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Introduction: What is your topic? What do you want to tell us? Explain the reasons why you chose your topic such as any personal interest, experiences, and thoughts (5 points). Geography of your topic-Map: Insert one map related to your topic describing specific locations on the map (Don’t use the same map from lecture slides […]

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issue reports detailing how climate change will affect people globally. What causes climate change? Define and explain the Greenhouse Effect. What are the consequences of climate change on the physical environment (i.e. weather, landscape) and humans from a global perspective in the long term especially with […]

Mass wasting and flash floods in Utah Mass wasting and flash floods are very intense processes of landscape formation.  Here, you will compare videos of flash floods and debris flowers in Utah.  First, find a video of a flash flood in a canyon in Utah.  Paste the link to the video here.  Next, find a […]

For this discussion, you will investigate a river in Utah.  You will include some images in your answers also.  Each person in your group should choose a different river in the state, and answer the following questions:   Where are the headwaters for this river?   What types of drainage patterns do you see in the drainage […]

Project purpose The purpose of this project is to apply and advance your research and communication skills through the combination of scientific knowledge synthesis, report writing and graphical illustration. It will assess you on your ability to apply the following core concepts: • Environmental change • Vulnerability • Double exposures

You will create a poster about a hydrosphere hazard.  The poster will have two parts, one part will be general information about the hazard, the other part will be a case-study of one hazard event.  For example, if you choose tsunamis, you will research tsunamis(how/why it forms, where it occurs, why is it a hazard, […]

A literature review is a 1000-1500 word summary and evaluation of any GIS research topic or theme. It should answer a question like: “How have GIS and spatial analysis been used to X?”; where X might be “measure neighborhood walkability” or “study water patterns in glaciers” or “identify crime hotspots”. Graduate students are strongly encouraged […]

EarthWeek Diary – Extra Credit! Whaaaaat?!  Yep – One more final chance to boost your grade with a little optional Extra Credit!   To get this EXTRA Credit (up to 10 points), you must post about aDIFFERENT topic in this current EarthWeek Diary than you did for the other EarthWeek-8 discussion.   Also, remember that the 1st 8-Week Summer Session officially ENDS […]

Wow!  This your FINAL EarthWeek Diary Discussion!  One Difference: Instead of a full week to post a reply, you have only until midnight Wednesday, July 28th – as your 1st 8-week Summer ’21 Session officially ENDS at that time.    Tip: be sure to give yourself plenty of time to also submit all other due assignments, exams, etc. […]

It’d be good to select two countries that have big differences for five different themes so that it’d be easier for you to make comparative statements between the countries. Five Themes in World Regional Geography 1. Environment A. Climate, Landforms, Soils, Vegetation, Hydrology, Arable Land B. Human – Environment Ecology 2. Population and Settlement A. […]