Global Change · Local Impact
Aloha and welcome to the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa! Geography is a diverse discipline that is united by its focus on global change and local impacts on humans and the environment. The department was founded in 1932 and is consistently ranked among the top programs in the US. Faculty have expertise across the breadth of the discipline in environmental geography, human geography, and geospatial information science, with a focus on Asia and the Pacific. Our BA, MA, and PhD students research topics such as environmental change, sustainability, and globalization and have gone on to careers in academia, government service, NGOs, and in the private sector.
Forest Conservation Is Part of the Climate Conversation Too - A new report and platform show how saving and restoring forests are key @ https://t.co/W3CJqEty2F
How mapmakers help indigenous people defend their lands
How mapmakers help indigenous people defend their lands
With help from cartographers, native peoples’ hand-drawn maps of their own territory become a tool against exploitation.
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Found this great site this morning - surely a source of data for dissertations - https://t.co/87Ju8Ium9X #geographers #geogsoc #gis
From deforestation to forest fires to Illegal clearances, it’s time big brands #DropDirtyPalmOil >>
https://t.co/QjjVFZPT21
Tell big companies to drop dirty palm oil - Greenpeace International
Take action and tell big companies to stop using palm oil from rainforest destroyers.
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"While the plight of Africa’s endangered megafauna — elephants and rhinos — captures the world’s attention and resources, awareness and protection of marine life along the continent’s coastal areas are 'completely overlooked'..."
Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s Nets
An organization on the coast of Kenya tries to persuade local residents to help return the trapped reptiles to the ocean, rather than sell their meat ...
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Turn down the volume and listen up!
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new set of guidelines about environmental noise.
WHO wants to hear the sound of silence
The World Health Organization has released guidelines on how noise from a range of sources is bad for our health.
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The World Health Organisation’s latest figures show that across the world, there are close to 1.5 billion people – about one fifth of the world’s population – infected with parasitic worms. https://t.co/nYXj3uwBEP
Forests emerge as a major overlooked climate factor https://t.co/Ey7tVbBZwe via @QuantaMagazine
Does #GlobalWarming actually threaten #biodiversity? Most Americans think so: https://t.co/89SjSJoUnv
VOLUNTEER: Join us on Hawaii island at Ka Loko o Kīholo (fish pond) for our Community Work Day on Oct 20, 9am-2 pm! Meet and talk story with wonderful people, contribute to a special place, and enjoy an awesome potluck! Please RSVP to barbara.seidel@tnc.org.
The widespread failure of American mass transit is usually blamed on cheap gas and suburban sprawl. But the full story of why other countries succeed is more complicated. https://t.co/aAS9gT44tF
Cuba girds for climate change by reclaiming coasts via @physorg_com https://t.co/yZ3FEGKG60
In just one facility, anywhere from 30 to 100 tons of shells are harvested each month—many with living animals still inside them
Seashell Souvenirs Are Killing Protected Marine Life
The seashell trade is little known, but the massive industry devastates marine life worldwide.
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DEM, DSM & DTM Differences – A Look at Elevation Models in GIS.
DEM, DSM & DTM Differences - A Look at Elevation Models in GIS - GIS Geography
We explore the differences between DEM (bare earth), DSM (natural and built environment) and DTM (vector contours and regularly-spaced points).
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The Belize Barrier Reef has been removed from the UN list of endangered world heritage sites - after the Belize government banned oil exploration around the reef. #UNESCO #conservationsuccess #corals #oceans #worldanimalday 🌊🐡🐟🐠
A Victory for Coral: Unesco Removes Belize Reef From Its Endangered List
The Belize Barrier Reef has been removed from the United Nations list of threatened world heritage sites because it no longer faces immediate danger f...
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Predominant Ancestry of Population of USA https://t.co/nXkjbhq4Zv
Cerrado towns terrorized to provide toilet paper for the world, say critics: https://t.co/oMSe3dq3WI
Can artificial islands solve overcrowding? via @SmithsonianMag
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Can Artificial Islands Solve Overcrowding?
Some say yes, others say the increasingly popular projects are too expensive and harmful to the environment
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Warming Cities, Dying Trees: Can We Keep Our Cities’ Tree-lined Streets? • The Revelator
Warming Cities, Dying Trees: Can We Keep Our Cities’ Tree-lined Streets? • The Revelator
Climate change may threaten the trees grown in inland cities. Adapting to that threat may help us protect city residents and mitigate future warming.
therevelator.org
Meet the Women Making History on The Trail to Machu Picchu via @NatGeoTravel #Peru #WomenWhoLead
Meet the Women Making History on The Trail to Machu Picchu
These trailblazing Peruvians are breaking the glass mountain as the first and only women to work as official porters on the Inca Trail.
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Thank you @mymodernmet for featuring the 2018 Atlas of Design!
