Department of Geography

One thing we love about Dartmouth students is that they are eager to connect what they learn in the classroom to real world projects and advocacy that address sustainability challenges.

Overwhelming scientific evidence has demonstrated that our planet is getting warmer due to climate change, yet parts of the eastern U.S. are actually getting cooler.

In a new study, Assistant Professor Justin Mankin and fellow researchers found that despite human attempts to stem global warming, record-setting precipitation and other extreme events are going to increase around the world.

The world is now Caldwell’s stage. From his Lyme Center beginnings, he’s skied internationally for SMS, matriculated at Dartmouth, won an NCAA championship with the Big Green and gradually ascended the U.S. Ski Team ladder. A five-year national team member and World Cup newcomer who will turn 24 years old before these Olympics end, Caldwell hopes to compete in two individual races and a relay at Pyeongchang.

As February approaches, Dartmouth students begin preparations for V-Day, the global movement to end violence against girls and women.

Rosie Brennan ’11 will make her Olympic debut with Team USA in cross-country skiing after placing 34th in the distance standings in the World Cup race in Val di Fiemme, Italy, this month.

Dartmouth Geography Major Selassie Atadika '98

Irma and Harvey add sense of urgency to Professor Frank Magilligan’s class lecture.

Geography Major Sydney Kamen ’19, helps lead a health workshop in Eastern Uganda, where children were given soap and taught to wash their hands.

The worst hurricane in New England history unleashed a devastating combination of wind and water 79 years ago, and with hurricanes ravaging the southeast U.S. and the Caribbean, it’s hard not to wonder what would happen if that storm returned today.