Geography week 1

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1. You are expected to submit a summary of a current climate / environmental-related article from the mainstream press, along with your personal evaluation/reflection. Using a recent news article from a reliable source, please feel encouraged to explore topics that include extreme weather (e.g. winter storms, drought), climate change, energy (e.g. decreases in crude oil price, fracking, coal mining, nuclear power plants, alternative energy, etc), adaptation of animal behavior to recent climate change (including mammals, insects, fish, etc), policy related topics (international climate change conferences), and more. Due by January 28.
   Guidelines of this assignment are:
   
   • Article summary: Your own summary - do not copy from an original source (1 page).
   • Reflection: Your own discussion about the topic(s) of the article. Please apply your knowledge from this course and incorporate it into your discussion (1 page)
   • Maximum pages: 2
   • Font type and size: Times New Roman/Times, 12-point size, double spaced
   • Data (optional): include source data 
   • Figures and Tables (optional): include source data
   • List of reference(s)

• http://forecast.uchicago.edu/lectures.html
• This link provides the video lecture in Chapter 1