Syria
North Korean Weapon Shipments
A recent U.N. investigation links North Korea to Syria’s chemical weapons program. The report highlights at least 40 unaccounted-for shipments to Syria between 2012 and 2017, which included items meant to “build the interior walls of a chemical factory.” The Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) – a Syrian government civilian research institute, allegedly paid North Korea for weapons. It has been uncovered that chemical weapons were manufactured at three SSRC sites in Masyaf, Hama Province and Dummar and Barzeh, two villages outside of Damascus. The same U.N. report says that North Korea sold weapons to Myanmar.
This map depicts the location of SSRC sites where chemical weapons were manufactured. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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United States
Measles in New York
The New York State health department is warning people across three counties they may have been exposed to measles. An infected Australian tourist visited Manhattan, Putnam County, and Orange County during mid-February. The infected tourist started his Manhattan visit at a La Quinta Inn on West 71st Street on February 16 and stayed until the 19th. Two tourists that are not vaccinated report having stayed at the same hotel during that time. Anyone else there at the same time may have been exposed to the virus. Individuals with symptoms should contact health care providers before going for an exam. The risk of developing measles is very low, especially for people who have been immunized.
This map depicts the locations that the infected tourist visited. Click on the map to expand.
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Graphic Source: DailyMail
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Europe
Beast from the East
A massive winter storm sweeping in from Siberia has brought severe weather to Europe. The cold snap has caused rare snow in southerly areas in Rome, and some parts of Britain feel colder than the Arctic Circle. As of Tuesday, at least 12 people have died from the cold weather, 3 of whom were in Lithuania – where temperatures have dipped below -4 degrees Celcius. The weather phenomena can be explained by this year’s abnormally warm weather over the Arctic. Because of this, sea ice levels in the region are low, creating an environment that allows a cold air stream in the north to flow across Russia, Scandinavia, and mainland Europe.
This interactive map depicts today’s global average temperatures. Click on the map to explore global climate phenomena.
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 The Opte Project
“Some people need to see to understand.” This quote serves as the basis of the Opte Project by Barrett Lyon. Opte (pronounced op-tee) originated from the Latin word Opti, meaning Optical. Barrett Lyon grew up as a dyslexic young man but with early identification of his learning [dis]ability, he was able to form techniques that helped him function in a world not built to suit his way of thought. With the rise of computers and Internet he became excited and enabled. Lyon is passionate about the Internet as a life-changing technology for everyone but recognizes that the invention and utilization of the Internet has not grown with humanities use of it. Since the Internet is basically a constellation of networks that interconnect to provide the relatively seamless communication of data and conversation, it seemed logical that he could draw lines from one point to another. The visualization represented below is one of a collection that collectively outputs an image of every relationship of every network on the Internet. Data was collected through The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the standard for carrier-class routing on the Internet. A single BGP feed from a provider should contain most of the routes or prefixes available at any given moment. The result was an award-winning representation of the Internet that now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
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Q: What is the tallest waterfall in Iceland?
A: Morsi
Morsi is in Morsa river in Morsarjokull glaicer. It falls at about 240 meters high. Pieces of ice constantly break off the glacier’s tail and fall off the cliff, so it is impossible to move right up to the waterfall to accurately measure the hollow’s depth.
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Q: What U.S. state’s boundaries, except Hawaii, do not include any lines of longitude or latitude?
Stay tuned for the answer to today’s question in tomorrow’s DailyGeo.
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