Environmental Geography

Debris Flow in Cable Canyon following the 2003 Old Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, California. Photo: USGS, public domain.

Climate Change is Increasing Post-Wildfire Landslides in Southern California

October 27, 2021March 1, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

A recently published study has forecasted that climate change is driving increased wildfire and landslide risk in Southern California.

Plentiful rains leads to superblooms where the desert becomes blanketed with wildflowers. Photo: Death Valley, NPS, spring 2005.

Geography Facts About Death Valley

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Learn some interesting geography facts in this article about Death Valley.

View of the Manu'a Islands with the volcanic islands of Ofu and Olosega (background), and Ta'u (foreground). Image, NPS, public domain

Geography of U.S. National Parks

October 31, 2022December 24, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Find out the answers to geography trivia questions and more in this article about the geography of U.S. National Parks.

The growth of the crack on the Brunt Ice Shelf. Change detection satellite images courtesy of EOS Data Analytics

A View of 2020 from Space

December 23, 2020December 22, 2020 by Geo Contributor

EOS Data Analytics, an AI-powered satellite analytics platform, shares satellite imagery that highlights some of the environmental tragedies that occurred in 2020 — California and Colorado fires, Hurricane Laura, Kamchatka spill, Norilsk oil spill, and the Calving on the Brunt Ice Shelf.

Natural color images from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite of fires burning in Colorado. Image: NASA, August 15, 2020, public domain.

Three of Colorado’s Wildfires are the Largest in Recorded History for the State

May 5, 2022October 27, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Widespread drought and heat waves are helping to fuel a record-breaking fire season in Colorado.