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Will Kenya's new infrastructure benefit its economy?
The $3.2 billion project to build a railway to connect Nairobi and Mombasa is being seen as an important milestone in Kenya's journey to economic development.
Following on from recent news that Donald Trump will withdraw the USA from the Paris deal; its heartening that another powerful industrial nation is choosing to stick to the deal.
The 37th anniversary of the Mount St Helens' eruption in the USA - has the site recovered?
It was on this day 37 years ago that Mt St Helens in Washington State erupted with such devastating consequences. Fifty seven people lost their lives but the impact could have been greater had it...
Is China's new 'Belt and Road' initiative a concrete globalisation hand inside a silken glove?
In Medieval time the 'Silk Road' conveyed valuable silk and spices along a trans-continental journey from China, through the Persian empire and to the emerging trade markets of Europe. Today,...
Here's a useful article shared on Twitter that illustrates human-induced salinisation of fresh-water lakes in the US.
The last few winters have seen news reports full of images of disastrous winter floods: Carlisle, York, The Somerset Levels, The Thames, Tadcaster's bridge collapsing and The Lake District having...
The UN is calling it the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945. Famine is stalking African countries again - in areas from north-east Nigeria to Somalia and Yemen in eastern Africa. But the causes...
Massive dam system 'fail' in California
After intense rain in California, the country's tallest dam is facing severe problems as a breach in its overflow channel results in flooding of significant areas.
If you have seen someone walking purposefully across your local cityscape in the last few months wearing a little more than the usual earphone headset, it could have been Daniel Raven-Ellison,...
The Trans-Eurasian freight train now arriving in London has your Chinese goods on board
Reports of the death of railways have been - in Mark Twain's terms - rather over-exaggerated. Two reports this week have highlighted an increasingly bright future for rail systems in providing a...
Why would you want to dig into a volcano?
If you've got a surplus of energy, why not export it? If you've got a shortage, why not import it? The solution to that equation is driving plans for a high-voltage undersea electricity...
Cornish wind farm hits 25th anniversary and is set for the next 25
The development of renewable wind energy is gearing up for another big boost as offshore wind farms are developed in the North Sea. But the drive to greener energy sources started 25 years ago for...
Surprise figures indicate a fall in life expectancy in the US for the first time in decades
Life expectancy figures released this week in the USA have shown that Americans were not living as long in 2015 as they were in 2014. This fall, for the first time since the 1980s has surprised...
New Zealand earthquake disrupts infrastructure and raises the sea bed
Monday's earthquake that hit New Zealand's South Island was - at 7.8 on the Richter scale - significantly more powerful than the 2010 Christchurch one that resulted in 185 fatalities (6.3). Yet the...
The Geographical implications of a President Trump
As the USA and the world absorbs the surprise of a Donald Trump victory in the American presidential election it is worth considering the implications of his policies for matters of geography.
Deepwater Horizon: classifying the effects
The world's worst accidental ocean rig oil release occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 as the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, operating under contract to BP, suffered a catastrophic explosion....
Same - but different: energy issues for China and Japan
Both China and Japan are attempting to cope with rapidly changing energy situations. In China it has been brought about by rapidly rising energy demand in the last two decades, that has started to...
Ageing population causing China Crisis
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that hospitals in China are not capable of coping with the increase in medical problems as a result of China's rapidly ageing population.
Geography A Level Entry Analysis from Summer 2016
A small (1.9%) drop in total A Level entries for AS & A2 Geography in summer 2016. More analysis by exam board below.
Making Room Underground for 1.5 million City Commuters
The stunning Crossrail project - Europe's largest existing infrastructure project - is nearing completion.