Tag: Department of Geography
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UGA team selected by NASA, Air Force to build and launch two cube satellites
A University of Georgia project led by a team of undergraduate students and including faculty…
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UGA researchers discover fate of melting glacial ice in Greenland
Over the past several decades, scientists have observed a significant increase in the melting of…
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UGA research will help policymakers plan for sea level rise
A new study by University of Georgia researchers could help protect more than 13 million…
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Report finds science can estimate climate change’s influence on some extreme events
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says estimating the…
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Ray Paleg
Ray Paleg, a senior majoring in geography and a Ramsey Honors Scholar, has studied or…
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UGA study ranks U.S. cities based on the urban heat island effect on temperatures
Inner cities as well as suburbs show distinctly warmer temperatures—known as the urban heat island…
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Media advisory: UGA to hold demonstration on weather-related bounce house accidents
Eleven University of Georgia students will learn what a bounce house is-and how it is…
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Recent UGA graduate wins national weather forecasting competition
Jordan McLeod, a University of Georgia graduate, recently took home top prize in the 2014-2015…
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UGA scientist refutes climate change skeptics
Marshall Shepherd uses scientific evidence and public outreach to discuss climate change.
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UGA researchers to use crowdsourcing to track harmful algal blooms in Georgia’s lakes
In August 2014, dangerous levels of a toxin produced by harmful algal blooms in Lake…
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New research suggests severe weather will continue, be more variable
More tornadoes will be commonplace by the year 2080 as a result of a changing…
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Shepherd to moderate White House climate education event ‘Champions of Change’
J. Marshall Shepherd, the University of Georgia Distinguished Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences,…
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Professor gets national honor for his teaching
John A. Knox has been named one of the 2014 U.S. Professors of the Year…
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UGA’s John Knox honored as Georgia professor of the year by CASE, Carnegie
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement…
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UGA researcher developing satellite-mapping tools to measure carbon capture in salt marshes
Coastal salt marshes are among the most valuable ecosystems in the world, efficient natural mechanisms…
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Nibbelink named director of UGA’s Center for Integrative Conservation Research
The University of Georgia’s Center for Integrative Conservation Research has tapped Nate Nibbelink to lead…
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Marshall Shepherd named Captain Planet Protector of the Earth
The University of Georgia’s J. Marshall Shepherd is a Captain Planet Protector of the Earth,…
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UGA experts warn of heat dangers for children and animals
With summer temperatures on the rise, University of Georgia experts warn of the dangers of…
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Climatologists available to comment on EPA power plant regulations
On June 2, the Environmental Protection Agency released proposed regulations to reduce carbon emissions from…
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UGA team places third in national weather forecasting competition
A team of students in the University of Georgia’s atmospheric sciences program recently placed third…
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Small retail grocers, improved transit might be key to shrinking ‘food deserts’
Food deserts—a term used for geographical areas where healthy food is inaccessible or prohibitively expensive—are…
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UGA leads NASA-funded study on ice sheet runoff’s impact on the ocean
Runoff from melting glaciers in West Greenland is producing dramatic changes in its ice sheet,…
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Franklin Visiting Scholar to speak on gender, violence and security
The University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will present a lecture by…
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Rocket launch to collect global weather data ‘big deal for Earth’
A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA-JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Global Precipitation Measurement Core…
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