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Making A Meal Of Single-use Plastic
Cognitive dissonance is a wonderful thing when it comes to the environment, isn’t it? When the David Attenborough's Blue Planet II pointed a camera at ocean plastic pollution in 2017, it was a...
Geography News Quiz: 16th September 2022
We're back for the start of a new term! Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography in the News: Eating insects can be good for the planet – Europeans should eat more of them
Insects are a nutritious food source that can be produced more sustainably than conventional livestock. While eating insects is common in many world regions, in western cultures it is more likely...
Geography in the News: Rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña declared
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has announced that the weather phenomenon La Niña has formed for the third consecutive year in the Pacific. This is only the third time since records...
Podcast Recommendation: 39 Ways to Save the Planet (BBC Sounds)
Year 12s and 13s looking to find out more about practical strategies to address climate change and its impacts might be interested in BBC Radio 4’s 39 Ways to Save the Planet.
Geography in the News: Three ways climate change is making adventure tourism riskier
Climate change is making adventure tourism more challenging and sometimes riskier, according to travel industry bodies, tour operators.
Geography in the News: Europe's warm summer shatters records
This summer was the hottest on record in Europe, according to data from EU satellite monitoring.
Geography in the News: UN sees life expectancy, education and income fall
Decades of progress in terms of life expectancy, education and economic prosperity have begun unravelling since the pandemic, a new UN report says.
Geography in the News: New malaria vaccine is world-changing
A malaria vaccine with "world-changing" potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford.
Geography in the News: ‘Is it seaweed – or something more sinister?’
Beachgoers were warned to stay out of the water this summer after sewage was discharged into the sea. Locals at Falmouth Bay in Cornwall tell of their rage at the water companies – and the rising...
Geography in the News: How Pakistan’s floods are linked to climate change
The devastating floods in Pakistan are a ‘wake-up call’ to the world on the threats of climate change, experts have warned.
Geography in the News: A Corner of Europe Starts Living With Blackouts Again
Every six hours the power goes off in Kosovo. It’s the first country on the continent to suffer rolling outages as the energy crisis escalates. This is an interesting example for students taking...
What resources can teachers use to help students get to grips with anthropogenic climate change?
Geography in the News: Solar panel sales boom as energy bills soar
In recent years, with the removal of government grants for renewable energy home improvements, we have seen a slow-down in solar panel installation in the UK. But the cost of living crisis and...
River-flow rates in England have been lower this summer than at any time in the past 21 years, data has shown, and could be much worse next year, with dire impacts on wildlife and the natural...
Video recommendation: Inside China's mysterious sinkhole
Deep in China's Fengjie County lies a natural wonder that has fascinated experts for decades.
South Korea has again recorded the world's lowest fertility rate with the number sinking to a new low - at just 0.81 children per woman. The figure has been declining for the past 6 years -...
The Games was a great opportunity to showcase Birmingham on the world stage, but remember it hasn't put the city on the map. It was already there, what with being the UK's second city (!) as...
Geography in the News: Diet for a hotter climate - five plants that could help feed the world
Has the world become over-reliant on rice, wheat and corn? What food plants might be more reliable against drought and disease as our planet warms?
A-Level Geography Entries and Grades for 2022
It was great to see Geography's A-level entries climb this year, with more than 37,000 students sitting A-level Geography exams in June 2022. 'Geography is again one of the top 10 most popular...