The fifth edition of Professor Keith Clarke’s popular text, Getting Stated with Geographic Information Systems, became available in a Korean language edition published by Sigma Press, Inc. in April of 2011, and now it’s available in a Chinese edition, published by Pearson. The English version, published by Pearson Education, Inc., is described as follows: “Designed to make the complexity of this essential high-tech...
Read MoreThe following article is a news release from the University of Southampton, dated 15 May 2014 and with the title above: An international study, led by the University of Southampton, has led to the creation of the world’s first global database of jellyfish records to map jellyfish populations in the oceans. Scientific and media debate regarding future trends, and subsequent ecological, biogeochemical and societal impacts, of...
Read MoreEd Keller, Professor of Earth Science, Environmental Studies, and Geography (affiliated), has written a weekly column about the natural history of Santa Barbara for the Santa Barbara News Press for 5 years to date, and he’s finally taking a break. As he puts it, regarding his upcoming article of May 22, “This [will be] my last story for about a year, as I am on academic leave next year and plan to finish some research papers and...
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