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20 Feb 2017
Listening to what a record-breaking wildfire sounds like
The 2016 wildfire that devastated the town of Fort McMurray in Canada is the focus for this BBC Radio 4 'Costing the Earth' audio programme.
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13 Feb 2017
Massive dam system 'fail' in California
After intense rain in California, the country's tallest dam is facing severe problems as a breach in its overflow channel results in flooding of significant areas.
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12 Feb 2017
Do you know your BRICs from your MINTs?
Economist Jim O'Neill coined the acronym BRIC economies in reference to the potential might of Brazil, Russia, India and China as dominant economies of the twenty-first century. But in these radio...
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3 Feb 2017
The reality of urban change for a community's sense of place in an inner city location.
Regeneration of older, run-down inner-city neighbourhoods is often portrayed as an improvement upon what went before. This community in Seattle is clear about what they'll lose as their 'place'...
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31 Jan 2017
Britain's Cities, Britain's Future
Cities are fuelling economic growth around the world. There are signs that several of Britain’s cities are growing once again, but there is a big gap between their performance and that of other...
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30 Jan 2017
What is 'psychogeography', who does it, how do they do it, and with what results?
If you have seen someone walking purposefully across your local cityscape in the last few months wearing a little more than the usual earphone headset, it could have been Daniel Raven-Ellison,...
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22 Jan 2017
Important Advice from AQA on Changing Places
Liz Hunt has posted onto the Facebook group some important clarification from AQA for those teaching Changing Places - details below.
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19 Jan 2017
The Trans-Eurasian freight train now arriving in London has your Chinese goods on board
Reports of the death of railways have been - in Mark Twain's terms - rather over-exaggerated. Two reports this week have highlighted an increasingly bright future for rail systems in providing a...
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12 Jan 2017
Appropriate support to improve dairy farmers in developing countries
There is a general awareness of how gifts of a goat, or chickens can assist families in rural areas of developing countries. But Heifer International is all about aiding community-based development...
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6 Jan 2017
Why would you want to dig into a volcano?
If you've got a surplus of energy, why not export it? If you've got a shortage, why not import it? The solution to that equation is driving plans for a high-voltage undersea electricity...
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5 Jan 2017
Demographic Change - Like a Python Swallowing a Pig
How is population change transforming our world? One idea is to think of a python swallowing a pig: a big bulge makes its way slowly down the snake from the head end to the other end
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5 Jan 2017
Animated live global weather - and now, forecasts
A new website and web app is allowing geographers to analyse real-time weather conditions as well as forecasts over a week ahead. In combination with synoptic charts, the two together can help...
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3 Jan 2017
There's Energy in Those Mountains
A great example of a highly flexible method of renewable energy generation here.
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3 Jan 2017
Cornish wind farm hits 25th anniversary and is set for the next 25
The development of renewable wind energy is gearing up for another big boost as offshore wind farms are developed in the North Sea. But the drive to greener energy sources started 25 years ago for...
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10 Dec 2016
Surprise figures indicate a fall in life expectancy in the US for the first time in decades
Life expectancy figures released this week in the USA have shown that Americans were not living as long in 2015 as they were in 2014. This fall, for the first time since the 1980s has surprised...
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2 Dec 2016
Who wins, who loses from Globalisation?
President-elect Trump has said it’s gone too far. Many of those who voted for Brexit think it damaged British industry; those who voted Remain claim if it’s not there it could damage both the...
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22 Nov 2016
Women. Work. Climate.
This is the title of an article by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Climate Change Adaptation group outlining how the global agency is trying to improve the lives of some of the...
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16 Nov 2016
New Zealand earthquake disrupts infrastructure and raises the sea bed
Monday's earthquake that hit New Zealand's South Island was - at 7.8 on the Richter scale - significantly more powerful than the 2010 Christchurch one that resulted in 185 fatalities (6.3). Yet the...
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9 Nov 2016
The Geographical implications of a President Trump
As the USA and the world absorbs the surprise of a Donald Trump victory in the American presidential election it is worth considering the implications of his policies for matters of geography.
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25 Oct 2016
Deepwater Horizon: classifying the effects
The world's worst accidental ocean rig oil release occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 as the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, operating under contract to BP, suffered a catastrophic explosion....
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