Salt-marsh plants can protect inland areas against huge waves — but seemingly only up to a point, and big storms cause progressive damage. A conference of 69 governments has voted to abolish the leap ...

To understand many of the worlds triumphs, tragedies and conflicts, according to geopolitical analyst Robert Kaplan, look no further than a map. In his book The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan argues ...

30 Pieces of Random Trivia That Might Just Come in Handy What Is the Most Forgotten State in the U.S.? Speaking of densely populated areas, Manhattan—the most crowded of New York City’s five ...

The Department of Geography integrates social and environmental sciences with the power of geospatial analysis to understand our complex world and to plan a sustainable future. Diverse faculty help ...

Most people understand the phrase “the law of the land” to mean the set of laws that apply in a given region or country. This seems to be the sense intended by the framers who used the phrase in 1787 ...

If you like working with data analytics, traveling, or have an interest in why things are where, then there is a place in the geography major for you. “If you say ‘geography,’ most people think of the ...

A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.” He said it during a discussion about climate ...

Trade blockages in the Persian Gulf have reminded the world that there are forces as great as or greater than technology and globalization.

Create a healthier planet at one of the first environmental studies programs in the country. Students like you keep our tradition of academic excellence and critical research alive at the School of ...