Conveners
Student Competition: Undergraduate & Graduate
- Susan Lucas (University of Pittsburgh)
Student Competition: Poster
- Chetan Tiwari (Georgia State University)
Student Competition: AGX Special Session
- Susan Lucas (University of Pittsburgh)
- Josh Cannon (David C. Fredrick Honors College, University of Pittsburgh)
- Tim Pearce (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Dollar stores have quickly become a ubiquitous feature of the American landscape. At present there are more than 41 thousand stores associated with the three major chains and a dollar store for every eight thousand Americans, with striking geographical variations at the state level. There are three thousand people per store in Mississippi but fifty thousand per store in Washington State. The...
Urban trees within our cities and towns form the green infrastructure on which urban residents depend. As our population continues to grow, smart and data-driven decisions regarding urban forest planning and management are crucial. Urban tree mapping and surveys have been traditionally conducted manually, which is expensive and tedious. Moreover, these surveys are often limited in public space...
Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia (GAP) Project aims to inspire economic growth in an underdeveloped region of Turkey through the construction of 22 dams along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. To address downstream Iraq’s protests concerning their access to water, Turkish officials publicly promised to maintain a “fair and equitable” flow of water into Iraq. However, struggling Iraqi farmers now...
Climate change is causing many significant shifts throughout the world’s ecosystems, including those in oceans. Oceans act as a buffer to climate change but are reaching their tipping point for absorbing an immense amounts of heat and carbon dioxide. Rising ocean temperatures are causing many organisms to relocate to more suitable locations beyond their traditional zones. Great White Sharks,...
On February 3rd, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, about a quarter mile west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line. According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about 20 of the cars effected by the derailment contained hazardous materials including vinyl chloride, ethylene glycol, ethylhexyl acrylate, butyl acrylate and isobutylene. Some of...
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The Enabling Crop Analytics at Scale (ECAAS) project aims to produce open-access agricultural maps and ground truth data to enhance the delivery of farm extension services. It creates high-resolution maps of the various crop types and the potential yields relating to them using this data. These maps are used to identify potential production improvement areas and provide farmers...
About 12,000 years ago(Ice Age), the climate of south-central plains of America alternately experienced wet and dry periods. The region later transformed itself into a desert plain grassland. Currently, the region is undergoing another megadrought that is predicted to last for centuries in future. From the lens of hydrological and meteorological drought conditions, these prolonged and extreme...
The Binghamton University Nature Preserve spans 190 acres of land, with a notable 20-acre wetland, and is a multifaceted space with several missions. It is dedicated to preserving the ecological integrity of this landscape, fostering biodiversity, and facilitating research and environmental education. Furthermore, it serves as a recreational space for students, athletes, and community members,...
In recent years, innovations in GIS technology and an increase in accessibility of those technologies has led to greater intersectionality between geography and other fields in science and the humanities. In an age where STEM fields increasingly pull funding from humanities programs in universities around the country, staying on top of modern methods and practices is critical for the survival...
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