Category: LULI

Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes

Rare Earth Frontiers, a recent book from Julie Michelle Klinger, is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems. Klinger draws attention to the fact that the rare earths we rely on most are […]

Moon Shot

Moon Shot Geographical Magazine Julie Klinger quoted August 2017

The Restructuring of South American Soy and Beef Production and Trade Under Changing Environmental Regulations

In response to the extensive loss of forests caused by soy and cattle expansion in South America, national governments have increased their legal restrictions on deforestation and passed new legislation to further their enforcement of conservation efforts. A potential concern is that the new laws, which are geographically restricted, will generate spillover agricultural activity and […]