This week’s geography news features learning how to be a climate detective, how fish larvae float across borders, and why native Caribbean fish love hurricanes.
Caitlin Dempsey
Physical Geography
Satellite Imagery Shows How Much of South Dakota’s Flood Fields Were Unable to be Farmed
In August of 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that South Dakota had 3.9 million “prevented planting” acres.
Human Geography
Indonesia Will be Moving Its Capital
Driven by congestion and the gradual sinking of Jakarta, Indonesia announced that it will be moving its capital to a location on the island of Borneo.
Physical Geography
New Study Maps Out the Global Pattern of Soil-based Carbon Storage
Researchers from the Crowther Lab recently published a study in Science which reviewed existing research on soil communities and how climate change will accelerate the loss of carbon stored in the world’s soil.
Physical Geography
Caltrans Plans to Build the World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing in California
With a proposed design spanning 200 feet (61 meters) across the 101 freeway, Caltrans in Southern California is moving along with plans to build the world’s largest wildlife crossing and the first of its kind near a major city.
Physical Geography
Geography Facts About the Amazon River
Coursing through the most biologically diverse biomes in the world, the Amazon is a critically important river system. Here are some interesting geographical facts about the Amazon River.
Geography 101
What’s on the Other Side of the World?
The spot diametrically opposed to a location on Earth is called the antipode.
Geography 101
These Two Satellite Images Highlight the Disappearance of a Glacier
Okjökull was once a large glacier in Iceland located in western Iceland on top of the volcanic mountain Ok.
Geography Career
What Skills Does a Geographer Need?
To be a successful geographer, certain skills are needed in order to be able to understand the Earth’s physical environment as well as human patterns and processes.
Physical Geography
GPS Tracking Shows That Black Bears Avoid Humans During the Day
A recent study found that American black bears tend to become more nocturnal during spring in summer to avoid interacting with humans as they search for food.
Physical Geography
The U.S. is Losing 36 Million Trees Per Year
A study from the US Forest Service has found that, nationally, tree cover is declining at a rate of 175,000 acres per year which is the equivalent of about 36 million trees lost each year.
Physical Geography
Gulf of Mexico Remains the Second-largest Low-Oxygen Dead Zone on Earth
A newly released forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted that the Gulf of Mexico will again become the second-largest low-oxygen dead zone on after (after the Baltic Sea).