Category Archives: Brazil

World Tree Map – For the First Time.

May 6, 2013 – Global Map of Forest Height (above): Produced from NASA’s ICESAT/GLAS, MODIS and TRMM sensors. The map will advance scientists understanding of Earth’s forest habitats and their role in Earth’s carbon cycle. A NASA-led science team has … Continue reading

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Active Volcanoes of the World – Warning for California!

April 7, 2013 – Active Volcanoes of the World: The map above, from the Smithsonian Institute, shows 15 current active volcanoes of the world and the tectonic plate boundaries. A red plate boundary reflects built up stress and danger, yellow is … Continue reading

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Money Spigot Opens Wider.

April 5, 2013 – Money Spigot Opens Wider: Japan Unveils an Aggressive New Policy, Echoing the Fed and Other Central Banks. The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) new leaders delivered on their pledge to radically overhaul its strategy to revive Japan’s … Continue reading

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The Apocalypetic Catastrophic Future of the World!

March 20, 2013 – Thor not Ready to Bring Down his Hammer on the World - Yet:  In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding God associated with thunder, lightning, storms, strength and destruction. Thor is a prominently mentioned God throughout recorded … Continue reading

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Global Futures and Options Volume by Category.

February 5, 2013 – Global Futures and Options Volume by Category in Billions of Contracts: The figures above reflect the total number of contracts traded, over the last six months, in billions of contracts on all world futures and options … Continue reading

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Life Expectancy Around the World!

February 1, 2013 – Life Expectancy Around the World:  The World Map, above, is color coded by life expectancy. The color scale is in the lower left. Dark red is greater than 76 years, red is 70.3 to 76 yrs, … Continue reading

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240 Dead in Nightclub Fire in Brazil.

January 28, 2013 – 240 Dead in Nightclub Fire in Brazil: At least 240 people died in a fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria early Sunday, local government officials said. The … Continue reading

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Amazon Rainforest Sustains Long-Term Damage.

January 18, 2013 – Amazon Rainforest Sustains Long-term Damage: An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a mega drought that began in 2005, and persisted to the next major … Continue reading

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Barbault’s Cyclical Index of War and Peace – Growth and Decay.

January 13, 2013 – Barbault’s Cyclical Index of War and Peace – Growth and Decay: This post is an addendum to Ganeau’s Index of Cyclic Equilibrium discussed yesterday. In summary, Claude Ganeau developed a method of determining periods on the … Continue reading

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Heat, Flood or Icy Cold, Extreme Weather Rages Worldwide.

January 11, 2013 – Heat, Flood or Icy Cold, Extreme Weather Rages Worldwide: Britons may remember 2012 as the year the weather spun off its rails in a chaotic concoction of drought, deluge and flooding, but the unpredictability of it … Continue reading

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