When the new Resource Frontier is on the sea bed 2km below the surface
As global demand for key mineral resources increases, the search for new resource locations intensifies. The latest resource frontier to be exploited looks like it will be via robot machines...
Is a Green Energy Solution in Sight?
Writing in the Guardian, Jonathan Watts argues that as the cost of supplying renewable energy drops and technological change and investment makes turning solar and wind power into a more reliable...
Hurricane Irma's path of destruction
After days of destruction across the Caribbean, Irma hits Florida.
The power and purpose of geography
Geography has seen numbers at both GCSE and A level strengthen significantly this year. Increasingly, the value of the subject is being recognised, its relevance acknowledged and its capacity for...
Changing Places - Time Lapse of a Revamped Bracknell
Here is a time-lapse video of the construction of an almost wholly new shopping centre in Bracknell.
Street and Block Patterns for Cities
Using open street map data creates great opportunities to visualise the street and block patterns for cities. Here are some terrific examples from Geoff Boeing at UC Berkeley.
Conflict in the Amazon!
During a two year period, 381 new species were found, including 216 plants, 93 fish, 32 amphibians, 20 mammals, 19 reptiles and one bird. Whilst this is amazing news, this comes at a time when...
Houston Under Water - the Impact of Hurricane Harvey
This 12-minute special report from Sky News provides a thought-provoking and dramatic insight into the impact of Hurricane Harvey on Houston - the fourth largest city in the US.
How Satellite Images Expose Our Global Footprint
A jaw-dropping use of time-lapse satellite imagery here to demonstrate five ways in which human activity is damaging the planet.
Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes Worse
Hurricane Harvey in the US posed the question - what is the link between climate change and the frequency and intensity of tropical storms?
Heavy flooding kills hundreds in South Asia
Much of the Western media's attention has been on the impact of the flooding in Texas, but the human cost of the flooding affecting vast areas of South Asia (especially Nepal, India &...
Urban Farms and Vertical Farming
Some articles and short videos on the growth of urban farming and vertical farming.
Climate Change, Water and the Economy
By 2050, the effects of climate change + water scarcity could spark conflict and spur unprecedented levels of migration.
Paris talks on immigration
Emmanuel Macron is meeting with several African and European leaders to try and reduce the illegal migration across the Mediterranean.
Before and After Flooding in Houston
Some remarkable images are being published as an astonishing amount of rain has fallen in thunderstorms in Houston, part of the weather system driven by Hurricane Harvey.
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
A chance here for students to consider the potential economic and social/human consequences of this decision especially the indigenous peoples.
Changing Places at the Railway Station
Anyone who has witnessed the dramatic conversing of Kings Cross railway station or Grand Central in Birmingham will probably agree that rail station regeneration has been a force for good in the...
Regional and country economic indicators for the UK
Here is a goldmine of the latest regional economic data for the UK.
Water Cycles: Berlin - the Sponge City
What a stunning four-minute video here from Bloomberg. It explains Berlin's "sponge city" urban design strategy - designed to mimic a natural ecosystem and retain as much rainwater within the city...
A useful video here from Mashable explaining the San Andreas Fault and asking whether Californians are ready for the next earthquake.