Mali
Dogon Village Massacre
An armed attack on a Dogon village in the Mopti region of central Mali has left 95 people dead and at least 19 more missing. Tensions in the area have been high recently amid frequent conflicts between members of the Dogon ethnic group—a significant presence in the central plateau region of Mali—and semi-nomadic Fulani herders. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but local officials believe Fulani forces were involved. The massacre is the latest in a series of clashes that have resulted in hundreds of deaths so far this year.
This map depicts the location of the Dogon village in the Mopti region of central Mali. Click on the map to learn more.
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United States
NYC Midtown Crash
A helicopter crashed onto the rooftop of an office building in midtown Manhattan yesterday afternoon and caught fire. The pilot, who was the only person aboard, was killed. The aircraft took off from a 34th Street helipad and flew in rainy weather through restricted air space for 11 minutes before crash-landing. Authorities are still investigating whether the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing, while Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the crash had no link to terrorism.
This map depicts the location of the helicopter crash in Manhattan yesterday. Click on the map to expand.
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Gulf of Mexico
High Risk of Dead Zone
The U.S. National and Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that a dead zone covering 8,700 square miles could form in the Gulf of Mexico this summer. Scientists blamed high rainfall in the Midwest this spring for the increase in surface runoff flowing into the Gulf. This runoff contains large amounts of fertilizers whose nutrients feed an algae bloom on the water’s surface. Once these plants decompose, they create hypoxic conditions and large dead zones. Sewage runoff originating in urban areas has also contributed to this problem. The Gulf of Mexico/Mississippi River Watershed Nutrient Task Force has been increasingly monitoring this issue and is working towards reducing runoff, focusing on the farms and cities depicted on the map.
This map depicts the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Aside from Iceland’s Thingvellir National Park, at what other location does a mid-ocean ridge extend onto dry land?
A: Afar Depression, Horn of Africa
Also called the Afar Triangle, the Danakil Depression, or the Denakil Plain, the Afar Depression is located in the Horn of Africa and is part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. The depression is the result of a tectonic triple junction (the Afar Triple Junction) and includes the Danakil Desert and the lowest point in Africa, Lake Asal. At this site, the earth’s crust is slowly drifting apart at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.3–0.8 in) per year along each of the three rifts which form the triple junction.
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Q: After the Dead Sea, what is the second lowest-lying lake in the world? Hint: it is a freshwater lake.
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