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The following article with the title above was written by Sarah Pruitt for history.com and was posted August 21, 2013: The intriguing Latin phrase Hic Sunt Dracones–translated as “Here be dragons”–appears on the globe above the coast of Southeast Asia, while the continent of North America is shown only as a few scattered islands. Experts say the recently discovered globe, engraved on two conjoined ostrich-shell...

Five SDSU graduate students in the UCSB-SDSU Joint Doctoral Program have recently and successfully defended their dissertations. The joint PhD program in Geography between UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State University is distinctive insofar as it brings together two outstanding departments that complement each other. SDSU is considered the flagship campus of the 23-member California State University system, and it is ranked No. 7 in...

The following is a blog by Brian Kahn, writing for climatecentral.org, dated August 2, 2013 and with the title above: An intense heat wave in Siberia has contributed to an unusual flare up of wildfires across the fragile and carbon-rich landscape. Smoke from the fires is lofting high into the atmosphere, and is drifting toward the Arctic, where soot can hasten the melting of snow and sea ice. The Siberian city of Norilsk, the most...