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Erle Ellis, GES, on WPR and Die Zeit
Erle Ellis, geography and information systems, recently discussed how humans are changing the planet with Wisconsin Public Radio and Die Zeit. Ellis explains the idea of the Anthropocene, a term...
Posted: April 9, 2014, 8:18 PM
Matthew Baker, Geography and Environmental Systems, in The Washington Post
Earlier this month, the Montgomery County Council tentatively agreed to new limits on construction in Clarksburg’s Ten Mile Creek watershed. The straw vote of 9 to 0 came in the midst of...
Posted: March 14, 2014, 6:30 PM
Dawn Biehler, Geography and Environmental Systems, on WHYY Philadelphia
Entomologists believe bed bugs have started making a comeback in places like Philadelphia in recent years. A report that aired on WHYY in Philadelphia January 17 examines the city’s battle with...
Posted: January 24, 2014, 4:23 PM
Andrew Miller, Geography and Environmental Systems, in The Baltimore Sun
A project to build a $400 million gambling complex that will be home to a casino on Baltimore’s Russell Street is moving forward. Construction wasn’t allowed on the piece of land until last year...
Posted: October 11, 2013, 6:21 PM
Erle Ellis, GES, in The New York Times
In a thought-provoking new op-ed in The New York Times, Erle Ellis argues that when it comes to global sustainability “overpopulation is not the problem.” Ellis, an associate professor of...
Posted: September 18, 2013, 2:48 AM
Erle Ellis, GES, on Smithsonian Magazine blog
Erle Ellis, associate professor of geography and environmental systems, appeared on a Smithsonian Magazine blog this week. The post “Watch How America’s Lands Changes from Forests to Fields”...
Posted: August 23, 2013, 3:04 PM
Biodiversity International’s 2013 Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship
Nohemi Voglozin, a doctoral candidate in Geography and Environmental Systems, is the recipient of Biodiversity International’s 2013 Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship (only two are awarded annually). The...
Posted: May 20, 2013, 7:20 PM
David Lansing, GES, Awarded Ashby Prize
“Performing Carbon’s Materiality: the production of carbon offsets and the framing of exchange,” an article by David Lansing, assistant professor of geography and environmental systems, has been...
Posted: April 4, 2013, 8:03 PM
Erle Ellis, GES, on ESA “Field Talk” Podcast
Erle Ellis, geography and environmental systems, was interviewed for an upcoming edition of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) podcast Field Talk. The interview was regarding an article Ellis...
Posted: November 26, 2012, 7:05 PM
Earle Ellis, Geography and Environmental Systems, on the BBC
UMBC’s Earle Ellis, geography and environmental systems, spoke with BBC journalist Andrew Luck-Baker for a recent two-part article examining modern society’s potential contributions to the future...
Posted: November 6, 2012, 4:32 PM
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