These Are the Most Beautifully Designed Maps From Recent Years
Includes a river map hand printed on Japanese paper and an icy blue & white map showing the glacial landforms of Puget Lowland.
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What’s lies ahead for demobilised child soldiers in the Central African Republic? https://t.co/kVnEbT90gk
Court Orders Closure of Swordfish Fishery to Protect Loggerhead Turtles https://t.co/13jxwFRHNS
The nitrogen load in Iowa’s rivers and streams has been accelerating despite $100 mil. spent by the federal & state gov’ts to rein it in. Starting in 1999, the concentration of nitrogen in the state’s major waterways has increased 50%. #SavetheEPA
In the Heart of the Corn Belt, an Uphill Battle for Clean Water
Runoff from farms and feedlots has badly polluted Iowa’s waterways, more than half of which do not meet federal quality standards. Now, an unlik...
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Nestled between London's roaring motorways is an ecological utopia
Inside the Off-the-Grid Ecovillage Fighting London's Airport Expansion
On the site of Heathrow's planned third runway, these protesters have built a sustainable, environmentally conscious community.
on.natgeo.com
The Tiger Population in Nepal Has Nearly Doubled Since 2009 by @KaleighRogers for @motherboard - research by @PantheraCats
The Tiger Population in Nepal Has Nearly Doubled Since 2009
Nepal is one of 13 tiger-range countries striving to double the world’s tiger population by 2022.
motherboard.vice.com
Trouble bubbles up from an arctic lake. Another great one from @chrismooney
Across the Arctic, lakes are leaking dangerous greenhouse gases. And one lake is behaving very strangely
Maybe it’s just an anomaly – or maybe it’s something worse
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Egypt is building a new capital city from scratch – here's how to avoid inequality and segregation https://t.co/CUoqHFHH1x #Cities #Urbanisation
NEW REPORT: The explosion of #renewables in the German wholesale energy market have caused electricity prices to HALVE!
Global renewable energy trends
Technological innovation, cost efficiencies, and increasing consumer demand are driving renewables—particularly wind and solar—to be preferred ...
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A program to share knowledge — and salmon — across the Bering Sea. Learn how students from the United States and Russia come together to study salmon in Alaska: https://t.co/T6xIfcmPEa @wwfRU
Check out this interactive map that shows where #airpollution is projected to increase, county by county, by 2100 due to #climatechange. @Revelator_News @CenterForBioDiv
Interactive Map: Air Pollution in 2100 • The Revelator
Our exclusive map shows where pollution is projected to increase, county by county, thanks to climate change.
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Walls covered in paint, birds that have never been seen before, and a message to from the forests of Indonesia. Find out about the global movement to protect the future of Indonesia’s rainforests. https://t.co/dEzBKK1abG #WingsOfParadise
Story Map: Track Hurricane Florence's projected path along her actual path with corresponding strategic decisions made by the Commonwealth: https://t.co/usg2HaoBJl #FlorenceVA
When ice melts in the Arctic, the rest of the world burns.
#SaveTheArctic
The Melting Arctic Is a Real-Time Horror Story — Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?
This summer's epic wildfires and other extreme weather events have a root cause
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“Brothers of the Gun” just got longlisted for a National Book Award. Here's our Q&A with the authors:
A searing memoir recalls how Syria's civil war tore apart three friends
"I certainly understand my friends, although I do not agree with them."
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I wrote about the real reason why people hate speed cameras.
I Got Arrested to Prevent an Accident – Member Feature Stories – Medium
Speed cameras are often maligned as a money grab, but they also save lives. When officials tried to scrap New York City’s cameras, we fought bac...
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South Africa's second-largest city could reduce its greenhouse gas footprint by building homes for low-income residents on land left undeveloped as a legacy from apartheid #CapeTown #ClimateChange
Cape Town mayor looks to apartheid's legacy to curb climate change
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"Environmental Insights Explorer"—calculates city-wide carbon footprints—combines maps with carbon emission estimates, rooftop solar potential—beta-launch for Buenos Aires; Melbourne; Victoria; US: Mountain View, Pittsburgh—@GoogleEarth and @Mayors4Climate
A new use for Google Maps: calculating a city’s carbon footprint
The Environmental Insights Explorer calculates emissions from buildings, car trips, and public transport to illustrate how a city’s sustainabili...
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14 Pollinator-Friendly Colleges That Have Us Buzzing - Bee Campus USA–certified schools bring bees to higher education - https://t.co/pvJQOri4JT
Invasive mosquitoes are spreading across Los Angeles County. Have you been bitten? https://t.co/N8FJLwDLF9 via @latimes
Three ways to boost gender equity while also fighting climate change:
Addressing climate change is good for women (and their wallets!)
A new report highlights ways to boost gender equity while also fighting climate change.
