Joseph Kerski
To The Nth Degree…and Minute, and Second: Confluence Hunting on Planet Earth
The “reality TV” craze that is sweeping a significant portion of the worldwide television-watching public has nothing on the worldwide “confluence hunting” craze that is sweeping a significant portion of adventurous geographers! Read Joseph Kerski’s reflections here.
Joseph Kerski, posted on
December 8th, 2009
Articles, Earth Observation, Technology, Would You Believe?
Education Around Earth – Analyzing the Spatial Distribution of 4 Crops with a Geographic Information System
For centuries, maps have stirred imaginations and inspired explorations of the unknown. For the past 40 years, GIS has quietly transformed everyday decision making in academia, government, nonprofit, and in business through the manipulation of satellite imagery, maps, graphs, databases, and multimedia in a decision-making framework. Agriculture was one of the first fields to embrace GIS, applied to everything from precision agriculture to invasive weed eradication to sustainable practices.
Joseph Kerski, posted on
September 23rd, 2009
Agriculture, Articles, Education, Featured Article
NASA Daily Image
Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun
On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than eight million degrees during the energy release process of the flare. Image Credit: JAXA/Hinode