geography – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:47:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Ms. Nemonte Nenquimo, President of the Waorani Pastaza Organization, CONCONAWEP, following their recent landmark legal victory against the Ecuadorian government, leading to 500,000 acres of Amazon rainforest protected from oil drilling and timber companies — ideaXme — Ira Pastor https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/ms-nemonte-nenquimo-president-of-the-waorani-pastaza-organization-conconawep-following-their-recent-landmark-legal-victory-against-the-ecuadorian-government-leading-to-500000-acres-of-amazon-rai Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:47:16 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=100659 ]]> Arctic Explorers Uncover (and Eat) 60-Year-Old Food Stash — By Danny Lewis | Smithsonian.com https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/10/arctic-explorers-uncover-and-eat-60-year-old-food-stash-by-danny-lewis-smithsonian-com Fri, 23 Oct 2015 04:28:28 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=18657 ef001694.jpg__800x600_q85_crop

“While exploring the coldest parts of the planet, even the smallest snacks can be a lifesaver. In case of emergencies (or sometimes to for a future treat), polar explorers will leave caches of food and supplies along their return route. … Recently, a teams of researchers camped out in Greenland’s arctic desert discovered one such cache—ration tins left behind by an expedition about 60 years ago.”

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]]> Who Owns the Digital Map of the World? — Laura Bliss | CityLab https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/who-owns-the-digital-map-of-the-world-laura-bliss-citylab Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:00:19 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=15136

“Last week, Mapbox, a map development company based in Washington, D.C., announced that it has raised some $52.55 million in Series B funding, a sum CEO Eric Gunderson called the biggest ever for a mapping company. Mapbox doesn’t exactly make maps, though. It builds towers of software that organize sets of geo-spatial data for other kinds of businesses—real estate, transportation, agriculture, government, smartphone apps.”  Read more

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