Topic: Geography

Why Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum may both win in Michigan

Complex rules for allocating convention delegates mean the winner of Tuesday's Michigan primary, probably Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum, is likely to share the spoils with the runners-up. 

Missouri's Black River levee fails. Where floodwaters could hit next.

Residents along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers brace for a pair of crests that could bring record floods. In Missouri, 1,000 flee the overflowing Black River after 15 inches of rain in four days.

Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. Who else won in the past decade?

Mario Vargas Llosa has won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Peruvian author and former presidential candidate received the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 1995 and is the first South American author to win the Nobel since Gabriel García Márquez won the award in 1982.

Here are the past decade's winners.

Reader recommendation: Atlas, Schmatlas

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Water on Mars? Scientists say gigantic ocean used to cover one-third of Mars.

Water, water everywhere. Scientists say Mars had an ocean that covered one-third of its surface.

Seventeen found dead, crews search for dozens missing after Ark. floods

Search parties of the Ark. floods found a seventeenth victim on Saturday. Flash floods hit the campground early Friday morning and based on 73 missing persons calls, search and rescue crews expect to find more victims.

Were woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats wiped out by climate change?

Researchers think that climate swings may have played a central role in the extinction of more than half of heavy mammals.

How to plan better for New England floods

Changing rainfall patterns have increased the number and severity of floods. Better forecasts and improved flood management have helped, but planners need to do more to reduce risks and boost community resilience.

Experimental geography as art

Traditional geography meets politics – plus multimedia and performance art.

In Cambodia, a case for localizing climate-change research

Researchers know global temperatures are rising. Now scientists from as far away as Finland are studying what that means for the 1 million floating residents of the Tonle Sap Lake.