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Faculty in the Department of Geography are at the forefront of the discipline's future with projects that literally encompass the whole Earth. By dissolving the boundary between social and physical science we are exploring the human dimensions of global change. Our goal is to better understand the Earth's land surface and the way humans interact with it.

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Three Faculty Positions (Open Rank) In Human Dimensions of Global Change
New Geograffiti for the Summer 08
Dr. Prince contributes to state climate change report
Department maintains outstanding research grant record
Modis map of Burmese flooding receives praise from CIA
Graduate student awarded highly competitive NASA fellowship

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Featured Department Projects
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Indonesian Borneo Dipterocarps
Habitat fragmentation has negatively affected dipterocarps' ability to reproduce, sustain vertebrate populations and sequester carbon.
Land Use Change
Study to understand how land use change in areas surrounding nature reserves affects biodiversity around the world.
Data Assimilation System
We are reformulating the analysis of EOS data in this project by developing a prototype data assimilation system to generate an improved suite of land products from multiple EOS data sets.
Amazon Deforestation
Coarse resolution MODIS satellite data is used to efficiently monitor deforestation. This research aims to improve operational monitoring in the Amazon basin.

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