Blog and updates
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12 Nov 2015
Would You Like Some Seawater with Your Steak, Sir?
A superb video here from one of my favourite places - the coastline of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. Beset by prolonged drought, California has turned to the sea to provide a...
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12 Nov 2015
Coastal Erosion Threatens 700 homes
As parts of the UK face the first of the wet winter weather, the National Trust wants more action to manage threats to our storm-battered coastline.
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7 Nov 2015
Sierra Leone declared ebola free
18 months of tough procedures have finally led up to this moment.
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6 Nov 2015
Two Billion Miles - a resource for teaching the refugee crisis
Channel 4 has calculated that refugees this year have collectively travelled two billion miles. To mark this they have produced an excellent interactive video for teaching the refugee crisis.
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5 Nov 2015
KS3 Rivers - Free Resource Collection
The tutor2u Geography team has put together a free collection of knowledge based puzzles that can be used when teaching Rivers at KS3.
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4 Nov 2015
Become a Weather Watcher
Help create a accurate weather map of the UK by using the BBC's Weather Watchers website.
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3 Nov 2015
International terrorism and the impact upon global tourism
As we await news on the fate of the Russian plane...many speculate that this could turn out to be another terrorist attack.
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2 Nov 2015
Permafrost Explored
A superb short video here for the geologists exploring the world of permafrost!
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2 Nov 2015
China Ends One Child Policy
A highly significant development for teachers and students exploring the topic of population change.
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2 Nov 2015
Educational Erosion on the Coast
Could being in an underachieving school be defined by where you live?Why are coastal schools at such a low ebb?
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31 Oct 2015
Cosmetic Firms Clean Up Their Act to Reduce Ocean Pollution
Tiny plastic beads used in face scrubs, shower gels and toothpaste are to be phased out by the cosmetics industry to help protect ocean life.
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30 Oct 2015
Growing Pains for the UK?
According to the ONS, Britain's population will rise by almost 10 million over the next 25 years as numbers grow five times faster then the rest of Europe.
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27 Oct 2015
It never rains but it pours
Superb infographic here from the Met Office full of cool facts about rain.
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27 Oct 2015
Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake
Monday's 7.5 magnitude earthquake has killed 300 and injured 2000.
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25 Oct 2015
The Nepal earthquake - 6 months on
Six months after the 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal, many people are still suffering
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25 Oct 2015
As Storm Patricia weakens, new threats are now emerging
The category 5 storm caused much less damage than expected; missing the major Mexican cities when it hit land, yet flooding and mudslides are now threatening to impact many areas.
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23 Oct 2015
Sustainable Development - Global Goals
At the end of September, world leaders convened in New York to officially adopt replacements for the eight Millennium Development Goals.
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23 Oct 2015
Best places to live 2015
Uswitch.com has looked at the best and worst places to live in the United Kingdom with its Quality Of Life Index. Factors included life expectancy, hours of work, disposable income, energy and food...
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22 Oct 2015
Global climate change and the impact on permafrost
So much news time is given to the melting of the ice caps, whilst the melting of permafrost is a huge threat to the world too.
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