Saturday, 13 March 2010
Deals can be good news when not made behind closed doors | Environment | The Observer
Deals can be good news when not made behind closed doors | Environment | The Observer
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Know your flood risk: Welcome
Know Your Flood Risk is a campaign with a mission to help raise awareness of the issue of flood and encourage practical guidance and support to help protect homeowners and property professionals against the risks.
Why join the campaign?
By signing up to the campaign you will join a community of organisations whose goal is to raise awareness of flood information and the potential risks. As a collective voice, Know Your Flood Risk and its members aim to raise the profile of flooding and ensure consumers are not only aware of the risks they face, but also how to mitigate them.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
BBC News - Mapping the growth of the internet
Growth of the INTERNET with interactive map from the BBC
Monday, 8 March 2010
Population and Consumption | EarthTrends
The air is full of carbon dioxide and other pollutants;
The ocean is emptying;
We have observed record setting harvests over the last few years, and yet chronic hunger persists and has recently been increasing;
The planet is experiencing the 6th great extinction;
All of these are the result of human activity.
Sunday, 7 March 2010
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab | Environment | The Observer
Monday, 1 March 2010
Fatal storm sweeps through France | World news | guardian.co.uk
France was today struggling to cope with its most violent storm for 10 years, as winds of more than 100mph swept through the country, killing at least 40 people and leaving 1m homes without power. Central and western France were worst hit with gales and torrential rain felling trees and causing flooding. At least seven people drowned in villages in the Vendée, while three elderly people and a child were found dead in Charente Maritime around La Rochelle. A man was killed by a falling tree branch in the south-western town of Luchon, where winds reached 90mph. As well as the known casualties, at least five other people were reported missing and dozens others injured. As the storm, known as Xynthia, progressed northwards through France over the weekend, five of the country's 95 departments were placed on red alert for only the second time in the emergency system's history. By this afternoon the alert had been downgraded.
Fatal storm sweeps through France | World news | guardian.co.uk
A news report from the event can be seen here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8541958.stm
The damage was particularly bad because of a storm surge which broke through inadequate defences:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8544002.stm
There is more about storm surges here:
http://dlgb.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/the-november-2007-storm-surge/
and about the devastating 1953 storm surge here:
http://dlgb.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/the-1953-storm-surge-what-really-happened/
The storms are part of a series of strong winter storms which have affected western Europe:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8540762.stm
Amongst the worst was the one which caused severe damage on the island of Madeira:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8526288.stm
MetLink Weather and Climate for Teachers and Schools
MetLink is the flagship education portal of the Royal Meteorological Society
We provide teachers, students, meteorologists and the general public with information about teaching weather and climate, teacher development, climate change and accreditation.
On this site you will find teaching materials including powerpoint presentations and lesson plans, information about becoming a meteorologist, how to obtain chartered status and many more things.
You will also find general information for teaching weather, curriculum links, information about school and junior membership and how to book a "Meteorology Ambassador" to come and talk to your class
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Top 3 Scariest Airports in the Caribbean - Google Sightseeing
What do you get when you mix fast heavy planes with small island airports? A hair-raising final approach! Let’s take a look at three scariest airports to fly into in the Caribbean.
Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten (SXM)Passengers arriving into Princess Juliana often fly just a few metres over the head of sunbathers below on Maho Beach. The combination of screaming jet aircraft and beautiful tropical scenery in such close proximity make this airport a mecca for the world’s plane spotters. In fact, check out this video showing the arrival of a 747, shot by yours truly on a 2004 trip.
Arrival isn’t the only exciting part of this airport either; departing aircraft must make an immediate right hand turn to avoid flying directly into the 317 m St. Peter Hill. At the same time, the departing planes blow a massive amount of jet blast back onto Maho Beach – so strong is the blast that it can cause you and your belongings to be blown right into the water if you’re not careful.
Top 3 Scariest Airports in the Caribbean - Google Sightseeing
Giant Antarctic iceberg could affect global ocean circulation | Environment | guardian.co.uk
An iceberg the size of Luxembourg that contains enough fresh water to supply a third of the world's population for a year has broken off in the Antarctic continent, with possible implications for global ocean circulation, scientists said today.
The iceberg, measuring about 50 miles by 25, broke away from the Mertz glacier around 2,000 miles south of Australia after being rammed by another giant iceberg known as B-9B three weeks ago, satellite images reveal. The two icebergs, which both weigh more than 700m tons, are now drifting close together about 100 miles north of Antarctica.
Giant Antarctic iceberg could affect global ocean circulation | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 25 February 2010
UK export and import in 2009: top products and trading partners | News | guardian.co.uk
Which products does does the UK export, and where does it export them to?
UK export and import in 2009: top products and trading partners | News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
BBC NEWS | UK | Mapping migration from the new EU countries
Eve
Monday, 22 February 2010
BBC News - Panorama - Palm oil products and the weekly shop
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Greenwich Millennium Village - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV) is an innovative mixed-tenure modern housing estate on an urban village model located on the Greenwich Peninsula in Greenwich in south-east London, and part of the Millennium Communities Programme under English Partnerships (now renamed Homes and Communities Agency). The village is designed by architects Ralph Erskine and partners with EPR Architects Ltd as executive architect as part of the regeneration of the whole brownfield site of Greenwich Peninsula former town gas works. GMV is south of the former Millennium Dome, now renamed the O2.
The village on the southern banks of the Thames, about one mile upstream from the Thames Barrier and adjacent to its own purpose-built Ecology Park, cycle paths and recreational areas. The village currently has the Millennium Primary School and a medical GP surgery. Next to the complex, at Peartree Wharf, is the Greenwich Yacht Club, a modern building provided by English Partnerships.
The Village is being developed by a consortium of Countryside Properties and Taylor Wimpey. The housing is of modern, environmentally-friendly design, and the development aims to cut primary energy use by 80% using low-energy building techniques and renewable energy technologies. GMV is planned by the developers to continue to expand until about 2015, with its own integrated village shopping and community centres. As of 2008, 1,095 homes and a village square with shops have been completed.
BBC video and text report about GMV
English Partnerships (2008)
Greenwich Yacht Club
Pictures of Greenwich Millennium Village
http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/gmv.htm
Greenwich Millennium Village - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Royal Docks - development update
We outline here the principal developments in the Royal Docks since the demise of the LDDC in 1998, including projects completed and those in the pipeline. Also described are the transport schemes on which the successful regeneration of the area depends. For earlier developments visit our Royal Docks History Page. For useful Regeneration links and contacts - click here
http://www.westsilvertownfoundation.org.uk/
Portugal rushes aid to Madeira after deadly floods
The Portuguese military has sent specialist rescue teams to the island of Madeira, where at least 40 people are known to have died in rainstorms.Tonnes of mud and stones were brought down the slopes of the island, flooding the streets of the regional capital, Funchal, and other towns. Officials fear the death toll could rise. Water, power and phones were cut in some areas. PM Jose Socrates, who is in Madeira, said he would "do everything to help".
BBC News - Portugal rushes aid to Madeira after deadly floods
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Southern Italian landslide caught on video
About 200 residents have been evacuated from their homes after a landslide split a hillside apart in the southern Italian town of Maierato.
The landslide, which caused power failure, could have been caused by heavy rains in the region, initial reports say.
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