Department of Geography
Does Recent Extreme Weather Suggest a Change in the Wind?
Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 91²Ö¿â, shares his expertise on the possible reasons behind the spate of recent extreme weather events happening across the globe. Lee, who was recently interviewed on the topic during the âRay Horner Morning Showâ on WAKR-AM in Akron, Ohio, specializes in climate and weather change.
IN A FLASH: Everybody Wave to the Drone!
Young explorers participating in the Bioblitz event had an opportunity to learn about how drones can help ecology efforts.
Building More Sustainable Cities - with Lego
Familiar building bricks help students devise and visualize sustainable solutions for urban environments.
91²Ö¿â Experts Weigh in on Aftermath of East Palestine Train Derailment
91²Ö¿â faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Department of Geography Offering Study Abroad Options Year-Round
Students Conduct Landscape Ecology Research to Discover Effects of Sea Level Rise
Saying "yes" to everything landed Kathryn Burns in the middle of New Jersey's coastal wetlands
91²Ö¿â Geography Professors to Assess Relative Extreme Temperature Events and Develop Monitoring Tools With NOAA
Principal Investigator Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography (within the College of Arts and Sciences) at 91²Ö¿â, was recently awarded a three-year, $387,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office and its Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections Program (MAPP). The project is titled âExcess Heat and Excess Cold Factors: Establishing a unified duration-intensity metric for monitoring hazardous temperature conditions in North Americaâ.
Geography Professor Selected for AGUâs National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Academy
Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Geography, in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91²Ö¿â, was recently selected to become an inaugural American Geophysical Union (AGU) LANDInG (Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences) Academy Fellow.
Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in âWeather Whiplashâ Events
Many wonder if climate change is the reason weâve had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91²Ö¿â, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends.
Geography Researchers to Contribute to Actionable Science for Decision Makers
Timothy Assal, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography, was awarded a grant as a co-principal investigator on a multi-institutional project, âVulnerability of lower-ecotone aspen forests to altered fire regimes and climate dynamics in the northern Great Basinâ (a three-year $299,842 total award with $89,600 going to 91²Ö¿â), which is funded by the . This collaboration includes the United States Geological Survey in Boise, Idaho, Utah State University, and the United States Bureau of Land Management.