Blog and updates
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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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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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