January 7, 2016
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Government-ownedlands cause tension in the West
The recentoccupation of a building at a wildliferefuge in Oregon by armedprotestershashighlightedtensions over landrights. The governmentowns 47% of land in the West, including the majority of statessuchas Nevada and Oregon. Thesearticlesexaminewhy the governmenthas so muchland and why the issuehasbeenat the center of a long-runningdebate.The New York Times (free-articleaccess for SmartBriefreaders) (1/5), The Atlantic online (1/5)
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Extreme weathermay be a greaterthreat to developednations' crops
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Weatherdisasterssuchasdroughts and heatwavesmayhave a largereffect on foodsupplies in developedcountriesthan in developingones, scientistshavefound. "Thatwas a surprise to us," saidagriculturalgeographerNavinRamankutty of the University of British Columbia. The disparitymay be related to differences in agriculturalpracticesamong the world'sfarmers, Ramankuttysaid.MotherJones.com (1/6)
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Map: 1% of Earth'slandis home to half the population
A new mapbased on NASA'spopulation data shows thathalf of the global populationlives on just 1% of the Earth'sland. In the US, for example, much of the populationisconcentrated in cities in the Northeast, South and West.CityLab (1/6)
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Digital maprevealsAlaska'ssurfacegeology
The US GeologicalSurveyrecentlyunveiledits first fullydigitizedgeologicalmap of Alaska, the result of a projectlaunched in the mid-1990s. The map, whichwill be free to the public, contains data from more than 750 sources. "I basicallyusedeverything I couldpossiblyfind," saidleadauthor Frederic Wilson.Alaska Dispatch News (Anchorage) (1/5)
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3 factorsthatlowercommutingtimes in large US cities
Commutingtimes are notas long asonemightexpect in large cities, thanks to the "nimble and self-adjustingcommutingpatterns" in theseareas, states a recentanalysispublished in the journal Cities. Density, home and job relocation, and mobilityall help makejobsaccessible for residents.CityLab (1/4)
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- How glaciershelpedformterrain in Minn.
Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (1/2)
Technology and Applications
How image analysisisused to locate Germany'sdormant WWII bombs
A bomber in flight (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Millions of tons of bombsweredropped on Europe during World War II, with Germany experiencingparticularlyheavybombardment. After the war ended, thousands of tons of unexplodedbombsremained in the country. Researchersanalyzeaerialphotographsshot by Alliedreconnaissancepilotsduring the war to locate dormantbombs in Germany.Smithsonian Magazine (1/2016)
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- Calif. company develops chip to improve in-vehiclenavigationsystems
VentureBeat (1/6)
- Canadian cartographermapssites of interest in Nova Scotia
CBC.ca (Canada) (1/5)
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Annals of the AAGseekspapers for special issue on "Social Justice and the City"
The AAG seekspapers from a broadspectrum of scholars on social justicestruggles in urbancontexts. Whilewehope to be able to publishconceptualresearchdrawing on now 40 years of cuttingedgeresearch in Geography on "social justice and the city," wealsohope to solicitpapers on urgentcontemporaryissues, whichwillinform and motivate a broad audience of consumers and producers of geographicknowledge, from policy makers to grassrootsactivists. Learn more.
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LeadingGeographyHistorian and AAG Archivist Geoffrey Martin To Speakat Library of Congress
Dr. Geoffrey Martin, a prominenthistorian of American geography, willdiscuss "On the History of the Book -- American Geography and Geographers: TowardGeographical Science" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at the Library of Congress. This special eventwill focus on Martin'smostrecent major work, and will include a display of related rare maps and atlases from the collections of the library'sGeography and MapDivision. Opening remarkswill be delivered by Ralph Ehrenberg, Chief of the Geography and MapDivision, and Douglas Richardson, Executive Director of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). Learn more.
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