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In the News
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 11 February 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the news' quiz. There are 10 multi-choice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or run...
Oil and gas fields producing methane
Carbon Mapper has mapped the spread of methane from oil and gas fields for the first time. Some of the methane plumes have spread over 200 miles. It is believed that the plumes were due to leaks...
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 04 February 2022
Here's this week's geography news quiz. There are 10 multi-choice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or run within a...
Climate change affects key crops
Crops that grow in tropical climates are at risk from changes to global climate. These crops include coffee, avocados and cashews.
Weekly Geography in the News Quiz - 28 January 2022
Here's this week's geography news quiz. There are 10 multi-choice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or run within a...
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 21 January 2022
Here's this week's geography news quiz. There are 10 multi-choice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or run within a...
Underwater volcano causes tsunami
The eruption of the underwater volcano "Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai", located about 30 km south-southeast of Fonuafoʻou island in Tonga, created tsunami waves and sent ash, steam and gas 20km up into...
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 14 January 2022
Here's this week's geography news quiz. There are 10 multi-choice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or run within a...
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 07 January 2022
Happy new year! Here's our first weekly geography news quiz of 2022. There are 10 mulitchoice questions on news stories from the past seven days.
The online version here can be completed by an...
Climate change to increase distribution of tropical storms
Physicists from Yale University have completed a study which shows that tropical storms will form in mid-latitude areas as a result of warming ocean temperatures. Evidence to support this judgement...
Microbes evolving to eat plastic waste
Recent global scientific research has studied more than 200 million gene samples and within these samples over 30,000 enzymes have been discovered which can break down ten different types of...
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 03 December 2021
Here's our weekly geography news quiz. There are 10 mulitchoice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or run within a...
South Africa reacts to Covid-19 travel ban
The UK’s decision last week to extend its travel ban to six African nations has aroused strong reactions from Africa, not least from South Africa's government.
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 26 November 2021
Here's our weekly geography news quiz. There are 10 mulitchoice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or run within a...
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 19 November 2021
Here's our weekly geography news quiz. There are 10 mulitchoice questions on news stories from the past seven days.
The online version here can be completed by an individual or run within a...
Geography News Quiz: COP26 Special (III)
This week's Geography news quiz asks 10 questions about what was agreed in Week 2 of COP26, in Glasgow. How much do you know about what countries pledged to do to protect the planet?
CO2 emissions to return to pre-Covid levels
The Global Carbon Project predicts that carbon emissions will rise by 4.9% this year. This sudden increase, as communities and industries gets back to normal following a downturn associated with...
Geography News Quiz: COP26 Special (II)
This week's Geography news quiz asks 10 questions about what happened during week 1 of COP26 in Glasgow. How much do you know about what happened in the first week of this landmark event for the...
UN Environment Programme announces climate concern
The UN's Emissions Gap report states that current pledges from countries to reduce carbon emissions will fail to keep the global temperature increase to under 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Geography News Quiz: COP26 Special
This week's Geography news quiz asks 10 question all about the COP26 conference which starts at the end of the month. Find out how much you know about COP26, ahead of this big international event.