Geography links for the week ending 22nd January

by Mr Monteith
  1. The Northern Ireland assembly has been dissolved. What does this mean for the future of the peace process and power sharing? Find out here. For a background to ‘the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland click here.

2. The British Antarctic survey are shutting down their Halley VI base temporarily due to large cracks in the ice shelf.

3. An earthquake struck the mountainous Appenines region in Italy on Wednesday. This is a really interesting piece explaining the geology of the area and the regions ability to mitigate the effects of earthquakes.

Geography links for the week ending 15th January

by Mr Monteith

1. Scientists think that silicon could be the missing element that exists in the earth’s core alongside iron and nickel.

2. Storm surge threatto the East coast of England.

3. It snowed this week. This website uses GIS to track gritters across Scotland. A good example of the power of GIS!

4. High tides and a storm surge resulted in coastal flooding along the east coast of England and the activation of the Thames barrier to protect London. Find out what a storm surge is here. 

Geography links for the week ending 8th January

by Mr Monteith

1. The world is a much better place to live in now than it was 10,20 or 100 years ago. 

2. Scotland has adopted a ‘baby box’ scheme that has been running in Finland for over 30 years and provides new parents with essentials for a new born. Something that could be rolled out by EDCs or LIDCs?

3. Volcanic ash clouds have affected Europe more frequently than was previously thought.

4. Podcast time! This is a really interesting Radio 4 programme on global population and the demographic transition. Worth a listen for both year 12 and 13.