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New Book: "Food in Society: Economy, Culture, Geography" by Ian Bowler and Peter Atkins
Contemporary ‘mad cow’ and foot and mouth diseases have instigated a reappraisal of how food is produced and consumed in the United Kingdom. Now a new and timely book, Food in Society: Economy, Culture, Geography, brings together a range of social science perspectives for such an appraisal, covering economic, cultural and geographical issues. Written by Professor Ian Bowler, a... View More (2001-05-10)
GEsource to launch at Royal Geographical Society
GEsource, a new online resource for those interested in geography and the environment led by The University of Manchester, will be launched at The Royal Geographical Society this week. Professor Sir Ron Cooke, the Immediate Past President of the Society, will launch the service at 3.45pm on Thursday 4th September 2003. GEsource is a free online service providing access to a searchable catalogue... View More (2003-09-01)
The changing geography of trade policies
The public examination of Lic.Sc.(Econ.) Erja Kettunen's doctoral dissertation in economic geography, "Regionalism and the Geography of Trade Policies in EU-ASEAN Trade," was held at the Helsinki School of Economics on Friday, December 3rd, 2004. The opponent was Professor, PhD ÃÆ'-rjan Sjöberg (Stockholm School of Economics) and the custos Professor Jarmo Eronen (HSE). View More (2004-12-10)
Mapmaking for the masses
Websites such as Wikimapia and OpenStreetMap are empowering citizens to create a global patchwork of geographic information while Google Earth is encouraging individuals to develop appplications using their own data. View More (2007-12-04)
Giant project to test Antarctic ice stability
If rising global temperatures cause the ice streams of Western Antarctica to break up, major cities and agricultural heartlands the world over would be submerged. Researchers from the University of Leeds' School of Geography are set to embark on a £1m, three-year project to find out exactly how stable they are. View More (2004-05-10)
Toward resolving Darwin's 'abominable mystery'
What, in nature, drives the incredible diversity of flowers? This question has sparked debate since Darwin described flower diversification as an 'abominable mystery.' View More (2010-09-16)
Students discover new species of spider
As film buffs queue to watch the new Spider-man movie, geography students from the University of Sussex have gone one better by discovering a new species of spider in the wild. The second year undergraduates were taking part in a field course to the Seychelles, one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. As part of this trip the students were responsible for helping to set insect... View More (2002-07-04)
Unstated assumptions color Arctic sovereignty claims
Settling the growing debate over ownership of Arctic Ocean resources is complicated by the fact that the various countries involved have different understandings of the geography of the place. View More (2009-05-29)
UC Research Explores Why Ancient Civilization Was 'Livin' on the Edge'
University of Cincinnati research is investigating why a highly sophisticated civilization decided to build large, bustling cities next to what is essentially swampland. View More (2011-03-29)
Kansas State professor uses geography and geospatial technology to study patterns of seized meth lab
It seems like a strange combination: geography and methamphetamine, also known as meth. View More (2006-09-11)
Living longer in Yorkshire
People across Yorkshire are living longer, but a regional north-south divide in health is widening - a reversal of national patterns of affluence and deprivation, according to geography professor Phil Rees and research student Dominic Brown. View More (2002-06-10)
Oxford Environment student gets top underwater award
An MSc student at the University of Oxford`s Environmental Change Institute is the youngest recipient of the world's most prestigious award for underwater exploration. Alasdair Harris, 23, is to receive the British Sub Aqua Club Medal from the Duke of Edinburgh in a ceremony on 15 November at Buckingham Palace. The award is in recognition of his diving achievements and for raising awareness of... View More (2002-11-14)
Childhood weight linked to proximity to green space and food stores
Living in greener neighborhoods or in closer proximity to grocery stores is associated with reduced risk of being overweight, according to a study of more than 7,000 children ages 3 to 18 conducted by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine; the Department of Geography, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; and the University of Cincinnati. View More (2007-02-26)
Researchers map out ice sheets shrinking during Ice Age
A set of maps created by the University of Sheffield have illustrated, for the first time, how our last British ice sheet shrunk during the Ice Age. View More (2011-02-14)
Academic departments and peer groups affect choice of GCSEs
There are significant variations within the secondary education sector when it comes to deciding which students are entered for GCSE examinations such as French, Geography or History, according to a study led by Staffordshire University. View More (2004-12-03)
New research reveals hidden earthquake trouble spots
A team from the University of Leicester has used a powerful laser mounted on an aircraft to uncover earthquake fault lines that are hidden by forest cover and never before seen by earth scientists. View More (2006-11-08)
Study supports regulation of hospitals
Hospital beds tend to get used simply because they're available - not necessarily because they're needed, according to a first-of-its-kind study that supports continued regulation of new hospitals. View More (2013-02-14)
MSU plan would control deadly tsetse fly
For the first time, scientists have created a satellite-guided plan to effectively control the tsetse fly - an African killer that spreads "sleeping sickness" disease among humans and animals and wipes out $4.5 billion in livestock every year. View More (2012-05-08)
Radiation rates for breast cancer may be underestimated, U-M study finds
More breast cancer patients than previously believed may be receiving radiation treatments after breast-conserving surgery, a University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center study shows. View More (2011-07-06)
New approach alters malaria maps
Identifying areas of malarial infection risk depends more on daily temperature variation than on the average monthly temperatures, according to a team of researchers, who believe that their results may also apply to environmentally temperature-dependent organisms other than the malaria parasite. View More (2013-02-20)
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