Geography and language
Radiocarbon dates: BP is not years before today
An archaeology programme’s date in BP needs its measurement context.
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Geography and language journal articles — page 13
Choose a practical article about geography and language. These topic indexes complement the six-article journal pages.
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Geography and language
Furigana helps read Japanese; it is not an English translation
A Japanese learning programme can supply a script with small pronunciation guides beside kanji.
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Weather charts: issued time and valid time are different
A forecast map has a time when it was issued and a time for the conditions it depicts.
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A launch webcast start is not a guaranteed liftoff time
A space-launch programme can begin before the launch opportunity opens and continue through a delay or a scrub.
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Mars coverage: an event happens before its signal reaches Earth
A mission-control reaction in a Mars programme follows the arrival of information on Earth.
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Ocean exploration video: identify the vehicle and camera
A deep-sea programme can show remotely operated vehicles, autonomous vehicles and cameras on a support ship.
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