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UF Researchers Make New Strides in Predicting Dengue Fever Outbreaks

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GAINESVILLE, FL – Medical Geography researchers from the University of Florida recently participated in a study that successfully predicted dengue fever outbreaks on the Caribbean island of Barbados, using climate data. This paper is part of a special issue of PLOS MEDICINE, focusing on the impacts of climate change on health, and is a result […]

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Geography Colloquium: Tropical Africa and the Political Economy of Mitigating and Coping with Global Climate Change

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Tropical Africa and the Political Economy of Mitigating and Coping with Global Climate Change Speaker: Dr. Abraham Goldman Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

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Park isolation in anthropogenic landscapes: land change and livelihoods at park boundaries in the African Albertine Rift

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DOWHANIUK, GOLDMAN, RYAN – Park isolation in anthropogenic landscapes: land change and livelihoods at park boundaries in the African Albertine Rift Jonathan Salerno, Colin A. Chapman, Jeremy E. Diem, Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Abraham Goldman, Catrina A. MacKenzie, Patrick Aria Omeja, Michael W. Palace, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Sadie J. Ryan, Joel Hartter Article first published online: 14 NOV 2017 Regional […]

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Geography Colloquium: Wild Futures in Conservation and Climate

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Wild Futures in Conservation and Climate November 9th, 3pm, Rion Ballroom, Reitz Union Mac Stone, Conservation Photographer, Author and Educator Title: Dispatches from the Field – A World in Flux Mac Stone travels the globe to bring back stories from the frontiers where mankind and the natural world collide. Copies of Mac’s book Everglades: America’s Wetland will […]

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Certificate in Meteorology and Climatology

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Supplement your major with an understanding of the atmosphere and awareness of the societal impacts of natural hazards and climate change. The certificate is designed for students seeking employment as climatologists, broadcast meteorologists, water district managers, those interested in environmental issues, to prepare for graduate studies, or those who just love the weather.

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Geography Colloquium: Contentious Land Change in Amazonia – Implications for Global Environmental Change

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Contentious Land Change in Amazonia – Implications for Global Environmental Change Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Simmons Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday,January 12, 2017 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

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Utilization of the SAVANNA model to analyze future patterns of vegetation cover in Kruger National Park under changing climate

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BUNTING, SOUTHWORTH – Utilization of the SAVANNA model to analyze future patterns of vegetation cover in Kruger National Park under changing climate Erin L. Bunting, Timothy Fullman, Gregory Kiker, Jane Southworth Article first published online: 17 OCT 2016 Ecological Modelling DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.09.012 ABSTRACT: Within southern Africa’s savanna ecosystems, woody and herbaceous species have differing growth characteristics that […]

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How much is enough? An integrated examination of energy security, economic growth and climate change related to hydropower expansion in Brazil

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MOSSA – How much is enough? An integrated examination of energy security, economic growth and climate change related to hydropower expansion in Brazil Fernando Almeida Prado Jr., Simone Athayde, Joann Mossa, Stephanie Bohlman, Flavia Leite, Anthony Oliver-Smith Article first published online: January 2016 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.050 ABSTRACT: Reconciling economic growth and energy supply […]

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With climate change, malaria risk in Africa shifts, grows

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A larger portion of Africa is currently at high risk for malaria transmission than previously predicted, according to a new University of Florida mapping study. Under future climate regimes, the area where the disease can be transmitted most easily will shrink, but the total transmission zone will expand and move into new […]

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