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Discussion Board Post: Please research and share a geography-related current event which you've found in the popular media (print newspapers like the Washington Post, magazines, and/or online websites such as National Geographic or Science Daily). News stories with geography-related content can include anything related to weather (hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, record snowfalls or temperature, etc), natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, etc), climate-change/global warming, pollution, demographics, border & boundary changes/disputes, mapping, species habitat, water, etc. The one realm into which I do not want you to stray is anything related to outer space (planets, asteroids, NASA-anything). Granted, geography encompasses and touches an enormous range of scientific and cultural areas, but this is a geography, not an astronomy course. For a story to be considered "current," it must have been published within the past two weeks of it being used for submission.
Like the DBQs, all Current Events (CE) summaries must be at least 300 words to receive full credit. I would also like you to include a statment saying why you think the artical is imporant.