Environmental Geography

The Library of Congress has recently acquired the Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec , a manuscript that was prepared in 1593 and is one of the f...

PLEASE CLICK MAP for a BETTER VIEW The map (above) that ESRI geographer Krista Schlyer chose for the top of her photo-map essay response...

The most important qualification for most Cabinet-level appointments in the current administration has been hostility toward the mission o...

Sometimes I learn about U.S. music because of my interest in the music of Latin America . I knew nothing of the Black Eyed Peas, for example...

Recent discussions about trade have included an odd discussion of whether it was Mexico or the United States got the better of the other i...

I'm hoping for two kinds of students in my New Bedford course next summer : those who know the city, and those who don't. In other w...

Just last month, we had the great privilege of attending a  forum on information integrity  led by journalist Sasha Pfeiffer, a print report...

LONG OVERDUE Update: We did take this journey -- maps, photos, wines, and more are on the family blog in Malbeclipse Part 1: Chile and...

I was recently tagged in a popular challenge in Facebook that began: "Seven-day black-and-white picture challenge! Seven days, no peo...

Thirty-two years and six hours after Mexico City was shaken by its most devastating earthquake, the city was rocked again, and this just two...