#foodgeofriday | Spam: easy to make, easy to buy, easy to cook. A staple of many American diets that has captured the Pacific palate for almost a century!

#Chile: Monte Verde Dating Error Revised dating of organic material from a critical archaeological site in Chile has reset expectations about the length of time humans have inhabited the Americas. Read more: us10.campaign-archive.com?e=e1fdf5f076...

#World: 'Food Security Timebomb' World food prices climbed in March to their highest ‌level since September last year and could rise further if the Middle East conflict that pushed up energy prices continues. Read more: us10.campaign-archive.com?e=e1fdf5f076...

#Lebanon: One-Fifth of Population Displaced Over one million people have been forcibly displaced from southern Lebanon amidst Israeli strikes and subsequent evacuation orders in the largest and fastest mass displacement in Lebanese history. Read more: us10.campaign-archive.com?e=e1fdf5f076...

@geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social Sharing video tutorials by Tenn Geographic Alliance to help teachers critically interpret place names as storytelling, use primary sources of geographical & historical data, gain tools to engage students tngeographicalliance.org/whats-in-a-n...

📣 Big news! 📣 In partnership with Esri, we’re launching the State of the Map US Narrative Map Competition, a worldwide call for geospatial storytelling that puts open data front and center. Get the details in this blog post: openstreetmap.us/news/2026/04... #SOTMUS #SOTMUS26 #StoryMaps

#Space: Artemis II Successfully Launched The Artemis II crew launched Wednesday, sending four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon. This flight marks the first crewed mission to travel to the Moon’s vicinity in over 50 years since the Apollo era. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Indonesia: Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake at Sea A magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred Thursday morning off the coast of Indonesia in the Molucca Sea, with the epicenter located 79 miles (127 km) north-west of Ternate Island, and at a depth of 22 miles (35 km). Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#World: U.K. Hosts Hormuz Talks UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer will lead a summit today to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which has been largely shuttered to commercial traffic by Iran in response to strikes from the US and Israel in early March. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#MOTW: India’s Mughal Empire began on the Indian subcontinent with Emperor Bābar in 1526. Following the establishment of the empire, early development of the Kabuli Bagh Mosque in Panipat began, marking the beginning of Mughal architectural influence. Read more: ubiqueags.org/map-of-the-w...

#worldcultureswednesday | Today marks the beginning of Passover, a major Jewish holiday.

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#unitedkingdom: Over 200 species in the United Kingdom (UK) could go extinct if climate change and land use are not addressed. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #biodiversity #extinction #climatechange

# Bangladesh: The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has slashed food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh amidst cuts in funding for international aid agencies. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #myanmar #foodcrisis #Rohingya

#russia: A Russian An-26 military transport plane crashed early Wednesday morning in Russian-occupied Crimea, killing 29 people on board. The Russian defense ministry said contact was lost around 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #militaryplane #Crimea

🌎 AGS Councilor Alexander Murphy, who led the effort to add geography to the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program in the 1990s, spoke to us about the impact of AP Human Geography. Want to champion geography education? Donate to support our programs for teachers: www.americangeo.org/donate

At its peak, the U.S. railroad network surpassed 254,000 miles (around 400,000 km) of track with over 85,000 railroad stops throughout the country. Our new AGS Globe tells the story of 3 cities that became "ghost towns" through these transformations: substack.com/home/post/p-...

#Egypt: Ancient Ape Fossil Discovered A newly discovered ape fossil from northern Egypt may be the closest known relative to the last common ancestor of all modern apes. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Lebanon: Peacekeeper Deaths in the South The United Nations (UN) Security Council is set to convene an emergency session on Tuesday at the request of France after officials said three UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon had been killed in less than 24 hours. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Haiti: Gang Attack Kills 70 in Artibonite At least 70 people have been killed and nearly 6,000 forced to flee after the powerful Gran Grif gang warred with a vigilante group in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#MappyMonday: Skunkvine, an invasive species, grows rapidly and forms dense mats over shrubs, trees, and groundcover blocking sunlight, reducing photosynthesis, stunting growth and eventually killing native plants. The plant is named for its skunk-like odor.

#japan: Scientists at Kobe University recently discovered Japan’s Kikai Caldera Volcano magma reservoir, located south of Japan’s primary islands, is refilling and slowly recharging. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Australia: Australian police said on Monday that they shot dead a fugitive gunman wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month manhunt for one of the country’s most-wanted criminals. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #victoria #manhunt #fugitive

#yemen: Shipping disruptions from the war in Iran look to expand as Yemen's Houthi militants launched an attack on Israel on Saturday. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #iranwar #israel #Houthis

#FoodGeoFriday | Hot dogs 🌭 Take a tour of the United States through its highly unique regional hot dogs!

