Snow-related water woes
As Justin Mankin, Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College, USA, notes “On the one hand, snow is simple — you heat it up, it melts”. Full article
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Heat and Humidity Are a Killer Combination
Climate science tells us that in the future, combinations of heat and humidity could be so extreme that the evaporation of human sweat may not sufficiently cool our bodies.
Rise In 'Extreme Precipitation'
In 1996, the Northeastern U.S saw a sudden increase in the number of "extreme precipitation" events. And ever since then, that number has stayed elevated. Full story
Ariel Low '14 Helping Hurricane Harvey
Ariel had her boots on the ground after Hurricane Harvey, working with relief agencies and first responders.
Geography Grad Timothy Burdick ’89 new Director of Outdoor Programs
Timothy Burdick ’89, MED ’02, will oversee the Outdoor Programs Office, which serves as an administrative umbrella for and facilitator of outdoor activities. See complete article
Tracking The Rise In Mosquito and Tick-Borne Diseases
Illnesses carried by ticks and mosquitos are on the rise. Listen to NHPR discussion
Geography Major Plans after Graduation
Congratulations Geography Class of 2018. See where our geography majors are going after graduation.
Kelsey Byrd '13
After college, Kelsey worked on a fishing island in Maine doing community based health.
Kim Hamer Hulse '84
Kim has worked at the National Geographic Society for the past 30 years —where she is currently the Vice President of Education.
Dan Gaulin '82
Dan went directly to graduate school at the University of North Carolina Department of City and Regional Planning and then to a career in affordabl
Recent Publications
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Spatially distinct seasonal patterns and forcings of the U.S. warming hole
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The value of crowdsourced street-level imagery: examining the shifting property regimes of OpenStreetCam and Mapillary
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Estimating missing values in China’s official socioeconomic statistics using progressive spatiotemporal Bayesian hierarchical
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