Blog and updates
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31 Oct 2017
City size and economic growth - new evidence
This article from VoxEU considers new evidence on the links between city size and economic growth.
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29 Oct 2017
Protection for endangered species
33 species have been selected to receive "special protection" across the world.
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27 Oct 2017
Could Saudi Arabia be the next Dubai?
BBC Newsnight investigates Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's promise of reform in Saudi Arabia and preparations for a future beyond crude oil which includes plans for a new mega city.
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26 Oct 2017
Changing Places - Urban Farms in London
This is superb for the changing places topic. The FT visits a cluster of urban farmers whose ingenuity, vision and drive might well be at the cutting edge of a farming revolution.
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24 Oct 2017
Can the Paris climate agreement be a global success?
All countries, apart from Syria and the USA, have now signed the agreement.
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23 Oct 2017
Acidification of the oceans from CO2 emissions
Here is a good article for students to read for the oceans topic. An 80 year long study by 250 scientists finds that increased emissions will lead to more acidic oceans and will affect all sea life.
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23 Oct 2017
Problems of governance in mega-cities
Mexico City has one federal, two state and 76 municipal governments, each with overlapping responsibilities.
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21 Oct 2017
What dust from the Sahara does to the planet
A striking article here from the Conversation - there is a complex ecosystem to Saharan dust.
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16 Oct 2017
National Map Week
Are you aware you can get full U.K. OS map coverage using Bing maps 1:50000 & 1:25000
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15 Oct 2017
Twenty photographs of the week
Many Geography teachers will make frequent use of this resource from the Guardian especially when covering the human impact of extreme climatic events.
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15 Oct 2017
Water in the Anthropocene
Here is a 3 minute video (from 2013) charting the global impact of humans on the water cycle.
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13 Oct 2017
Powerful Geography Questions
I wanted to share with you the growing series of powerful Geography questions that our subject-lead Andy Day has been sharing with us through his twitter feed.
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13 Oct 2017
Applications invited for Geography A level AQA Grade Booster workshop presenters for next Spring
We are pleased to announce we are recruiting presenters for our inaugural AQA A-level Geography workshops next Spring that will take place in multiplex cinemas across the country for Y13 students...
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7 Oct 2017
Storm Nate hits Central America
Storm Nate has killed at least 22 as landslides and floods have devastated communities.
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3 Oct 2017
Cloud formation in Beverley
What an awesome photo! One especially for Andy Day one of East Yorkshire's finest Geographers!
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3 Oct 2017
Glaciers in the Desert!
A fascinating short video here from the BBC that explains how engineers are building glaciers (ice stupas) from scratch to help isolated villages in Ladakh, the northern most province of India.
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30 Sept 2017
Plastic has a lot to answer for.
With environmental pressure groups stepping up the pressure on key global decision makers regarding the plastic issue in our oceans, the concern over the long term impact of plastic on all...
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27 Sept 2017
Bali on high alert for volcanic eruption
Mount Agung in Bali is on the highest alert level for volcanic eruption
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