Posts by geogadmin

The following delightful article is a kcet.org historical piece, written by Nathan Masters and posted November 10, 2015 with the title: “The 5, the 101, the 405: Why Southern Californians Love Saying ‘the’ Before Freeway Numbers”: Southern Californians have a distinctive — “Saturday Night Live’s” Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig might say funny — way of giving directions. To get from Santa Monica...

The following is an English translation of a major article in El Nuevo Dia, written by Gerardo Leon E. Alvarado and posted November 15, 2015 with the title “Geógrafa puertorriqueña educa sobre el cambio climático” (“Puerto Rican Geographer Researches Climate Change”): Growing up in a flood-prone area in Lajas, Puerto Rico and suffering the direct onslaught of Hurricane Georges in 1998 were circumstances that aroused Lumari...

Professor Emerita Catherine Gautier is in Paris in order to attend the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), and she posted a blog on November 15 titled “Paris Attack and COP21”: Two days after the murderous and unfathomable terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday 13 Nov, the city of light remains empty, except for those who want to show that they are alive and intend to continue living their lives as normally as possible. Radio...