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Brian Magi
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UNC Charlotte
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Tag Archives: global environmental change
Pyrogeography at the AAG Conference
Another major conference is on the horizon – the Association of American Geographers (AAG) meeting which is in Chicago this year. Check #AAG15. Conferences are absolutely critical for multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary research, and I think for just about all research. Science, like … Continue reading
Posted in Group News, Research News
Tagged AAG, climate-fire interactions, fire, global environmental change, human-fire interactions, interdisciplinary research, pyrogeography
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Climate change and debate
An interesting article about the amazing climate change humans are causing was published by the UNC Charlotte campus newspaper back in Spring 2014, but it’s worth re-visiting as our atmosphere once again reached 400 ppm CO2 concentration. The piece was … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer, Research News
Tagged climate, global environmental change, global warming, teaching
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Voting for action on global environmental change
As real as global warming (figure above from NOAA NCDC) is, and as much as we expect that the science has done enough, one US lawmaker recently said I am for global action on climate change. I am a proud … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer
Tagged carbon, climate, coal, global environmental change, global warming, teaching
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Undergraduate students scouring internet for global warming articles
I’m teaching my Global Environmental Change this semester and the students have been busy reading and putting together response papers to the readings. This past week, I asked the students to find a news article published in 2013 about climate … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer
Tagged global environmental change, teaching, undergraduate research
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The Climate Change Speech transcript and video
Here’s an update from my post yesterday about the Climate Change Speech. Link to the video on Youtube via whitehouse.gov. The video is downloadable (mp4) so you can show students how a speech embodies leadership on an issue that will, … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, global environmental change, global warming, quotes, USA
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President Obama takes the offensive on climate change
Wow. What a speech this afternoon by President Obama on the Georgetown University campus – and a beautiful follow up to his Inaugural Address in January and his State of the Union speech shortly thereafter – noting one satire piece … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, global environmental change, global warming, impacts, USA
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Interactive USA wildfire map from Climate Central
Amazing what a team of scientists, techs, and a pile of data will bring you. I tried to embed a great map interface by the group at Climate Central here, but it didn’t work so here’s a screenshot of the … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer, Research News
Tagged fire, global environmental change, human-fire interactions, lightning, USA
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May 2013 climate in North Carolina and the world
With global warming and all of the impacts, it’s very important to constantly consider the question of time and space scales. May 2013 is a good example for those of us living in the Southeastern USA or North Carolina. Namely, … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer
Tagged climate, data analysis, data visualization, global environmental change, global warming, NCDC, NOAA, north carolina, USA
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Global carbon emissions increased in 2012
Unlike the somewhat misleadingly rosy picture painted by President Obama about (USA) carbon emissions in his Inaugural Address and his State of the Union speech in 2013, the global carbon emissions are what matter. So if the USA continues to … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, climate, global environmental change, USA
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CO2 time line for May 2013
The month of May is officially over, and perhaps the Earth is about to take a big breath in and begin to draw down CO2 from its year 2013 peak. The last tweets by @Keeling_curve showed a relatively (emphasis on … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, CO2, data visualization, global environmental change, global warming, NOAA
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