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United States and Canada
General Motors Layoffs
General Motors (GM) announced Monday that it would close 8 plants, including five plants in the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2019. The closing North American plants are located in Oshawa, Ontario; Detroit and Warren Michigan; Lordstown, Ohio; and Baltimore, Maryland. 14,000 jobs (15% of the company’s workers) will be cut – including 8,000 white-collar workers and 6,000 factory workers (3,300 from the U.S. and 2,500 from Canada). The layoffs come with the company’s recent moves to shift to electric and ride-sharing vehicles, while eliminating numerous poor-selling traditional models. The company also announced it would be closing one of its South Korea plants as well as two other international facilities yet to be publicized.
This map depicts the locations of the 5 General Motors factory plants closing in North America. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Bloomberg
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Iran
6.3 Magnitude Earthquake
Sunday night, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Kermanshah province of Iran near its border with Iraq. While no fatalities were reported, over 700 people were injured, with 37 hospitalized. The earthquake was measured at roughly 6 miles deep according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), with its epicenter only 12 miles away from the city of Sarpol-e Zahab causing walls of homes to fall in the area. More than 160 aftershocks were reported throughout Kermanshah – two of which reached a magnitude 5.
This map depicts the site of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Iran that occurred Sunday night. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: TIME
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Mars
InSight Lands Safely
NASA’s InSight landed today in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars – located along the equator, 373 miles from Curiosity’s landing site, Gale Crater. Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight), the location of the landing site was chosen for its flat surface as well as suitable workspace with adequate sunlight. While previous missions assessed the canyons, volcanoes, rocks, and soil of Mars’ surface, InSight will measure the information beneath the surface. Researchers plan to record the seismic waves traveling through the interior structure of Mars, measure how much heat is flowing out of the planet, and use the lander’s radios to assess the wobble of the planet’s rotation axis.
This topographic map depicts InSight’s landing site in relation to landing sites for seven previous missions. Click on the map to learn more.
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Further Reading: NY Times, NPR, BBC, CNN, Times, Fox News, Bloomberg, NASA(2), Discover Magazine, IEEE Spectrum, Space News
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Q: What is the name of the archipelago where the Caroline Islands, Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap states are located?
A: Micronesia
This archipelago is located in the western Pacific Ocean about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In 1991 it gained independence from the United States.
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Q: Where can you find the world’s only yellow waterfall?
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