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. Our department was founded in 1932 and is consistently ranked among the top programs in the US. Our 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.
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Marginalized indigenous communities in Ecuador have begun to use new technology to create their own maps and demonstrate local knowledge of their territories, which can help in their fight for land rights: https://t.co/KzaAGuUmQZ
Microsoft wants to unleash its AI expertise on climate change
Microsoft wants to unleash its AI expertise on climate change
In a broad new set of sustainability commitments, the company wants to use its tech to develop tools to monitor and find insights in environmental dat...
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Wind is carrying huge amounts of microplastic dust around the world
https://t.co/fEciCUfmEe
On Monday, a fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed the spire and most of the roof. 3D mapping and laser scanners can help restore the monument. Read more about it here:
And read more about the fire in today's DailyGeo: https://t.co/J9PnfOT537
3D mapping of Notre Dame will help restoration - GPS World
Detailed 3D maps of the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris hold out hope for accurate reconstruction after it was devastated by a massive fire.
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The Songkran annual festival in Thailand is known as the world's biggest water fight - but monks and others are calling on city dwellers to show restraint as farmers suffer from drought | @rinachandran reports #Water #Cities #PropertyRights #Asia
As drought bites, Thai cities urged to rein in festive water fights
By Rina Chandran BANGKOK - A worsening drought in parts of Thailand has prompted monks and ...
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@AsYouSow @MaxLiboiron In this essay, I write a bit about my Dad using "air conveyers" in the 1960s to move PE pellets from factory to waiting rail cars-- how stressful, difficult; and also how easy to spray pellets everywhere -- if of interest @AsYouSow -- via @topicstories
American Beauties
How plastic bags came to rule our lives, and why we can’t quit them.
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Land in the Choke mountain watershed is becoming degraded due to climate change causing problems for Ethiopian farmers and to those further downstream on the Nile.
Ethiopian farmers struggle to scratch a living in warming highlands
By Dagim Terefe CHOKE, Ethiopia - Sloping fields of barley and potatoes stretching far into the ...
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Gentrification or poverty concentration? A new report maps expansion and decline in the 50 largest U.S. metros, revealing the true scale of neighborhood change.
From Gentrification to Decline: How Neighborhoods Really Change
A new report and accompanying map finds extreme gentrification in a few cities, but the dominant trend—particularly in the suburbs—is the concentr...
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It's going to take a long, long time for Earth to regain its biodiversity
https://t.co/XsGPhYJwk0
To Survive in Texas, Black Bears Need an Open Border • #borderwall #conservation #bears @WilcoxMeg reports for @Revelator_News
To Survive in Texas, Black Bears Need an Open Border • The Revelator
Bears are returning to the Lone Star State decades after being wiped out there, but a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico could end that recovery.
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Brave new word: why it’s cool to be a “dirt spoon” in South Korea From @1843mag
Why it’s cool to be a dirt spoon in Korea
Heuksujeo used to be a snobbish insult. Now younger generations are reclaiming the term
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Authorities demolished more than 41,700 homes last year across the country, forcefully evicting at least 202,000 people | #propertyrights
More than 11 million face eviction, displacement as India booms
Last year, authorities demolished at least 114 houses every day, evicting about 23 people every hour, according to a report, with slum clearance and c...
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