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If you listen to Charlotte Talks, you can hear Dr. Brian Magi talking about air quality science tomorrow morning, March 2, 2016. http://wfae.org/post/keeping-watch-air-quality
magazine-q1-2016-eppes.pdf The drive to learn how the sun weathers rock has taken UNC Charlotte earth scientist Martha-Cary “Missy” Eppes to great lengths – to the arid deserts of the Southwest, the periglacial boulder fields of Pennsylvania and Virginia and even to the surface of Mars. Mechanical weathering, the physical means by which rock is broken […]
Abstract Most Atlantic hurricanes form in the Main Development Region between 9°N to 20°N along the northern edge of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Previous research has suggested that meridional shifts in the ITCZ position on geologic timescales can modulate hurricane activity, but continuous and long-term storm records are needed from multiple sites to assess […]
Dr. Jean-Claude Thill and Kalias Venkitasubramanian’s Maritime Economics & Logistics (MEL) paper, entitled ‘Multi-layered hinterland classification of Indian ports of containerized cargoes using GIS visualization and decision tree analysis’, has been selected to receive the Editor’s Choice Award for 2015.
On January 21st, Professor Brian Magi will present at the Schiele Museum Science Café on climate change science and solutions, with a focus on North Carolina. The event begins at 6pm with the talk scheduled to start around 6:30pm. Science Cafe is an entertaining and educational event for adults that includes fun science trivia, snacks, […]
14 Meteorology students (Ryan Plumley, Rachel Cucinotta, Cody Ledbetter, Eric Bunker, Helena Tapp, Kit Cloninger, Bob Hughes, Steven Potter, Stephen McCoy, Malik Williams, Justin Ballard, Kyle Shaw, Nkosi Muse, and Thomas Winesett) as well as Professors Davenport, Eastin, and Shirley are at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in New Orleans this […]
The latest installment of the department news letter. Click here.
Congratulations to Mona Kashiha, 2014 Geography and Urban Regional Analysis PhD graduate for being the laureate of the 2015 Dissertation Competition of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). Her dissertation was titled “Spatial Competition Based on Customers’ Choice Histories: A Study of Trade Flows”. Mona has been a visiting scholar at Boston College since January […]
Those of us who knew Al Stuart are saddened by his passing on Nov. 1. Dr. Alfred Stuart, professor emeritus of geography and earth sciences, had a long and distinguished career at UNC Charlotte. I had the good fortune to work with him for more than 40 years, and I believe we should take a […]
GSA field trip to Great Falls on Halloween 2015. Halloween trip so Dr. Eppes is dressed as a Stream Pirate
Longtime UNC Charlotte colleague and Professor Emeritus Alfred (Al) Wright Stuart passed away on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 after a brief illness. He was a retired member of the faculty of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. Stuart was a native of Roanoke, Virginia who was instrumental in shaping and leading the Department of […]
What can we do to stem the increased use of phones and laptops to cheat on exams in class? http://chronicle.com/article/Memorization-Cheating-and/233926