Very exciting to see the post in the Map Room about Marie Tharp and the article in JSTOR Daily about her. I did an exhibit at the University of Arizona about her a few years ago, http://www.library.arizona.edu/news/entries/view/2801. I love the graphic we used for the announcement about the exhibit! An amazing woman!

Chris

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Hazard Maps of Yukon Communities

Posted: 16 Oct 2016 06:20 PM PDT

Old Crow Landscape Hazard Risk Map (detail).

Several Yukon communities are built on permafrost. In the context of climate change, that’s something of a problem. CBC News reports on a six-year research project that has produced hazard maps of seven Yukon communities; the maps evaluate the risk to future development from permafrost melting, flooding and ground instability. [CCA]

Marie Tharp’s Scholarly Work

Posted: 16 Oct 2016 05:47 PM PDT

This short profile of Marie Tharp — the third I’ve seen this year — is notable in that it’s at JSTOR Daily, and links to two of the research papers she co-authored with Bruce Heezen (both of which appear free to access, but require a JSTOR account). Direct links here and here. [WMS]