NOAA satellite images

There are good weather images on the NOAA site. On the left hand side is a column labelled "Event Categories". Click on a year to reveal some beautiful weather images.

NOAA

This is the NOAA site. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it is American but a good source of information. There is a "HOT TOPIC" section that has information on Earthquakes, El Nino, Floods, Hurricanes, Natural Hazards, Tornadoes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes.

VULTURE FUNDS

The GUARDIAN on Saturday 11th March, had an article on Vulture Funds. A good INTRODUCTION to the topic is here. BBC Newsnight ran a feature on the issue.

The JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN is an organisation fighting this injustice. There are also good articles on the CHRISTIAN AID site and the OXFAM site.

Development Research Material and Reading around

This is ID21. This Organisation communicates the latest internatinal development research. It has a number of sections.



1. GLOBAL ISSUES - Population change, Food security, Climate change , Gender, Poverty Human Rights, Global economy, Governance, Aid, Conflict, Tourism.
2.Health includes Diseases, Aids, Child health,Maternal Health, Environmental Health
3. Education - Skills, Training, ICT, Aids.
4. Urban Development - Planning, Housing, Communication, Energy Transport, Water, Sanitation and Employment
5. Natural Resources - Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Conservation, Land, Soil, Water.
6. Rural Development - Transport , Communication, Water, Employment, Energy Income.

You can also sign up for email alerts and free updates. Excellent Research material

VOLCANOES

The PLUS SIDE OF VOLCANOES from the USGS.

VOLCANOES. Com site excellent images and explanations of how volcanoes work and different types of eruption.

LIVING in a VOLCANOs SHADOW is a good BBC article on the Nyiragongo eruption.

USGS page on monitoring Volcanoes.

Good site about Volcanoes and a useful section on PREDICTION.

Car Industry

1. MOTOR INDUSTRY facts 2006. Colourful and informative PDF file.

2. The AUTO INDUSTRY site gives specific information on the UK car industry. Choose statistics from the left hand menu, and statistics appear under 4 headings. Manufacturing, Retail, Production and registrations.

Acid Rain

This PDF file from THE ATMOSPHERE CLIMATE and ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION PROGRAMME, is a teaching pack for KS3 KS4 and A-Level good resources and exercises

NEWS

Good sites for NEWS updates.

1. Guardian

2. Times

3. Telegraph

4. The Independent
5. CNN

TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

1. DIRECTORY of Transnational Corporations

2. GLOBAL POLICY FORUM site that contains a wealth of information about the worlds largest companies.

3. GLOBAL WEB 100 - the 100 largest non-US corporations. Some of the company sites are not in English

Hurricane TRACKER

This is the TROPICAL STORM RISK site. It is for the Insurance Industry but the HOME page has a map showing where storms are at present. Above the map is a table showing active storms, by clicking on the system name you will be taken to a map of the track and geographical information. You can also sign up for email alerts for storms.

Rich and Poor

These 2 photographs show the contrast between rich and poor areas of a city. The first picture is of Caracas Venezuela. The second photograph is of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The difference between Rich and Poor is stark.

Sustainable City

This is a VIDEO from teachers TV about sustainable cities.
It is 60 minutes long

Year 12 Environmental Investigation

These sites will provide good information for your COURSEWORK.

1. NATURAL ENGLAND this site brings together English Nature,
the Countryside Agency and the Rural development service.

2. The Campaign for Rural England have produced TRANQUILITY MAPS. These should be useful for Quality of lIfe and Desireability Topics.

3. COMMISSION for RURAL COMMUNITIES independant advisory group that aims to advise the government on how to meet the needs of local people.

4. VISION of BRITAIN Maps, historical descriptionsand statistical trends.

5. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH - information from the 2001 census organised into neighbourhood areas.

Coastal Animations

Excellent animations of coastal processes.

Click on the image

DEBT RELIEF

I have taught year 13 this week about Debt Relief.
1. WIKIPEDIA has a very good introduction.
2. Make Poverty History has agood little section on Drop the Debt.
3. Good information is available on HiPC's (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) on the DFID site .
4. CAFOD gives details of some of the recipient schemes.
5. The role of G8 is covered on this BBC news item.
6. BBC news item on Tazania's $3bn debt relief.
7. Tanzania used the money for its Primary Education Plan.

El Nino

An article from the Independant on LA NINA

UK Statistics

These sites contain excellent data on the UK.

1. DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
2. Office of National Statistics use the headings UK Snapshot, Neighbourhoods, Economy and census.
   

Nation Master

This is an excellent site that allows you compare countries graphically. Wealth of data that uses several databases.

Careers in Geography

Here are a number of sites related to choosing Geography, Careers in Geography and degree Level Geography.

1. This is the RGS SITE and a PDF on "Why Study geography".
2. BIOGRAPHIES of Geographers in documents on right hand side of the page.
3. A POWERPOINT presentation on Geography and what will it do for you.
4. A PDF file "Geography exploring the world of work".
5. CHOOSING a Geography Degree. A list of UK Geography Departments
6. WHY CHOOSE GEOGRAPHY leaflet
7. A searchable database of careers from Nottingham University.
8. The GUARDIAN university information by subject and comparison tables
9. This site also allows you to SEARCH universities according to your target grades.
10. UCAS course search engine.
11. Recommended UNIVERSITIES for Geography.
12. Graduate destinations from LEEDS UNIVERSITY graduates.
13. Employment statistics from EXETER UNIVERSITY.
14. The INDEPENDANT online Careers advice.
15. Careers in Geography

London 2012

This LINK will take you to the LONDON 2012 homepage. It is a newsletter as well as information board. You can register to show interest in being a volunteer and receive a newsletter. Also includes good countdown.