The Gulf Stream is the strong, fast moving, warm ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Learn all about the Gulf Stream, its impacts on world climate, and even how global warming might impact the Gulf Stream in this latest article from Amanda Briney.
It's
official! The 4,317,119 recorded births in the United States in 2007 broke the nation's record set in 1957 at the height of the
Baby Boom. Likewise, the prior year of 2006 was a banner year for births with 4,265,555 births in the U.S. However, experts predict that due to the economic recession, the total number of births in the United States the total number of births will decrease over the next few years.
The movement of water in the world ocean impacts the global climate. Learn all about the
currents of the ocean from geographer Amanda Briney's latest article in the realm of
physical geography.
The UCLA Charles E. Young Library Department of Special Collections provides an interesting
online exhibit focusing on the explorations and travels of women in from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The explorations of these women reminds me of the
Grand Tours of Europe of a similar period.
