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Tag: geography
Rising temperature difference between hemispheres could dramatically shift rainfall patterns in tropics
April 2, 2013:
UC Berkeley climatologist John Chiang, geography graduate student Andrew Friedman and colleagues from the University of Washington found that changes in the temperature difference between the Northern and Southern hemispheres during the 20th century were linked to catastrophic changes in tropical rainfall. As the difference rises, the tropics could see future rainfall disruptions.
Professor makes case for U.S.-Mexico border without walls
March 19, 2013:
Against the background of fierce debate on immigration reform, Michael Dear’s Why Walls Won’t Work examines the often-thriving, but threatened, cross-border lives in communities straddling the U.S.-Mexico border.
Geography department map sale set for Saturday
December 11, 2012:
Hundreds of historical maps, water and topographical maps (and more) will be up for grabs at the geography department map sale, Saturday, Dec. 15 in McCone Hall.
Amazon expert Hilgard O’Reilly Sternberg dies at 93
March 4, 2011:
Hilgard O’Reilly Sternberg, a professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Berkeley, who was considered the dean of Amazonian geography, died Tuesday, March 2, at an assisted living facility in Fremont, Calif. He was 93.
