Toponymy and toponomastics are very significant branches of etymology and the onomastic sciences in general. They are interdisciplinary in nature, associating, among others, historical linguistics ...

Physical geography integrates and inter-relates landforms, water, soils, climate, and vegetation as the major natural elements of the environment. The focus of physical geography is on the zone of the ...

What jobs can you get with a geography degree? Geography graduates have developed skills in mathematics and analytics as they study the Earth’s physical characteristics. Many graduates pursue careers ...

Why did history unfold differently on different continents? Why has one culture—namely that of Western Europe—dominated the development of the modern world? In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, ...

Editor’s note: As teens scroll through their news feeds, catching glimpses of conflict and atrocities taking place in Syria, South Sudan, or even violence here in America, what are they learning about ...

Universities face financial crises, but cutting Geography raises concerns about short-term thinking and the long-term ...

How many of these geography mistakes have you made? When’s the last time you looked at a map or atlas? No, not punching in a location and getting directions from Google Maps. A real, bonafide map of ...

Great archaeologists are often at war with themselves. They aim to explain seismic transformations—social and cultural, economic, demographic, even genetic. But they do so by sifting (literally and ...

The Department of Geography integrates social and environmental sciences with the power of geospatial analysis to understand our complex world and to plan a sustainable future. Diverse faculty help ...

Do you think you know everything about the good ol' U.S. of A.? These fascinating U.S. geography facts are guaranteed to blow your mind. Speaking of densely populated areas, Manhattan—the most crowded ...