#World: Best Friends for Millennia Two new studies in the journal Nature have pushed back the estimated time that humans and dogs began to live in cooperation through new genetic analyses of dog remains from five sites in Europe and Western Asia. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Mexico: Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico An ongoing oil spill has devastated reefs and wildlife along the southwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, impacting seven nature preserves. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Cuba: U.S. Oil Blockade Fuels Crisis Cuba has plunged deeper into blackouts, shortages, and a growing humanitarian emergency following the actions of the U.S. government. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#MOTW: A 2025 study analyzing over 29,974 offset projects from 2000 to 2023 found no significant improvement in biodiversity outcomes from carbon offset projects and instead frequently observed perverse effects. Read more: ubiqueags.org/map-of-the-w... Map: Zeng et al. doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Attention all APHG teachers - Join AGS and a panel of APHG experts, including Chief Reader Dr. Lisa Benton-Short, as they share best practices for your classroom's review week. RSVP using the form found on www.americangeo.org/gei-videos and set your students up for a successful exam season!

A new article in the GR "explores their complex journeys back to #Ukraine and their future migration aspirations" since February 2022. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @americangeo.bsky.social

#World: Steep Decline in Freshwater Fish Migratory freshwater fish are in steep decline, with populations dropping an estimated 81 percent since 1970, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #freshwater #fish

#UnitedStates: Decline in Net Immigration Every metro area in the United States experienced a decline in net immigration in 2025 compared to the previous year, while only 25 percent of all counties saw overall population growth. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #Immigration

#Iran: Strait of Hormuz Tensions Build The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively blocked, with 17 vessels attempting transit having been struck and 500 oil tankers idling in the Persian Gulf west of the strait. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#WorldCulturesWednesday | Kolo, the traditional dance of the South Slavic region. This folk dance is characterized by the linking of arms and its various line and circle formations, which are performed to lively music.

#UnitedStates: Freshwater Under Great Salt Lake A new study by the University of Utah found a large reservoir of salt-free freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake, known for its high salinity, that may extend up to 2.5 miles (4 km) deep. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #greatsaltlake

#UnitedStates: ICE Deployed at Airports Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were sent by President Trump to airports around the country on Monday amidst the shortage of Transportation Security Agents (TSA). Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #TSA #Airports #ICE

#World: Halted Hormuz Risks Food Supply About one-third of the seaborne fertilizer trade that transits the Strait of Hormuz has effectively been halted since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, threatening global crop production and food security. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#TopographyTuesday | The Appalachian Mountains are a global biodiversity hotspot, home to one of the highest concentrations of salamander species, with a long history of coal formation and mining, where mountaintop removal has transformed entire ridgelines, burying streams and altering landscapes.

#England: King Harold's Loss Re-examined New evidence has emerged upending centuries-old beliefs about the defeat of King Harold Godwinson and his Anglo-Saxon army at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Colombia: Deadly Plane Crash in Putumayo At least 66 people were killed and dozens injured after a Colombian Air Force plane crashed shortly after takeoff Monday near Puerto Leguízamo in southern Putumayo, near the Peru border. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#Israel-#Lebanon: War Deepens in Lebanon Israel has intensified strikes targeting Hezbollah positions in Beirut, Lebanon. Israeli officials have outlined plans to establish a "defensive buffer" south of Litani River, roughly 30 km (19 mi) from Israel's border. Read: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

Few cities have persisted as continuous hubs of culture and trade for millennia. These ancient cities may have been conquered, flattened, or reduced to rubble, but across generations, they have been rebuilt, and people continue to live in them. Read More: americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-gl...

#mappymonday: This National Geographic Map depicts the migration routes of four species: sandhill cranes, pronghorns (Antilocarpa americana), monarch butterflies, and Mexican free-tailed bats.

#unitedstates: On Saturday afternoon, NASA tracked an estimated 1-ton meteor traveling at 35,000 mph (56,327 kph) which became visible at 49 miles (79 km) above Stagecoach, Texas, northwest of Houston. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #texas #meteorite #NASA #houston

#sudan: At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #WHO #eastdarfur

#Russia: Russia's major port on the Baltic Sea for oil exports at Primorsk was struck yesterday by a drone swarm launched by Ukraine. Air defenses initially stopped several of the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/... #oilportbombing #ukrainewar

#foodgeofriday: Jollof rice is an iconic West African dish that can be prepared in many different ways. Its signature orange-red color and smoky taste make it a staple in West African meals.

#UnitedStates: Meteorite Fragments Found in OH Meteorite hunters have found fragments from a meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded over northeast Ohio on Tuesday morning. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

#United Kingdom: Meningitis Outbreak in Kent An outbreak of meningitis in the southeastern English county of Kent has led to 29 confirmed cases and two deaths. The spread of the disease was caused by a strain of meningococcal bacteria. Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...