The thin veneer around the Earth’s crust is responsible for supporting life and has been described as the Critical Zone (CZ). Volcanic islands are among the few places where the CZ develops on uniform bedrock, while exhibiting a distinct, sharp … Read more
Dr. Pickles presents in Yi Fu Tuan Lecture at Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, and ” Migration and the Re-Bordering of Europe” in UC Berkley.
As part of a larger senior thesis on small island states, climate change and innovation, geography major and Morehead-Cain scholar James Ellsmoor, has researched and reported on Kiribati’s move to purchase land in Fiji as a climate change adaptation strategy. … Read more
In July 2015 Dr. Conghe Song led a team of students from UNC Chapel Hill and Beijing Forestry University conducting household survey in Ji County, Shanxi Province. This effort is part of a project funded by US National Science Foundation … Read more
The Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC), one of six regional climate centers across the United States, was established in March 1989 and has been housed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since June 2007. The SERCC program … Read more
Below is a link to a video, produced by Endeavors Magazine about Geography Major Jack Largess’s 2014 SURF project on the Catawba River. http://vimeo.com/104545284
Altha Cravey’s summer work in Guatemala highlighted on the College’s Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/UNC.College/photos/a.10152676090354515.1073741839.115462064514/10152673628254515/?type=3&theater
You can find the story here on our college website: http://college.unc.edu and at this direct URL: http://college.unc.edu/2014/08/13/summerfaculty14/ … Click on the link here go to the Facebook picture for Christian only.
