2. Giant sinkholes from around the world in pictures.
3. At least two people have died after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. A tsunami was also generated.
Please see details below and contact Mr Monteith or Mr Cook if you would like to attend. It should be useful for the Glaciation topic.
Call for action to tackle growing ethnic segregation across UK.
1. Co2 emissions mark new era in the world’s changing climate.
2. What’s happening with Europe’s migrant crisis? BBC Newsnight
3. Wednesday’s earthquake in Italy linked to August quakes, this was followed by the even larger earthquake on Saturday.
4. One for year 13 from the World Economic Forum:
1. Interesting piece suggesting low income households will suffer more than others from the rising costs ( inflation) of products post Brexit.
2. Gapminder have produced excellent interactive development data graphs for a number of years. This new venture entitled ‘Dollar street’ is a fascinating insight into the lives of people at different income levels around the world.
As it’s half term why not relax by listening to a short BBC podcast on sustainable cities?
Green Cities from Bricks and Mortar – 17/10/2016 – @bbcradio4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z4155
1. Drone deliveries start in Rwanda. A world first?
Meanwhile in Moray the technology is struggling to get off the ground.
2.More than 150 countries have agreed to limit emissions of HFCs, these are gases which contribute to global warming.
Year 12 and 13 – I have emailed you with a link to this BBC radio programme on gentrificaton (a process of renovation and revival of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of influx of more affluent resident).
It is a topic we look at in both the World Cities (year 13) and Changing Places (year 12) topics. I would really encourage you to listen to it.
Mr Monteith
1.The most active Earthquake swarms around Katla, one of Iceland’s larger volcanoes, seem to have paused for the time being.
2. The Government gave given the go ahead for fracking to start in Lancashire. Hear both sides of the argument in this clip.
3. Renewable tidal lagoon power moves a step closer in Swansea
4. Professor Danny Dorling is a leading Geographer from Oxford University. In this short clip from Newsnight he calls on a range of data to dispel the myths about who did and did not vote for Brexit.
Alasdair Monteith, Steve Cook, Helen Denyer, Laura Sproule and Terry Chambers 