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From Bangladesh’s vast camps to Myanmar’s prisons, volunteer “detectives” search for signs of the missing, the imprisoned, and the dead. https://t.co/8Tr7AR1Zdf
The Brazil Museum Fire: What Was Lost via @nytimes #BrazilNationalMuseum #Brazil
The Brazil Museum Fire: What Was Lost
Some items in the collection are irreplaceable to science, as well as the country’s national memory.
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We won’t save the Earth with a better kind of disposable coffee cup @ https://t.co/4DplLVUFb6
What will temperatures be like in your neighborhood in 2050? Check out our new #climatechange map: @Revelator_News @SEJorg
Interactive Map: Climate in 2050 • The Revelator
How will rising temperatures affect your community? We mapped what the world will look like under current climate change projections.
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China won't be the most populated country for long.
DYK these 10 surprising world population facts?
We're sharing some surprising facts about population around the world!
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"Our most fundamental laws and policies are under attack in Congress, including the Wilderness Act, Antiquities Act and National Environmental Policy Act." @OldBroads4Wild executive director Shelly Silbert in @Revelator_News #PublicLands
What Does Wilderness Mean — and What Does It Take to Protect It? • The Revelator
We have five questions about protecting public lands for Shelley Silbert, executive director of the advocacy group Great Old Broads for Wilderness.
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The evidence is in: Urban trees improve air and water quality, reduce energy costs, and improve human health. And in cities across the US, they are disappearing. https://t.co/k8ZXHUPakN
BREAKING: In a huge win for Pacific marine life, California votes to end drift gillnet fishing. https://t.co/Wb9ofD0coj #bycatch
Beautiful #infographic from 1986 shows the largest migrant groups in the US from 1820 to 1985. Migration was very much focused on western countries during that time. Source: https://t.co/9obSCuZH2J
47,000 Detroit students can't drink their school water because of lead and copper https://t.co/vzJbsSEJCe
Northern China’s largest wetland sits squarely in the path of Xi Jinping’s dream city project https://t.co/PepFXgYdEA
100,000—That’s how many orangutans have died in the past 16 years due to deforestation. We must protect these incredible animals’ habitat.
https://t.co/xOIWgGrmAz
Venus flytraps are a species that’s quickly nearing extinction in the wild. But you’d never know that from the sale price of $5 to $10. h/t @johnrplatt
How to Take a Bite Out of Venus Flytrap Poaching • The Revelator
Current laws further a cycle of poverty while not really protecting rare or endangered plants. There’s a way to fix that.
therevelator.org
Children who lack birth certificates are often excluded from healthcare and education services, and it is more difficult to protect them from underage marriage. What’s being done to help?
Registering the world’s invisible children - Positive News
Everyone has the right to a name and a nationality, but the births of around a third of children under five worldwide have never been recorded. Techno...
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Fish typically require approx. one pound of fish feed to produce one pound of biomass, making fish much more efficient & sustainable than their farmed terrestrial counterparts. Continued innovation and collaboration on research could improve this even further
5am: #Lane is a category 4 storm this morning as it continues WNW toward the state. Maui County has been upgraded to a Hurricane Warning, and a Hurricane Watch has been issued for Kauai County. Visit https://t.co/fUefWa9aTA for a full list of current watches and warnings #hiwx
One of the many maps that will be published in this year's Atlas of Design: "The Melting of Antarctica" by @tierneyl @jasontreat & S. Tyson for @NatGeoMaps. Pre-order your copy of the atlas here: https://t.co/54lZRaELp1
Botanist Charles M. Peters discusses how, in an era of runaway destruction of tropical forests, the centuries-old ecological understanding of indigenous woodland residents can help point the way to the restoration of damaged rainforests.
Lessons Learned from Centuries of Indigenous Forest Management
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, ecologist Charles M. Peters discusses how, in an era of runaway destruction of tropical forests, the centur...
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We compiled a list of amazing women in Fire science. Feel free to use as you seek interviewees for media pieces, or organize conferences, or identify speakers for a speaker series. #iamawomanfirescientist
Recognizing Women Leaders in Fire Science
Across the breadth of fire science disciplines, women are leaders in fire research and development. We want to acknowledge some of these leaders to pr...
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“Natural disasters bully the agricultural sector.”
In this commentary, @kimberlytalksag and Kelsey Bachenberg reflect upon last year’s hurricanes, floods, and droughts, making a case for disaster-smart food production.
The Case for Disaster-Smart Agriculture: 2017 Reflections
Besides the odd image of toppled trees, cattle wading through floodwaters, or a snowy blanket of dislodged cotton, agriculture rarely makes headlines ...
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How mobile messaging is helping monitor and predict deadly landslides in Colombian informal settlements https://t.co/kKgiV46a7v
The Geologic Time Spiral - A Path to the Past https://t.co/R8lVOS5CFt #MappingMonday
