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.
24.9 million people worldwide were being held captive as forced laborers in 2018. Half of them in the Asia & Pacific region. But consumer pressure is turning the tide for people trapped in modern slavery. #StandUp4HumanRights
Modern slavery is on the rise in Asia, but new laws show consumer pressure is working
In 2018, 24.9 million people worldwide were being held captive as forced laborers. But consumer pressure is pushing the envelope.
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Swiss Alps—most of Switzerland’s “1,500 glaciers have retreated every year since 2001—many expected to all but vanish by 2090”—hydropower engineers adapt to the future: as glaciers disappear, climate change expected to increase Swiss rainfall and snowfall
Where Glaciers Melt Away, Switzerland Sees Opportunity
In parts of the Alps, the warming climate is making glaciers disappear. Now the Swiss have a plan to make use of the valleys left behind.
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#trees are good for our health - it's official. And there is an urgent need to plant more on a global scale. Join our campaign to plant more here: https://t.co/LfvwUFhyrx @yoe2019lcr @LiverpoolParks @DefraNature @WoodlandTrust @ForestryCommEng @CityofTreesMcr @Trees4Learning
A cool study shows ancient cereal crops spreading across the Eastern Hemisphere around 7,000 and 3,500 years ago. Apparently Lucky Charms did not exist that long ago.
#map #food #globalization #grains #cereal
Map shows how grains took over the world - Futurity
See how grains like rice and barley spread around the world—far before the Silk Road.
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How Removing One Maine Dam 20 Years Ago Changed Everything #dams #damremoval #rivers #fish @americanrivers @NRCMenvironment @SalmonNews
How Removing One Maine Dam 20 Years Ago Changed Everything • The Revelator
The removal of the Edwards Dam on Maine’s Kennebec River helped river conservationists reimagine what’s possible.
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🐶 Dogs Before Instagram: Hoping this is the most popular @NYTimes article of the year. You go @jmwender ! #photography #dogs @nytimesphoto @NYTArchives
Dogs Before Instagram
Vintage photos from the New York Times archive show the enduring power of the pooch.
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Overfishing freshwater lakes leads communities into a cycle of poverty, but protecting part of the freshwater fishery can help.
Protecting fisheries can fight poverty: study – Human Nature -...
Freshwater protected areas can boost fish stocks to pull communities out of poverty.
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Around 60% of sand mined worldwide is used in China. The country is estimated to consume more sand in three years than the U.S. consumed in the entire 20th century.
The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World’s Sand
By far the largest mining endeavor globally is digging up sand, mainly for the concrete that goes into buildings. But this little-noticed and largely ...
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Scientists recently visited an island in the South Pacific that they watched develop from an underwater volcano! This island, named Hunga Tonga, is one of three volcanic islands that has lived longer than a couple months in the past 150 years. #island
4 Years Ago, This Stunning Island Didn't Exist. Now, It's Teeming With Life
A land out of time.
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“There are pregnant women, babies without diapers, and people with stomach problems.”
As Venezuela crisis spirals, needs across the Colombian border grow
Help is still slow to reach many in border town Cúcuta, where 40,000 people are crossing every day.
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