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Author: Mr Monteith
The Moray coast drone footage
Well done to Rufus B, Year 11, for producing this excellent 4 minute clip of the coastline around Covesea and Cummingston. An excellent film for learning about coastal processes!
Click the image to view the video
Geography articles to read: 20/11/2018
Year 13:
1. Has the modern nation state failed? –
The 1919 Paris Peace Conference promised to remake the world. But today, its vision of nationhood looks increasingly under threat – An excellent read ahead of the start of the Power and Borders topic.
2. UK regional inequality has widened since Brexit vote – Economic gap between north and south has worsened – FT
The economic gap between the south and north of England has widened since the UK voted to leave the EU, according to new forecasts of regional economic growth published by the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence.
3. Bill Gates: from software to toilets
‘His foundation has spent $200m since 2011 funding reinvented toilets that kill germs and extinguish smells on the spot’
Geography articles to read. 19th October 2018
From Kilauea to Fuego: three things you should know about volcano risks
Rohingya refugees remain a heavy burden on Bangladesh
Eritrea’s joy becomes Ethiopia’s burden amid huge exodus
Airs and disgraces: how city pollution is killing residents – via @FT
A restart of Geography related news articles. Please feedback suggestions for future articles!
- Migration: the riddle of Europe’s shadow population – The number of undocumented migrants in the EU is unknown but some cities are realising that ‘get-tough’ policies or neglecting the issue do not work
- The earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia have killed more than 1,400– Relief workers have yet to reach much of the affected region
- The centenary of the 20th century’s worst catastrophe– “Spanish flu” probably killed more people than both world wars combined
A number of recent ‘Geography in the news’ articles to help with Year 13 exam revision
Hazardous Earth topic
Why did the eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano kill over 62 people?
More on the deadly pyroclastic flows that have killed dozens in Guatemala via The Conversation website
This is a great hazard map produced by the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre:
Disease Dilemmas
Why the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo can probably be contained.
Power and Borders
Why France, the UK, Japan and others must join forces as mid sized powers to face up to the US and China.
Changing Spaces
Left behind: can anyone save the towns the economy forgot? Soaring antidepressant usage, falling life expectancy: Blackpool embodies much of what is going wrong on the fringes of Britain.
Migration
Europe is sending African migrants home. Will they stay? – Facing horrible conditions in Libya, many Africans are accepting free flights home. But some are ashamed to return
Geography links for the week ending 1st October
1. The Campi Flegrei volcanic site near Naples could be building up a dangerous reservoir of magma.
2. Iraq’s Kurds have voted overwhelmingly for independence.
3. Closer to home, there were violent clashes between police and voters as a referendum held in Catalonia on independence got underway. Definitely one for year 13 to follow!
Geography links for the week ending 24/9/2017
- Could a hyperloop be operating in the UK sooner than we think?
2.Details of the 7.1 M earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday, from the USGS
3. Angela Merkel has won another term in office. But she now has to form a Government.
Geography links for the week ending 17/9/2017
1. One for year 13 – power and borders. Rohingya crisis: UN sees ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar
2. World powers are split on how to deal with the ‘North Korean problem’
3. Scotland’s last few snow patches of the year are disappearing fast:
Alasdair Monteith, Steve Cook, Helen Denyer and Laura Sproule 