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Europe has a problem. While the continent sits pretty far north, it actually has pretty mild temperatures overall. But that could change as the two things that keep Europe so pleasant could be collapsing: the Gulf Stream and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Both of these work in tandem to distribute warm water from the south to the northern region which then influences the temperatures of Europe. So what happens if the Gulf Stream and AMOC do collapse? And are we seeing it happen right now?

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The United States is a VAST country. And this means there's a lot of geography attached to it! Unfortunately, not every fun geography fact about the United States can fit within its own episode. So here are 15 of my favorite geography facts.

Here are the 15 facts:

1. The easternmost and westernmost state in the country

2. The state closest to Africa

3. The population dominance of the east

4. Wyoming's people:cattle ratio

5. The longest international border in the world

6. The Great Lakes have more water than you think

7. Colorado's "straight" borders

8. The largest rainforest in the United States

9. The highest and lowest points

10. The vastness of the Mississippi River Basin

11. The Mississippi River can flow backwards sometimes

12. The graveyard of the Pacific Ocean

13. The longest cave system in the world

14. The Great Basin is becoming greater

15. The only state that's physically growing

If this video does well, I have plenty more facts to share! And I'm also happy to create a video about other places in the world. 🤠

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Jordan is in an interesting situation, to say the very least. It's right in the middle of the Middle East which is known as being the most war-torn part of the world. Despite this, it's managed to stay peaceful and prosperous for decades. While Israel goes to war with Hamas and Hezbollah, Syria deals with a Civil War, Iraq suffers from the consequences of invasion and occupation, and Saudi Arabia wages a proxy war with the Houthis in Yemen, Jordan exists peacefully in the middle of it all. So why doesn't anyone ever go to war with Jordan?

In this episode, we'll cover the history of Jordan and how its evolved over the centuries, the physical geography of the country and region at large, and why Jordan is so peaceful when its neighbors are not.

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Why are the U.S. state borders so WEIRD? Basically it boils down to a series of political reasons mixed with a healthy obsession with aligning borders to latitude and longitude lines. But this gave us a country with borders that look very fake. So I decided to FIX them using natural features. Here are your much more natural U.S. state borders.

Oh and don't get too worked up over this. I have no more power to "fix" the state borders than you do. But it is fun to think about!

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The Sahara is, perhaps, one of the most mysterious places on the planet. Not only is it the world's largest hot desert, but it's also a place that used to be much different! Around 5,000 years ago the Sahara was a much greener and wetter region. And human flourished in the region. This means that, hidden underneath all that sand is an incredible world of ancient human civilizations, dry riverbeds and deep canyons, and even long lost fossils of sea creatures from when the Sahara was literally under the ocean. So let's find out what's under all that sand!

In this episode, we'll cover the ancient history of the Sahara when it was a greener and wetter place. Then we'll talk about what the Sahara looks and feels like today. Finally, we'll end the episode with a discovery of what's been recently found as new technology is able to look underneath the Sahara.

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Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province by both size and population. It's so small, in fact, that less than 1/10th of 1% of all Canadians live there. So this then begs the question: how did Prince Edward Island become a full Canadian province in the first place and why do so few Canadians not live there today?

In this episode we'll cover the physical geography of Prince Edward Island and what it looks and feels like today. Then we'll cover the history of how the island was given full provincial status in Canada. And finally, we'll discuss the current population trends of the island and why it still lags so far behind its Canadian and Maritime neighbors.

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Appalachia is one of the most culturally revered regions of the United States. In many ways, it's the region people think about when someone says "Rural America." Despite its cultural prominence, however, the area remains as one of the most underpopulated in the eastern half of the country with bustling cities literally surrounding it. So why don't more people live in Empty Appalachia?

In today's video, we'll cover the physical geography of the Appalachian region and the Appalachian mountain range. Then we'll cover the early American history of how the region was settled and transformed into one of the most important natural resource regions of the 1800s and 1900s. And finally, we'll talk about the region today and why it doesn't really have any major cities of its own.

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Australia is the driest, inhabited continent in the entire world! Which means that, unlike every other continent, it doesn't have any large, life-sustaining lakes that supply water for millions and moderate the climate. But that's not to say it's never had any great lakes. Today, on Google Maps, you'd be right to assume the country has several very large, very prominent lakes in South Australia, but, in reality, those lakes don't really exist. So where did Australia's Great Lakes go?

In this video we'll cover the ancient history of how Australia became so dry in the first place, why great lakes are so important to every other inhabited continent in the world, and what happened specifically to the large and prominent-looking lakes that appear on Google Maps, but don't actually exist in real life.

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Pennsylvania has emerged as one of the most important states in the country. Not only politically, but also economically and culturally. And this is largely because the state spans two distinct regions that are fairly different from each other. And right in the middle? A large, mostly empty region I've termed Pennsylvania's Empty Belt. So why don't more people live in central PA and and why is its east side so different from its west?

In this video, we'll cover the physical geography of Pennsylvania as one moves from east to west, the history of how the state developed into its two respective halves, and why the population of Pennsylvania largely coalesced in the far east and far west, but not really in its middle.

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Scandinavia is a fascinating region of the world! For one, it's usually considered to be the happiest with each of its respective countries often topping the global happiness list. But also, there's not that many Scandinavians relative to its size! In fact, the entire region has less than 1/4th the population of Germany. What's even more interesting is that, within Scandinavia, Sweden has about twice the population as its three siblings: Denmark, Finland, and Norway. So how did Sweden grow so much larger if it shares pretty much the same geographic region?

In this video, we'll cover the incredible geography of Scandinavia and the surprising differences as you traverse each country, the history of how these four countries became independent and how they have been linked throughout time, and, finally, how Sweden managed to grow so much larger in population.

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