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24 Sept 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 24 September 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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17 Sept 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 17 September 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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13 Sept 2021
Forest fires in southern Spain
Forest fires have broken out along the Costa del Sol with over 2000 people having to flee their homes. The fires are located in the hills behind the popular resort of Estepona.
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10 Sept 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 10 September 2021
Here's our first weekly news quiz of the academic year. There are 10 mulitchoice questions on news stories from the past seven days. The online version here can be completed by an individual or...
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5 Sept 2021
Hurricane Ida shows the need for greater protection from future storms
The mayor of New York has announced that the effects of Hurricane Ida show that more needs to be done in the future to prevent the same devastation happening again.
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30 Aug 2021
Key to Success | Effective Exam Technique for AQA GCSE Geography
If you’ve recently switched to teaching AQA GCSE Geography you might be interested in this Key to Success resource which is free to download.
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24 Aug 2021
Somalia at risk from multiple issues
The impacts of climate change, a global pandemic and internal conflict have left Somalia on the brink of a humanitarian disaster.
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22 Aug 2021
Examining a Figure - Where’s the Geography?
This resource makes a great starter or settler activity and could be used to good effect in the introductory lesson of a new topic or term. Its purpose is to help students analyse images through a...
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11 Aug 2021
European wildfires cause mass evacuations
Wildfires across Europe have led to evacuations of many villages and towns. Turkey, southern Italy and Greece are experiencing wildfires breakouts which are difficult to control. The EU is having...
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26 Jul 2021
How the Great Barrier Reef is a key focus for global climate change
The Great Barrier Reef has already been harmed by three bleaching events in the last five years. 50% of the shallow water coral organisms have been destroyed by these events and scientists predict...
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15 Jul 2021
Korean palm oil company stripped of status by the FSC
The Forest Stewardship Council has found evidence that the Korindo group has been setting fire to areas of rainforest in Papau in Indonesia. This violates the standards that the FSC has in regard...
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9 Jul 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 09 July 2021
10 questions about Geography in the news for A level students. Can you get 10/10?
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3 Jul 2021
Canadian heatwave causes wildfires
Western Canada has experienced record temperatures over the past few days leading to a number of fires across the region. British Colombia in particular has been hit badly with lightning strikes...
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2 Jul 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 02 July 2021
10 questions about Geography in the news for A level students. Can you get 10/10?
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29 Jun 2021
Refugee stories behind the statistics and a UK policy shift
As geographers we’re used to dealing with key indicators, like birth rate or death rate, life expectancy, infant mortality rate. We use statistics about populations every day which have been...
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25 Jun 2021
Killer tornado hits the Czech Republic
The unusual weather event hit several villages in the country; killing five people and injuring more than 150 people.
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25 Jun 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 25 June 2021
10 questions about Geography in the news for A level students. Can you get 10/10?
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18 Jun 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 18 June 2021
10 questions about Geography in the news for A level students. Can you get 10/10?
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16 Jun 2021
Tackling climate change may do more harm than good to the environment
Concerns have been raised by an international group of scientists that simple, rapid responses to climate change to try to offset carbon emissions could actually cause more harm to the planet.
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11 Jun 2021
Weekly Geography In The News Quiz - 11 June 2021
10 questions about Geography in the news for A level students. Can you get 10/10?
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