Geography
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Clark to host National Geographic Bee State Finals April 1
Fourth- through eighth-grade students representing nearly 80 different towns and cities in Massachusetts will compete in the state final of the National Geographic Bee at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 1, in the Daniels Theater in Atwood Hall at Clark University. Registration is from 1 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. The final round will begin at approximately 3:15 p.m. * WEATHER…
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IDCE celebrates 10 years of global impact
The year was 1967 and Richard Ford was doing what he loved best: studying the vibrant cultures, social rhythms and political nuances of Africa. As visiting professor at the University of Natal, he’d traveled to South Africa with his wife Nancy to continue his research when he received an unexpected letter in the mail. It…
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Ph.D. student completes Antarctic research; passes Clark Mountains
Unfazed by the East Coast’s record snowfall, Clark University Ph.D. student Luke D. Trusel recently returned from a six-week research expedition based out of a large ice core drilling site on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS Divide) from where he traveled to remote field camps. Trusel arrived at the U.S. McMurdo Station on Dec.…
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Professors author ‘essential’ economic geography text
Clark University School of Geography professors Yuko Aoyama, James T. Murphy and Susan Hanson have authored a new textbook, “Key Concepts in Economic Geography,” published by Sage Publications. Written by internationally recognized geographers, the book is recommended as an essential addition to any geography student’s library. “This book covers the breadth of economic geography from…
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Clark group travels to Global Alternative Forum in Mexico
From December 4-11, Professor Dianne Rocheleau of the School of Geography at Clark University is traveling with a group of students, each actively engaged in issues of environment, development, social movements and climate change, to attend the Global Alternative Forum for Life & Environmental & Social Justice in Cancun, Mexico. The group will attend and participate in…
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Clark Labs to unveil forest-saving tools at COP16 event in Cancun
New forest-saving geographic information system (GIS) tools implemented by Clark Labs will be unveiled at Forest Day 4, on Dec. 5 at COP16, the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change 16th Conference of the Parties, in Cancun, Mexico. REDD – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation — is a climate change mitigation strategy first proposed at the…
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Climate change may dry out water cycle, Clark scientist co-reports
A new international study in the journal Nature reveals that global water evaporation from land and plants has been weakening over the last decade, as the soil dries up in many southern regions. The study suggests that limitation in moisture supply in the Southern Hemisphere has contributed to falling rates of evapotranspiration. This slowing trend could have…
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$451K grant backs Clark Labs’ work with Google.org land-cover analysis
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a grant of $451,000 to Clark Labs in support of their current work with Google.org in the development of on-line tools for REDD projects. REDD, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, is a climate change mitigation strategy that offers developing countries incentives to reduce forest carbon emissions.…
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Communicating science is vital, workshop at Clark makes clear
The public’s increasing lack of understanding and growing distrust of science has become apparent to many, from members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences to the casual talk-radio listener. Popular New York Times science writer Andrew Revkin recently wrote: “Specialized journalists now occupy a shrinking wedge of a fast-growing pie of light-speed media. This reality threatens…
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Scientists say federal nuclear waste panel must rebuild public trust
A renewed federal effort to fix the nation’s stalled nuclear waste program is focusing so much on technological issues that it fails to address the public mistrust and lack of credibility hampering storage and disposal efforts, say Clark University scientists in a policy forum paper published in the latest issue of the journal Science. In “Nuclear Waste:…