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UH Geography and Environment PhD candidate Aurora Kagawa-Viviani was interviewed by @KITV4 regarding her research on temperature in the Hawaiian Islands.The 1.5 degree increase for sea level temperature is in Fahrenheit. https://www.kitv.com/story/41718460/hawaii-experiencing-warmer-nights-and-less-humidity Congrats, @akkagawa!

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UH Geography and Environment PhD candidate Dylan Beatty has a new article titled, "Re-inscribing propositions: historic cartography and Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands" in Territory, Politics, Governance, https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2019.1687325

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Public lecture TODAY, Feb. 20th @ Noon in 443 Saunders - "Twenty-five years of forest dynamics in Nepal," by Dr. Jefferson Fox and Dr. Sumeet Saksena, senior fellows in the research program @EastWestCenter.

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UH Geography and Environment Asst. Prof. Lisa Kelley is giving a talk at Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Management's research seminar series TODAY, Feb. 19, 3:30pm in St. John 011. Her talk is titled, "Landscape Dynamics: Labor Migration & Land-livelihood in SE Asia."

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Public lecture this Thurs., Feb. 20th @ Noon in 443 Saunders - "Twenty-five years of forest dynamics in Nepal," by Dr. Jefferson Fox and Dr. Sumeet Saksena, senior fellows in the research program @EastWestCenter.

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UH Geography & Environment Assoc. Professor David Beilman's work is highlighted in the current issue of Hawaiian Airlines' Hana Hou! magazine. The feature article is titled, "Water Worlds: Hawaiʻi's high elevation bogs are treasure troves of biodiversity," https://hanahou.com/23.1/water-worlds

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UH Geography & Environment adjunct faculty member, Kevin Woods, has a new article in World Development titled, "Smaller-scale land grabs and accumulation from below: Violence, coercion and consent in spatially uneven agrarian change in Shan State, Myanmar" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104780

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UH Geography and Environment PhD candidate Kyle Kajihiro will be one of the contributors at the upcoming DeTours: A Community Talk Story event at Kapiolani Community College (@uhkapiolani), on Feb. 19th, 4:30-6:00pm in the ʻŌhiʻa cafeteria.

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UH Geography and Environment 2020 Summer semester course listing is available at https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=202040&s=GEOG; Registration begins on March 11 for all continuing UHM students.

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