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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 RYAN POEHLING FELLOWSHIP AWARD WINNERS!

The Awards Committee has selected this year’s graduate student winners for the Ryan M. Poehling 2024 Memorial Fellowship. This is our highest honor for our graduate students and all students must be nominated by a faculty member to be considered. The award winners will be recognized at the Spring Annual Evening of Excellence celebration. The […]

Habitat Mapping and Spatiotemporal Overlap of the Amazon River Dolphin, Fishers, and Tourism in the Central Region of the Brazilian Amazon

SIMMONS – Habitat Mapping and Spatiotemporal Overlap of the Amazon River Dolphin, Fishers, and Tourism in the Central Region of the Brazilian Amazon Cadi Fung, Brad Peter, and Cynthia Simmons Article first published online: 29 November 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation3040034 ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, concern has grown over the rising mortality of the Amazon […]

Geography Colloquium: Harnessing Geospatial Sciences and Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Service Assessments

Speaker: Dr. Chang Zhao Assistant Professor Agronomy Department University of Florida Thursday, November 16, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Human health and well-being are closely tied to the environment, which provides goods and benefits such as food, clean water, clean air, also known […]

Spatial Analysis of Human and Livestock Anthrax in Lai Chau Province, Vietnam (2004-2021)

LUONG, BLACKBURN – Spatial Analysis of Human and Livestock Anthrax in Lai Chau Province, Vietnam (2004-2021) Tan Luong, Do Kien Tran, Anh Hung Pham, Thi Thu-Ha Hoang, Van Khang Pham, Quang Thai Pham, Thi Mai Hung Tran, Minh Hoa Luong, Thanh Long Pham, Jason K. Blackburn Article first published online: 20 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.107044 […]

B.S. in Meteorology Starting in Fall 2024

The Department of Geography is excited to announce the Bachelor of Science program in Meteorology has been fully approved, and will officially begin in Fall 2024. Our program provides broader geographic training and aims to build skills that crosscut from meteorology to applied climate science, geospatial analysis, hydrology, business, economics, communications, and Al as required […]

2023 Anderson Lecture Series: Dr. Nik Heynen

Speaker: Dr. Nik Heynen Distinguished Research Professor Department of Geography University of Georgia Biography: Dr. Heynen’s research has explored areas of urban political ecology, abolition ecologies and geographies, and geographies of neoliberalism and racial capitalism. This work theorizes and demonstrates empirically how racialized processes of capitalism, white supremacy, and settler colonialism produce structurally unjust geographies […]

Transforming data into information: A One Health approach to vector-borne disease surveillance

Speaker: Dr. Michael von Fricken Associate Professor Department of Environmental & Global Health College of Public Health and Health Professions University of Florida Thursday, October 26, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Dr. von Fricken shares his experiences working in Mongolia and Kenya utilizing […]

Large Mining Projects and Socio-Environmental Impacts: Economic and Socio-Environmental Dynamics in Barcarena (Pará, Brazil)

SIMMONS – Large Mining Projects and Socio-Environmental Impacts: Economic and Socio-Environmental Dynamics in Barcarena (Pará, Brazil) Raimundo da Costa Almeida, Christian Nunes da Silva, João Marcio Palheta da Silva, Aghane de Carvalho Antunes, Cynthia S. Simmons, Daniel Araújo Sombra Soares Article first published online: 20 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/jssm.2023.165030 ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the socio-environmental […]

Future Heavy rainfall and flood risks for Native America under climate and demographic changes: A case study in Oklahoma

WEN – Future Heavy rainfall and flood risks for Native America under climate and demographic changes: A case study in Oklahoma Zhi Li, Theresa Wsoodle, Mengye Chen, Shang Gao, Jiaqi Zhang, Yixin Wen, Tiantian Yang, Farina King, Yang Hong Article first published online: 9 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0005.1 ABSTRACT: Climate change has posed inequitable risks […]

Modes of climate mobility under sea-level rise

ASH – Modes of climate mobility under sea-level rise Nadia Seeteram, Kevin Ash, Brett Sanders, Jochen Schubert, Katharine Mach Article first published online: 16 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acfe22 ABSTRACT: Exposure to sea-level rise (SLR) and flooding will make some areas uninhabitable, and the increased demand for housing in safer areas may cause displacement through economic […]