Environmental Geography

Two short letters to the editor of the Boston Globe illustrate the need for better geographic education and better science education in gen...

I awoke Christmas morning to this sad reminder of the tragic events of Boxing Day, 2004, when over 230,000 people were killed in the world...

Thanks to my colleague Vernon for pointing me to Marc Lacey's fascinating NY Times cover article about impoverished families in southe...

Bill O’Reilly’s recent column on climate change (“Hmm, is it getting a bit warm in here?” December 15) includes at least one welcome suggest...

As people from throughout the world gather to talk about climate change , it is good to explore some of the questions that will determi...

Evo Morales has been re-elected in Bolivia -- a sign of the growing strength of the political left in Latin America. Although NPR's Morn...

This article from Coffee & Conservation discusses a wonderful preserve I visited with students on my first two study tours in Nicaragu...

Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon are two captivating parts of Brazil. Some say that God created all the rest of the world in one day, so that h...

I love listening to Mo Rocca on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me , and I was disappointed to have missed him when he spoke at BSC a cou...

Thanks to my friend Rob (who lives full-time in the real world, rather than the Internet, so he'll never see this) for pointing me in t...