In the 1980s and 90s the talk was all about the 'problems' of major cities across the world. Snarled with traffic congestion, scarred by urban violence and the sense of threat, and with retailers,...
Breaking news generator
The classtools website has added a great headline news generator http://www.classtools.net/breakingnews/#. It can be used by students or teachers to create a screenshot like a 24hour news channel...
The leaders of the world's leading economies, the G7 heads of state, have agreed two major targets for ending the use of fossil fuels in order to limit runaway global climate change. A few days ago...
MERS kills six, amid fears of a wider outbreak
Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has killed six people in Spouth Korea.
China's greenhouse emisions are on the decline
Within ten years it is expected that Chinese emissions will decrease; helping out the ongoing battle with climate change.
Proposals for the world's first tidal lagoon barrage in Swansea Bay have run into opposition from residents in - Cornwall. The renewable energy scheme, using the difference in height between...
The revitalisation of Britain's inner cities has been a feature of many urban centres since the late 1980s. London Docklands, Manchester's Salford Quays, Cardiff Bay area - they have all seen a...
Measuring Development for yourself
Development means different things to all of us. The OECD has created an interactive website called Your Better Life Index http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org where you can see how your country...
China's Polluted Cities - A Photo Blog
This resource in the Guardian looks some at photographic evidence of the pollution evident in China. Souvid Datta travelled around the country to photograph some of those who are worst affected....
Germany's Birth Rate Dropping Like a Stone
Germany's birth rate has now fallen lower than even Japan's to give the country the lowest rate in the world. As an example of a Stage 5 country in the Demographic Transition, the birth rate in...
Geography blockbusters
Yesterday, seismologist Dr Lucy Jones was invited to the premiere of new earthquake blockbuster San Andreas. She then proceeded to tweet all the accuracies and inaccuracies in the realism of the...
Fog catching to reduce desertification
The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on the planet, receiving less than 0.1 mm of rainfall a year on average. Yet the town of Pena Blanca is reducing desertification. This is being...
How to Make An Attractive City
What makes a beautiful city? What is it about the cities that makes them most popular with tourists? In this video Alain de Botton offers his six-point manifesto on the need for making beauty a...
Stunning 3D Visualisation of a Tornado
I love this from Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel. In his hi-tech studio, he presents a 3D visualisation of how a tornado forms.
Fossil fuels slip further out of favour
Two developments in recent days indicate that concerns about climate change are having profound effects on major energy companies.In the first, SSE (Scottish and Southern Electricity) announced...
Public health premier league table
Durham University research into public health among residents around football teams highlights regional inequalities in England and Wales.
The table was compiled by looking at smoking,...
Since 2009 the EU has banned the import of seal products - largely in the form of fur imports. This was in reaction to the calls from environmental groups sickened by the bloody cull of seal pups...
Nepal earthquakes may not yet be over
The 7.8 and 7.3 earthquakes may just be the start for Nepal
Anatomy of an Earthquake
Given the recent earthquake in Nepal a great visual explanation of the impact of an earthquake on a hilltop town by Dr. Iain Stewart. Also a must follow on twitter @Profiainstewart for all...
Get yourself on the map
The Ordnance Survey and The One Show are running a competition to get us to design some new map symbols. They are looking for new designs for the following...1) Vineyard2) Skate Park3) Caves4)...