Mark Altaweel - GeoLounge: All Things Geography

Human Geography

Spatial Income Inequality and Climate Change

The relationship between CO2and climate change emissions in general and wealth inequality is not a clear one.

The Geography of Borrowing Size

Towns can literally ‘borrow size’ from other urban locations, boosting their economic opportunities and capabilities by using the fact they are located near large towns and can leverage these networks to be more economically robust.

Tracking the Carbon Cycle in North America: 2018 Report

In November 2018, the United States Carbon Cycle Science Program released a report, entitled Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2), about the nature of the carbon cycle in North America, covering Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Understanding Climate Change Through Historical Shipping Logs

Geographic information and weather data recorded by ship crews are a valuable source of historical information that could be utilized to understand how our climate has changed.

Geography and Religion

Geographers study religions and their development based on the role that geography intersects with other important social components within a human geographic approach.

Can High Tech Analysis of the Vinland Map Finally Answer Questions About its Authenticity?

Yale University is using high tech imagery analysis such as reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) to determine the authenticity of the Vinland Map, a purported 15th-century world map that has long been widely believed to be a 20th century forgery.

Light pollution along the Eastern Seaboard in the United States. Image: NASA.

How Light Pollution Affects People and the Environment

While much of the public is aware of a concept of light pollution, its ill effects and influences on society and nature are less clear to most people.

Noise Pollution and Geography

Noise pollution has long been seen to be particularly acute in regions where transportation and urban development are most pronounced; the disciplines of urban and environmental geography have focused on this topic.