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Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake
Monday's 7.5 magnitude earthquake has killed 300 and injured 2000.
The Nepal earthquake - 6 months on
Six months after the 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal, many people are still suffering
As Storm Patricia weakens, new threats are now emerging
The category 5 storm caused much less damage than expected; missing the major Mexican cities when it hit land, yet flooding and mudslides are now threatening to impact many areas.
Sustainable Development - Global Goals
At the end of September, world leaders convened in New York to officially adopt replacements for the eight Millennium Development Goals.
Best places to live 2015
Uswitch.com has looked at the best and worst places to live in the United Kingdom with its Quality Of Life Index. Factors included life expectancy, hours of work, disposable income, energy and food...
Global climate change and the impact on permafrost
So much news time is given to the melting of the ice caps, whilst the melting of permafrost is a huge threat to the world too.
Storm Steve, Wendy and Barney
The Met Office have announced the results of a recent project to name storms that affect the UK and Ireland,
Great story of contrasts - drought and flooding in India
Whilst the monsoon rainfall has disappointed many in India, causing drought; many in northern India are sufferening from the opposite problem - floods!
Typhoon Koppu hits the Philippines
Borthern Philippines has been hit by the slow moving typhoon; set to cause major damage over the next three days.
Is New York City Too Small?
The NIMBY-ism (‘not in my backyard’) of local politics leads to a bias against large cities that constrains national productivity growth. That is the central conclusion of a study by Frederic...
Which UK City Tops the 2014 Wages League?
London, Aberdeen, Crawley and Reading feature as the four cities in the United Kingdom with the highest weekly earnings in 2014. The data below is from the Centre for Cities which provides a wealth...
California drought
By exploring the National Geographic's "When the snow fails" students can get a sense of the problems which led the Californian Governor Jerry Brown to order the States first ever water...
Population: Is Italy (Slowly) Dying?
In most developed economies, mortality rates are falling and people are living longer, on average. But. what happens if the birth-rate falls behind the mortality rate? Can a country slowly start to...
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm gets Green Light for North Sea
What could become the world's largest offshore wind farm was given the go-ahead this week by the UK government. Situated 77-130 km off the Yorkshire coast, the Dogger Bank wind farm project...
First straw houses go on sale in the UK
Flimsy? Fire-hazard? Gimmick? None of these, as the first straw-bale houses go on sale in the UK.
Economist interactive guide to megacities
The Economist magazine has produced an interactive map of the rise (and rise) of mega cities around the world
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