Environmental Geography
North America's physical and human geography are very different and complexly linked. Physical geography is the study of the earth's natural features of the earth's surface, as well as their formation. Human geography is the study of human activities and diversities.

A great example of environmental geography in North America is Hurricane Katrina. There were three main variables of the storm. The Hurricane itself was large and powerful, heading inland across Louisiana with harsh winds reaching one hundred and twenty miles per hour. Secondly, the environment the storm hit was vulnerable to the hurricane’s effects especially since New Orleans sits under sea level. Third, the region’s social geography made evacuating urban areas in Louisiana difficult. Poverty rates across the region are almost double the normal. The damage, destruction, and slow economic recovery are evidence that the costs and impacts of a natural disaster are unavoidable to regions cultural, social, and economic characteristics.

Processes of globalization and economic growth have changed our regions landforms, vegetation, soils, and climate. Human activities are altering our environment, effecting temperatures, rain patterns, and animals in almost every eco-system. Global climate change can easily affect all of us no matter what region we live, but especially in our region, North America. Coastlines are affected by coastal pollution, the south west is at high risk of future drought, and the eastern part is the United States is affected by acid rain, all due to pollution. Human activities affect the environment majorly; this is why environmental and human geography are so intricately linked.