Poilievre campaign stop in Okanagan hints region could be in play
The Okanagan Valley, traditionally a Conservative stronghold, could see change this year, a B.C. political scientist says.
#politics #election #geography #Okanagan #BritishColumbia #canadaelection
https://globalnews.ca/news/11124235/poilievre-campaign-stop-okanagan/
**Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years**
“_Wetter conditions likely facilitated mammalian dispersals between Africa and Eurasia, with Arabia acting as a key crossroads for continental-scale biogeographic exchanges._”
Markowska, M., Vonhof, H.B., Groucutt, H.S. et al. Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08859-6.
#OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #Geography #Arabia #Climate #Academia #Academic @geography
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 627
Which country is the only one in the world with these 3 properties?
- Its name has 7 letters
- Its flag contains blue
- Has a population greater than 30M
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz #Vexillology
I hadn't played in a while.
#Worldle #1174 (09.04.2025) 2/6 (100%)
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 626
Which country is the only one in the world with these 3 properties?
- Its name has 8 letters
- Has a population less than 3M
- Its fertility rate is greater than 3 children per woman
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz
The 1400s and 1500s were centuries of enormous change for Venice, and for the rest of the world. The changing geography moved Venice from a central position in European trade to the margins.
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 625
Which country is the only one in the world with these 3 properties?
- Its flag contains at least these colors: red and green
- Has a population density less than 40 people/km²
- Has participated at least 20 times in the Summer Olympics
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz #Vexillology
The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate.
Driving the perfect length of Ireland,
Like a worn fold in a newspaper
—Medbh McGuckian, from "To a Cuckoo at Coolanlough"
https://textworksite.com/2009/05/09/a-saturday-woman-poet-medbh-mc-guckian/
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 624
Which country is the only one in the world with these 3 properties?
- Its name ends with "E"
- Its flag has at most 3 colors
- Its CO2 emissions per capita are less than 2 metric tons
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz #Vexillology
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 623
Which country is the only one in the world with these 4 properties?
- Its name has at least 10 letters
- Its flag contains blue
- Is landlocked
- Its CO2 emissions per capita are less than 2 metric tons
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz #Vexillology
@walkinglampshade @abhijithb21 @Sven_Holger_Wolf @Dianora
Or call it #LFN / #UFN Cuz Union of Free Nations would sound more universal...
#Geography aside I'm confident #Canada complies with #EU #membership criteria well and could at least get associative status similar to #Turkey within a short time frame.
#OTD April 7, 1803, revolutionary Toussaint L'ouverture died. A former slave, he led the only successful slave revolt in modern history.
Click the link to find on a #map where he was born:
https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=76&type=q
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 622
Which country is the only one in the world with these 3 properties?
- Its name has 9 letters
- Its flag has at most 3 colors
- Has a population less than 3M
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz #Vexillology
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 621
Which country is the only one in the world with these 3 properties?
- Its name has 7 letters
- Its flag contains green
- Is a member of NATO
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz #Vexillology
What continent are you on?
This doesn’t count islands near a continent as that continent, so the UK and Japan are not part of Afroeurasia, neither are Sri Lanka and Madagascar, nor Sicily or Taiwan, and Greenland, Cuba, Hawaii, and the Falklands aren’t part of America.
People that use the hashtags #BoycottAmerica and #BuyCanadian or #BuyMexican don’t know much #geography. 
#BoycottUSA to end #TrumpTaxes - aka #tariffs - and the imbecilic #TradeWar.
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
#EveryCountryIsUnique puzzle 620
Which country is the only one in the world with these 4 properties?
- Its name has at least 10 letters
- Has a population less than 3M
- Uses franc as currency
- Its CO2 emissions per capita are less than 1 metric tons
Answer in the comments with a Content Warning! #Geography #Quiz
@brian_gettler Before 1979 for sure. Actual flag checking needed for a better estimate. #geography #flags #history
