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Enrichment
Big Data and Planning for an Urban World
Researchers and urban planners are turning New York City into a proving ground for Big Data and the interactive technologies that one day might make a planet of cities both sustainable and livable.
Getting Help to Earthquake Areas Faster
A fascinating short video here from The Economist that explains how space technology can be used to identify areas most significantly affected by earthquakes. The result should be better targeted...
Inspiring geographers through the use of maps
Pupils love looking at maps and will love the range available on the internet.
Extra curricular Geography - Ashcloud apocalypse
Online risk mapping activity for all
Permafrost Explored
A superb short video here for the geologists exploring the world of permafrost!
The Destruction of the Aral Sea
The Aral Sea was formerly the fourth largest inland sea in the world but has since suffered irreparable damage.
China's Polluted Cities - A Photo Blog
This resource in the Guardian looks some at photographic evidence of the pollution evident in China. Souvid Datta travelled around the country to photograph some of those who are worst affected....
How to Make An Attractive City
What makes a beautiful city? What is it about the cities that makes them most popular with tourists? In this video Alain de Botton offers his six-point manifesto on the need for making beauty a...
Stunning 3D Visualisation of a Tornado
I love this from Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel. In his hi-tech studio, he presents a 3D visualisation of how a tornado forms.
Carbon Capture: phasing out fossil fuels whilst burying the evidence
The recent report on the world’s climate scenario presented a hard-hitting warning that if the nations of the world don’t act swiftly to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, then “severe, pervasive and...
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