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15 Jan 2022
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...
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14 Jan 2022
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...
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7 Jan 2022
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...
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30 Dec 2021
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...
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15 Dec 2021
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...
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13 Dec 2021
Hazard Geography - The Causes and Consequences of Tornadoes
Here is a useful article if you're teaching 'Hazard Geography'. The causes of tornadoes, their increasing damage-bill, and why night time tornadoes are more deadly
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6 Dec 2021
Global Systems & Global Governance in need of a refresh?
The world has changed since 2020 to the extent that even the latest editions of some major course textbooks are no longer up-to-date.
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3 Dec 2021
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...
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29 Nov 2021
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.
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26 Nov 2021
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...
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19 Nov 2021
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...
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15 Nov 2021
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?
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6 Nov 2021
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...
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5 Nov 2021
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...
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3 Nov 2021
Geography Live Revision Sessions for Autumn 2021
The second half of our series of regular livestreamed revision sessions for GCSE & A-Level Geography resumes next week.
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28 Oct 2021
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.
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15 Oct 2021
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.
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8 Oct 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 08 October 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...
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1 Oct 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 01 October 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...
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30 Sept 2021
La Palma volcano engulfs island
Since the 19th September, the volcano on La Palma has continued to erupt; causing damage to homes, agricultural land and forcing locals to evacuate. The volcano continues to remain active.
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