In the News

By the conclusion of this assignment you should be able to:

1. describe real-world issues related to physical geography, and

2. identify the scale, sphere, and human impact (where appropriate) related to an issue in the news.

Instructions:

Submit a brief summary of a news article related to issues in physical geography by filling in the information below. Go to the TPE Blog  or the Physical Geography News Sites  web page as a starting point for articles. Make sure all the necessary fields are completed. See an example submission


Student Name:  

Student Email:

Instructor  Name:  

Instructor Email :



Title:

Author(s):

Source: (example: USGS, NOAA, Time, Scientific American, etc)

URL:
Last Accessed:

Description:

Scale of the Issue (local, regional, global):

 

What spheres (e.g. atmosphere, biosphere) are affected by this issue?

 

Can you identify interactions between spheres discussed in this article?

 

Are there human-environment interactions related to this issue? If so, what are they?

 

 

 

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For Citation: Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography.
2006. Date visited.  http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

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Michael Ritter (tpeauthor@mac.com)
Last revised 06/21/07