Back in the USSR
So, those of you a little bit older than me—not to date myself—probably remember the evil Reds of Soviet Russia. Some my age do as well. Younger than me, it’s probably all ancient history. And so for those of you who forget, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was, if I am to simplify, a…
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Tracking This Hurricane Season
Living in Chicago, hurricane season means rather little. Perhaps at worst the city would see a major rain system moving up from Texas or the Gulf Coast. But, from all my time living on the East Coast makes hurricane season a bit more meaningful if now just as an outside observer. The Weather Channel has…
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Credit Rating Distribution
A small graphic from the New York Times, this supports an article about the rarity of a credit rating of AAA in S&P 500 companies. I don’t quite know about the colour, nor do I know about the efficiency of using squares to represent the units that could be used in a bar chart, but…