USA suffering from a megadrought
The western USA is experiencing this event. A megadrought is where a drought lasts for many decades without any easing. There have been 4 previous megadroughts in the last 1200 years which have...
Geography Weekly Quiz- 17th April
10 multi-choice questions based on geographical news stories this week!
Weekly Geography Quiz - 10 April 2020
Here is this week's geography quiz- a set of 10 questions based on the Geography news over the last 7 days.
Habitat loss linked to future pandemics
Historically, many scientists believed that tropical rainforests harboured many viruses and pathogens that could affect humans. Whilst that view is still believed, the mass destruction of natural...
Weekly Geography Quiz- 3 April 2020
Here is our first weekly geography quiz- a set of 10 questions based on the news this week.
Coronavirus impacts on flood victims
Many Welsh families whose homes were flooded by the February storms of Ciara, Dennis and George are now struggling in temporary accommodation, feeling abandoned as the country tackles the global...
Chinese firm to take over British steel
The Jingye group have previously stated that they will save over 3000 jobs in Teeside and Scunthorpe as part of the takeover; although there are still some concerns for jobs before the deal goes...
New houses to be built on flood plains
Planning documents show that over 11000 new houses are planned to be built on flood plains as the government struggles to find available land to tackle the housing shortage.
UK flood warnings following Storm Dennis
More than 200 flood warnings are in place across the country.
Storm Ciara batters the UK
Heavy rain and wind up to 90mph have caused mass disruption across the UK.
Locust swarms across Somalia cause food crisis
A national emergency has been declared in Somalia as the biggest swarms seen in 25 years threaten Somalia’s agriculture.
Turkey earthquake kills 22
The earthquake which happened on Friday evening measured 6.8 magnitude and has damaged a significant amount of infrastructure.
Bushfires still causing issues in Australia
Despite the welcome rains extinguishing many of the fires hitting Australia, there are still 80 fires burning across New South Wales and Victoria.
Australian wildfires could become “normal”
After weeks of news stories about the scale and devastation of the fires in Australia, Scientists are now saying that events as large as this could become “normal” in the future where the world’s...
How to choose which species to save
Scientists have expressed concern that up to a million species are at risk of extinction as a result of climate change. This then poses the question- which should we save?
The big science and environment stories of 2019
The BBC has this useful primer to identify some of the top environmental stories of 2019.
The Met Office warns of a continuing warming trend
Temperatures in 2020 are set to be at least one degree above pre-industrial levels. This will make the last six years the warmest on record- setting a trend for continued climate change.
Town centre revival needs a new magnet
The Guardian's Simon Jenkins channels his inner Jane Jacobs, arguing that shops alone are not going to revive the High Street, given changing shopping habits.
New Zealand volcano erupts
The volcano on White Island - which last erupted in 2001, is one of New Zealand’s most active volcanoes and people were seen walking inside the crater just before the eruption.
Typhoon Kammuri batters the Philippines
The late season typhoon has hit the central Philippines at the southern tip of Luzon Island. This densely populated island has reacted by evacuating 200,000 people from along the coast and in some...