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United States
Schools to Reopen with Virus Cases
As the beginning of the new school year is fast approaching, school districts across the country are weighing the risks of reopening. This map by The New York Times uses estimates from a study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and shows the likelihood that students carrying the virus would arrive back to schools in the first week. The highest-risk areas include Miami and Fort Lauderdale in Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, and Las Vegas, Nevada. A study by Education Week uses data surveying 342 schools across the country found that 50% of surveyed districts are offering online classes only, 32% are offering classes in person, and 18% doing a mix of the two.
This map depicts the estimated number of infected students arriving back to schools of 1,000+ in the first week back. All COVID-19 updates will be displayed in a red box.
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Japan
Remembering Hiroshima
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack in Hiroshima, Japan. On this day, in 1945 during World War II, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, the United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender. Anyone within 500 meters from ground zero was killed that day–an estimated 140,000 people (40 percent of the city’s population). Thousands more died later from radiation. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui has urged the international community to put aside differences and unite against dangerous threats to humanity, whether that be nuclear weapons or the coronavirus. After a moment of silence at the exact time the bomb was dropped, the mayor announced in his speech how Hiroshima recovered, becoming a prominent symbol of peace.
This map shows the exact location of the dropped bomb, called “Ground Zero,” and the buffer zones surrounding the area. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Antarctica
Satellites Spot Penguins
A recent study published in the Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation journal identified 11 new colonies of Emperor Penguins using satellite images. Emperor Penguins are extremely vulnerable to climate change, with experts calling them “canaries in the coal mine” when it comes to temperature change. The newly discovered colonies raise the known population of Emperor Penguins by over 5 percent in the 61 colonies cataloged in the Antarctic. The colonies were spotted using the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite that was launched in 2015 and has a resolution of 10 meters. In the future, the research group will be using satellites with 30-centimeter resolutions to monitor the colonies.
This map depicts the location of the Antarctic’s Emperor Penguin colonies. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: With an elevation of 13,845 feet (4,220 meters), the tallest peak in Central America is part of which mountain range?
A: Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Also called Sierra De Soconusco, the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range extends from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Mexican state of Chiapas, into western Guatemala. The highest peak in the range is the stratovolcano named Volcán Tajumulco located in southwestern Guatemala. Tacaná Volcano standing at 13,320 feet, is the second tallest mountain in Central America and is also located in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range.
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Q: Which European countries are known as the “The Low Countries”?
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