Blog and updates
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19 May 2020
Climate change and the UK flood risk
Increased rainfall in certain areas of the UK will lead to more severe floods and put emergency services under extra pressure in terms of how long it takes them to respond.
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11 May 2020
Global warming to cause extreme weather events
Scientists have confirmed that predicted hazardous weather events are already being seen across the world.
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2 May 2020
Microplastics found on the ocean floor
Scientists studying the floor of the Mediterranean near Italy have discovered up to 1.9 million plastic pieces per square metre in ocean sediments.
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1 May 2020
Geography Weekly Quiz 1st May
This week's geography quiz- 10 questions based on items in the news this week!
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25 Apr 2020
Covid-19’s impact on Malaria
The WHO has stated that the number of deaths from Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa could double to more than 700,000 if the efforts to stop Covid-19 disrupts the health programmes for Malaria.
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24 Apr 2020
Geography Weekly Quiz 24th April
Another weekly geography quiz- 10 multiple choice questions based on geography in the news!
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17 Apr 2020
USA suffering from a megadrought
The western USA is experiencing this event. A megadrought is where a drought lasts for many decades without any easing. There have been 4 previous megadroughts in the last 1200 years which have...
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17 Apr 2020
Geography Weekly Quiz- 17th April
10 multi-choice questions based on geographical news stories this week!
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10 Apr 2020
Weekly Geography Quiz - 10 April 2020
Here is this week's geography quiz- a set of 10 questions based on the Geography news over the last 7 days.
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7 Apr 2020
Habitat loss linked to future pandemics
Historically, many scientists believed that tropical rainforests harboured many viruses and pathogens that could affect humans. Whilst that view is still believed, the mass destruction of natural...
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3 Apr 2020
Weekly Geography Quiz- 3 April 2020
Here is our first weekly geography quiz- a set of 10 questions based on the news this week.
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28 Mar 2020
Coronavirus impacts on flood victims
Many Welsh families whose homes were flooded by the February storms of Ciara, Dennis and George are now struggling in temporary accommodation, feeling abandoned as the country tackles the global...
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9 Mar 2020
Chinese firm to take over British steel
The Jingye group have previously stated that they will save over 3000 jobs in Teeside and Scunthorpe as part of the takeover; although there are still some concerns for jobs before the deal goes...
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24 Feb 2020
New houses to be built on flood plains
Planning documents show that over 11000 new houses are planned to be built on flood plains as the government struggles to find available land to tackle the housing shortage.
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18 Feb 2020
UK flood warnings following Storm Dennis
More than 200 flood warnings are in place across the country.
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9 Feb 2020
Storm Ciara batters the UK
Heavy rain and wind up to 90mph have caused mass disruption across the UK.
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3 Feb 2020
Locust swarms across Somalia cause food crisis
A national emergency has been declared in Somalia as the biggest swarms seen in 25 years threaten Somalia’s agriculture.
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