Geography
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‘There is no syllabus for this’
Students hone research skills by assessing Worcester’s trees after beetle invasion
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Close-ups from far away
Free, high-resolution satellite imagery soon to be available to Clark faculty and students
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Francis Lelo, Ph.D. ’94, is leading Kenya’s Laikipia University to prominence
When Francis Lelo, Ph.D. ’94, was a boy in rural Kenya, the local school was seven kilometers from his home. His family had no access to a vehicle, and the teachers punished any tardiness with a smack across the backside with a cane. The clear benefits of punctuality meant that simply walking to school was not…
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Clark geographer in Australia to study climate change, drought and the death of trees
Scientists predict that 2016 is on track to become the hottest year on record. They estimate that record-breaking temperatures will stem in part from the current El Niño event, which affects weather worldwide. But they say climate change is also playing a role this year, just as it has for “the previous 17 record-breaking hot years back to 1937,” according…
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New crop of ‘HERO’ researchers to help protect Worcester’s trees
Five Clark University undergraduates recently joined a fight against a common enemy of tree lovers in Worcester and beyond: the Asian long-horned beetle. Imported to the United States via infested wood pallets from China and Korea in the 1980s, the invasive pest was discovered to have killed trees in New York City in 1996 and…
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Antarctica or bust: Clark’s southernmost research
For almost a century, Clark scientists have traveled to the frozen continent to understand its impact
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NOAA Fellows heading to summer research projects in Hawaii, Calif., Md.
Faye Harwell ’15, MS’16, has some words of advice for Clark University’s three Marsh-Mosakowski National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fellows this summer: You never know how you’ll end up using the invaluable experience gained through a research project for NOAA. Take larval samples. Harwell encountered plenty of aquatic larval species during the summer of…
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Envisioning a changed world
Professor Eastman’s exhibit depicts the troubling beauty of humans’ environmental impact
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2016 Climate Change Teach-In asks crucial questions about issue
The stakes are high. The planet is changing profoundly. What does it mean, what is possible, and what is needed? Clark University’s second Climate Change Teach-In on March 23 brought the campus together for a deep consideration of the challenges to the planet’s health. The day featured a variety of teach-in sessions and a campus-wide…
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Climate Change Teach-in: Researching dramatic changes at the planet’s ‘thermostat’
Session One of Clark’s Climate Change Teach-in 2016 on March 23 entailed several “new Earth conversations” framed by the question “What is changing, and why?” Faculty from many disciplines offered insights and perspectives on a variety of climate-change topics. Among the teach-in faculty was Karen Frey, associate professor at the Graduate School of Geography, who presented “A new look…