This could ultimately lead to cataclysmic change and a map similar to Scallions original vision. However, he did say it is far more likely an asteroid hit would cause a polar shift. Turcotte, an expert in planetary geology at the University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Science Department, he tells me that the predictions of earthquakes causing a planetary shift and coastal flooding is for the most part nonsense. NASA scientists estimate that they have found at least 90 percent of these enormous, near-Earth asteroids, and none of them pose a threat for the future. While smaller asteroids can do great damage on a local scale, experts think that space rocks must be at least 0.6 miles wide to threaten human civilization. Astronauts aboard NASA's Orion space capsule will visit the rock in the mid-2020s. According to John Holdren, then director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, “After it arrives at the asteroid, the spacecraft will pluck a boulder off its surface and then fly along with the space rock for a while, investigating the potential of a deflection strategy known as the "enhanced gravity tractor." The probe will then head back toward Earth, eventually placing the boulder in orbit around the moon. NASA has even created an Asteroid watch website with detailed listings of discovered objects as well as a detailed Impact risk chart which lists the year 2020 as the earliest increased activity risk.ĭuring the Obama administration, plans were developed for NASA to launch a robotic probe in 2021 toward a near-Earth asteroid the current target is a 1,300-foot-wide (400 m) rock called 2008 EV5. MAP OF THE WORLD AFTER WW1 PLUSThis gorgeous atlas contains maps of every European country from the 1700s to the 1900s, plus historical timelines to help you learn about the most important events in each country’s history.Inside Mission Control at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jim Dobson You can find the above map and more excellent European maps from throughout history in The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: Europe. Likewise, Yugoslavia partitioned into several states during the 1990s, including Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia. In the late 1980s, Czechoslovakia separated into the Czech Republic (or Czechia) and Slovakia. World War II altered German, Russian and Polish borders, and the fall of the Soviet Union spurred successful independence movements in formerly Russian regions such as Ukraine and Belarus. In fact, you might notice Europe doesn’t look too different today than it did 100 years ago. The boundaries set by the Treaty of Versailles are foundational. But six counties in northern Ireland voted to remain in the United Kingdom, creating two separate political entities. MAP OF THE WORLD AFTER WW1 FREEShortly after the war, most of Ireland became the Irish Free State, an independent country. Note, too, that Ireland is partitioned in this map. And the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) gained independence from Russia. World War I also solidified several independence movements. The Treaty of Versailles restored Poland to a sovereign state, reversing the partitions of Poland made in previous centuries. In addition, Romania gained territory from Austro-Hungarian lands, as did Italy. Austria-Hungary broke into its constituent parts (the independent states of Austria and Hungary), and the victorious Allies created two new, independent, multiethnic states: Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. To prevent further conflict, the victorious powers dissolved the Austro-Hungarian Empire and stripped the Germany of some of its lands. Indeed, the Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian emperors had all abdicated by the war’s end. Many saw World War I as a contest between monarchies and newer forms of government, such as democracy and communism. Read on to learn more about what changed as a result of the war. The Treaty of Versailles the next year put a formal end to the conflict, and this 1921, post-WWI European map shows the borders set by the document. 11, 1918, Europe would never be the same. And once the mortars stopped firing on Nov. They called it the “war to end all wars.” After four years of fighting, more than eight million people lay dead.
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