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The American Geographical Society

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The first national geographical organization in the United States. Nonprofit organization spreading geographical and geospatial awareness since 1851.

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The #UnitedStates Senate passed the most consequential legislation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term - the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #BigBeautifulBill #budgetcuts

The #UnitedStates Senate passed the most consequential legislation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term - the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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#BigBeautifulBill #budgetcuts
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In a video statement at a Tibetan Buddhist conference in Dharamsala, #India, the current Dalai Lama confirmed that the position of the Dalai Lama will continue after his death and that only the Dalai Lama's office-in-exile can confirm a successor. #Succession #SpiritualLeader

In a video statement at a Tibetan Buddhist conference in Dharamsala, #India, the current Dalai Lama confirmed that the position of the Dalai Lama will continue after his death and that only the Dalai Lama's office-in-exile can confirm a successor.

#Succession #SpiritualLeader
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A recent study by Tulane University shows parts of #NewOrleans and surrounding wetlands are sinking at alarming rates of up to 1.9 inches (47 mm) per year. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f…

A recent study by Tulane University shows parts of #NewOrleans and surrounding wetlands are sinking at alarming rates of up to 1.9 inches (47 mm) per year.

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#MOTW: European Heat Tracker This week, major heat waves across Europe have pushed temperatures above 104°F (30°C) in countries including Spain, Türkiye, and Italy. Read more here: ubiqueags.org/map-of-the-wee… #EuropeNews #Turkiye #Spain #Italy #heatwave #heatwave2025

#MOTW: European Heat Tracker   
This week, major heat waves across Europe have pushed temperatures above 104°F (30°C) in countries including Spain, Türkiye, and Italy.  

Read more here: ubiqueags.org/map-of-the-wee… 

#EuropeNews #Turkiye #Spain #Italy #heatwave #heatwave2025
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An estimated 90% of #Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, is now under gang control, according to the executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f…

An estimated 90% of #Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, is now under gang control, according to the executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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At least six people have died and dozens more are missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Bali, a popular island for tourists in Indonesia. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #ferrytragedy #balistrait

At least six people have died and dozens more are missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Bali, a popular island for tourists in Indonesia.

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#ferrytragedy #balistrait
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Archaeologists have uncovered the ancient Egyptian city of Imet in the eastern Nile Delta, revealing a thriving urban center dating back 2,500 years. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #lostcityfound #archaeology

Archaeologists have uncovered the ancient Egyptian city of Imet in the eastern Nile Delta, revealing a thriving urban center dating back 2,500 years.

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#lostcityfound #archaeology
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Today’s #MappyMonday is the first known representation of the New World: Juan de la Cosa’s 1500 map. The map is also the first depiction of the equator (the thinner horizontal red line) and the Tropic of Cancer (the thicker horizontal red line) on a nautical chart. #equator

Today’s #MappyMonday is the first known representation of the New World: Juan de la Cosa’s 1500 map. The map is also the first depiction of the equator (the thinner horizontal red line) and the Tropic of Cancer (the thicker horizontal red line) on a nautical chart.  
#equator
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At least 82 people have died and 41 remain missing following catastrophic flash flooding triggered by heavy rainfall across #Texas on Friday. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f…

At least 82 people have died and 41 remain missing following catastrophic flash flooding triggered by heavy rainfall across #Texas on Friday.

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The 17th annual summit of the #BRICS intergovernmental organization is being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the 6th and 7th of July. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f…

The 17th annual summit of the #BRICS intergovernmental organization is being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the 6th and 7th of July.

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Brazil's Fluminese FC, France's Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) FC, Spain's Real Madrid CF, and England's Chelsea FC have qualified to the semi-final stage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f…

Brazil's Fluminese FC, France's Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) FC, Spain's Real Madrid CF, and England's Chelsea FC have qualified to the semi-final stage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

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Transition #minerals are critical components of sought-after #renewable technologies, accelerating a modern-day gold rush as companies race to bring them to global markets. To get them, we dig deep, even when it is at a great cost. Read more: americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-glob… #energy

Transition #minerals are critical components of sought-after #renewable technologies, accelerating a modern-day gold rush as companies race to bring them to global markets. To get them, we dig deep, even when it is at a great cost.

Read more: americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-glob…

#energy
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#TopoTuesday The Bungle Bungle Range - famous for its striking, banded beehive-shaped domes - is the centerpiece of Purnululu National Park in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. #topography #bunglebungles #westernaustralia

#TopoTuesday

The Bungle Bungle Range - famous for its striking, banded beehive-shaped domes - is the centerpiece of Purnululu National Park in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. 

#topography #bunglebungles #westernaustralia
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A massive flood on the Bhote Koshi River has swept away the strategic bridge connecting #Nepal and #China, leaving 18 people missing. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #flooding #bridgecollapse

A massive flood on the Bhote Koshi River has swept away the strategic bridge connecting #Nepal and #China, leaving 18 people missing.

Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f…

#flooding #bridgecollapse
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On Saturday morning, the river Seine reopened to public swimming for the first time since 1923. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #seineriver #cleanrivers #urbanswimming

On Saturday morning, the river Seine reopened to public swimming for the first time since 1923.

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#seineriver #cleanrivers #urbanswimming
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Researchers from the University of Copenhagen used aerial photos from the 1960s to track and understand the collapse of the Wordie Ice Sheet in #Antarctica. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #icesheetcollapse

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen used aerial photos from the 1960s to track and understand the collapse of the Wordie Ice Sheet in #Antarctica.

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#icesheetcollapse
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#worldcultureswednesday: Indigenous Filipino Burial Traditions Death is a natural part of life and a process shared across all nations and cultures, but different people have developed unique funerary and burial practices throughout history. #caviteño #sagada #Philippines

#worldcultureswednesday: Indigenous Filipino Burial Traditions

Death is a natural part of life and a process shared across all nations and cultures, but different people have developed unique funerary and burial practices throughout history.

#caviteño #sagada #Philippines
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#Ukraine suffered the heaviest-ever aerial attack from #Russia last night, during which 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles hit cities across the country in multiple waves of attacks. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f…

#Ukraine suffered the heaviest-ever aerial attack from #Russia last night, during which 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles hit cities across the country in multiple waves of attacks.

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#Taiwan has launched its largest annual Han Kuang military drills to prepare for a possible Chinese invasion, simulating attacks on key infrastructure and command systems. Read more and subscribe in the top-left corner for more #news in #maps: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #Military

#Taiwan has launched its largest annual Han Kuang military drills to prepare for a possible Chinese invasion, simulating attacks on key infrastructure and command systems.

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#Military
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After being closed for research at the site for eight years after its discovery, the ancient Peruvian city of Peñico opened its doors to tourists on July 3rd, with a festival to celebrate its cultural legacy. Read more: us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=023a4ebf81f… #ancientcity

After being closed for research at the site for eight years after its discovery, the ancient Peruvian city of Peñico opened its doors to tourists on July 3rd, with a festival to celebrate its cultural legacy.

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#ancientcity