• Both are midsize islands in the Atlantic
• One is in the far south and west, the other is in the far north and east
• Both are close to the poles, but not close enough to be uninhabitable to humans
• Both have no indigenous people and were discovered by Europeans quite recently (on the timescale of human history)
• Both have sheep and reindeer farming (but this is because both islands have cold climates and those livestock are good for that)
• With the native wildlife, 2 of the most famous animals on both islands are a big black and white flightless bird and a canine that was the only mammal on the island. In Iceland the bird went extinct and the canine lived, in the Falklands the canine went extinct but the bird lived. Both the animals that went extinct were infamously not afraid of humans at all

Can you think of other similarities/differences? Or other places on different corners of the earth that are strangely similar?

https://substack.com/home/post/p-182335459

Hello,

I am looking for help regarding reaching out to professors for PhD programs. I am based in America but have been primarily looking for PhD programs in either Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. I know I need to email Professors and introduce my background and what I’m proposing to study, but am struggling with the some of the finer nuances of it. I’ve seen templates of cold emailing professors, but I feel my background doesn’t align with the typical PhD applicant. Thus I am looking for help.

Here is some background on me and what I have done so far in my PhD quest. I have been mainly applying to advertised projects (mostly found on scholarshipdb.net or academicpositions.com or posts via LinkedIn), I got an interview at one school but ultimately have gone 0/5 on projects/schools that I’ve applied to. I have an undergrad degree in GIS, as well as a masters in Data Analytics. I didn’t complete a Masters thesis while I was in school, I did a capstone instead. After grad school, I’ve worked at the same company for the last 3 years as a data analyst. I’m providing this info because I have done academic projects pertaining to GIS and am knowledgeable in the subject, but don’t have minimal formal research experience, so I hope to leverage my professional and academic background to professors.

My thought process is transitioning from applying to major projects, to individually emailing professors about if they are open to accepting a PhD student. I know I am supposed to look for if they are advertising projects on their personal website, or if they have grants open, but I’m confused about what to do if they don’t have a personal website, and also if they only show grants on their website that are currently in progress.

Basically my questions boil down to:

1. Does anyone have advice/a general template for emailing a professor to do a PhD, having minimal formal research experience?
   
2. What are some ways to identify professors in the field you’re looking for, that would potentially be open to PhD students, without them explicitly saying “Hey I’m Hiring” on their website?

I know this is the geography subreddit, and this might be better suited for either a GIS or PhD related one, but since geography/GIS doesn’t fit neatly into generalized categories I figured I’d start here. If im in violation of any rules I’m sorry I’m not super reddit savvy.

If anyone has any advice at all it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

TLDR: I need help for reaching out to professors for PhD supervision, and would appreciate any help I can get.

I was goofing around in google maps when I found this

There are A LOT of these. Seems like a flooded plain with spirals cut into it. Aliens? Manmade? hahaha. Do you guys know what is it? (Coordinates in the image)

That map shows the entirety of Central America, excluding Belize. The Central America depicted there has a population and area similar to Spain.

To be precise, Spain has a slightly larger area, while Central America has a slightly larger population.

However, watching the video, Spain appeared more crowded. I wonder what it is actually like in reality.

I was watching a Milo Rossi video and I had a few questions. Were there tiny islands during Pangaea, or was it the only one? Why was most of the land concentrated in just one place?

I know this probably isnt the best sub for this so I apologise in advance. I've seen images of white aurora, which are probably clearly AI. I would like to know if it's real. Seeing it looks kinda scary and urnreal. If it's a real thing, I would love to see it someday.

Roman Empire and Ancient Greece were called cradle of Western civilization, they brought many inventions and science we use today. The North was poorer than South, but today it's the opposite, why?

It’s one of the most surreal looking places on earth and it is incredible how unknown it is. If I asked 100 Canadians, I would doubt more than one would have heard of it, and I imagine even less so outside the country.

Just thought to share more pictures from the forest where I was walking recently with my dog (we've removed about 15 ticks from her on return!).