1.0GeoCurrentshttps://www.geocurrents.infoMartin W. Lewishttps://www.geocurrents.info/blog/author/martin-lewis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="v0ipR1eazm"><a href="https://www.geocurrents.info/blog/2025/12/02/avoiding-misinformation-when-teaching-the-geography-of-climate-part-1/">Avoiding Misinformation When Teaching the Geography of Climate, Part 1</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.geocurrents.info/blog/2025/12/02/avoiding-misinformation-when-teaching-the-geography-of-climate-part-1/embed/#?secret=v0ipR1eazm" width="600" height="338" title="“Avoiding Misinformation When Teaching the Geography of Climate, Part 1” — GeoCurrents" data-secret="v0ipR1eazm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.geocurrents.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Ancient.jpg20561460As earlier GeoCurrents posts in the current series on educational geography have noted, sun angles, which are determined by latitude, play a huge role in shaping the geography of climate. Simply put, the lower the latitude of any given location, the more solar radiation it will receive and the warmer it will be. Historically, latitude […]