Blog and updates
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25 Sept 2017
Changing Places - Britain's Evolving Industrial Map
Here is a major new analysis from economic geographers at the LSE on the changing geography of industry in the UK. It identifies a small number of high productivity hubs - Britain needs more to...
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24 Sept 2017
The A-68 iceberg on the move
The 6000 sq km block of ice, which broke away from Antarctica in July has finally moved away from the continental margin and is on the move.
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21 Sept 2017
What is Renewable Energy?
A short and accessible introduction to renewable energy here from National Geographic.
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21 Sept 2017
Why is Mexico so earthquake-prone?
Mexico is one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Why is the country so earthquake-prone? We've linked to some background news stories on this issue following the events of the...
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17 Sept 2017
U turn from the USA on climate deal?
The EU climate commissioner has stated that the USA will stay in the Paris Climate Deal or amend its terms slightly to stay in the deal.
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14 Sept 2017
The Perfect Storm - Hurricane Science Explained
An excellent short video here from the WSJ explaining why August and September mark peak hurricane season in the Atlantic basin.
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14 Sept 2017
How New York Raised a Bridge to Stay in the Global Trade Game
Container ships are getting bigger - the economies of scale require them to. However, New York had a problem - the newest, largest container ships couldn't reach the docks. So what did it do?
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13 Sept 2017
When the new Resource Frontier is on the sea bed 2km below the surface
As global demand for key mineral resources increases, the search for new resource locations intensifies. The latest resource frontier to be exploited looks like it will be via robot machines...
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12 Sept 2017
Is a Green Energy Solution in Sight?
Writing in the Guardian, Jonathan Watts argues that as the cost of supplying renewable energy drops and technological change and investment makes turning solar and wind power into a more reliable...
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10 Sept 2017
Hurricane Irma's path of destruction
After days of destruction across the Caribbean, Irma hits Florida.
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6 Sept 2017
The power and purpose of geography
Geography has seen numbers at both GCSE and A level strengthen significantly this year. Increasingly, the value of the subject is being recognised, its relevance acknowledged and its capacity for...
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3 Sept 2017
Changing Places - Time Lapse of a Revamped Bracknell
Here is a time-lapse video of the construction of an almost wholly new shopping centre in Bracknell.
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3 Sept 2017
Street and Block Patterns for Cities
Using open street map data creates great opportunities to visualise the street and block patterns for cities. Here are some terrific examples from Geoff Boeing at UC Berkeley.
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2 Sept 2017
Conflict in the Amazon!
During a two year period, 381 new species were found, including 216 plants, 93 fish, 32 amphibians, 20 mammals, 19 reptiles and one bird. Whilst this is amazing news, this comes at a time when...
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30 Aug 2017
Houston Under Water - the Impact of Hurricane Harvey
This 12-minute special report from Sky News provides a thought-provoking and dramatic insight into the impact of Hurricane Harvey on Houston - the fourth largest city in the US.
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30 Aug 2017
How Satellite Images Expose Our Global Footprint
A jaw-dropping use of time-lapse satellite imagery here to demonstrate five ways in which human activity is damaging the planet.
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30 Aug 2017
Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes Worse
Hurricane Harvey in the US posed the question - what is the link between climate change and the frequency and intensity of tropical storms?
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30 Aug 2017
Heavy flooding kills hundreds in South Asia
Much of the Western media's attention has been on the impact of the flooding in Texas, but the human cost of the flooding affecting vast areas of South Asia (especially Nepal, India &...
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29 Aug 2017
Urban Farms and Vertical Farming
Some articles and short videos on the growth of urban farming and vertical farming.
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29 Aug 2017
Climate Change, Water and the Economy
By 2050, the effects of climate change + water scarcity could spark conflict and spur unprecedented levels of migration.
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