Desertification

A PDF Document from UNESCO that thoroughly covers the topic of DESERTIFICATION.

Tropical RainForests

RAINFOREST CONSERVATION FUND is a voluntary organisation that aims to raise awarenes of Rainforest destruction. It is very detailed and suited to A-Level mainly.

Tropical RainForests

BBC Revisewise CASE STUDY. Covers Location, Climate, Structure, Vegetation adaptations, Water and Nutrient Cycles, Human Intervention.

Tropical RainForests

CASE STUDY on Papua New Guinea

Tropical RainForests

WIKIPEDIA has a good section on deforestation.

GEORESOURCES has good KS3 GCSE and t

DEFORESTATION

Excellent site on Tropical rainforests that includes statistics on deforestation rates and a good range of graphs and detailed case studies.

DEFORESTATION

Excellent case study is available on the RGS site "Geography in the News" - Retreating Rainforest (12th October 2006).

You will need the username and password from OC.

Climate data

Enter the name of a city and the SEARCH ENGINE will find Rainfall and Temperature data.

Meteorological Office

This is the official site for the Meteorological Office, they supply the BBC with their weather information.
This site has :

• UK Weather
• Weather for our Region the South west
• European Weather
• World Weather

There is a good section on CLIMATE CHANGE.

There is a superb section on resources for KS3 and KS4 students and you can get access to the information provided for STAFF.

• Data
• Satellite Images for European and British Isles (EXCELLENT)
• Satellite Images for world regions, choose the region you want from the drop down list.
• CLIMATE data. From the climate list make your choice and you will get a series of bar charts for your climate.
• PRESSURE charts
• PAST WEATHER DATA
• FACTSHEETS
• IMAGES
  

The BBC Weather site is more than a source of weather forecasts. You can get 5 day forecasts for different cities around the world and the COUNTRY GUIDES give a thumbnail guide to the climate of a country.

There is good section on Climate Change

The reference section information explains, weather basics, UK Weather, Historical Weather Events, Forecasting, World weather phenomenon and Climates.

There is a Weatherwise section this includes a Photo Gallery, Factfiles, Weather Basics, Forecasting, Extremes of Climate, How the weather affects us, a detailed Glossary and a section on jobs in the weather industry.

REVIEWS of the year are available current and past.

and finally REGIONAL weather maps from around the world.

Ozone Holes

This is part of the NOAA site. Excellent images on OZONE HOLES.

Use the FAQ button here for very good information on Ozone depletion. Its in PDF Format that can be downloaded.

NOAA satellite images

Satellite images are available here. This site also has "Image of the Day". You can subscribe to this with youir email address to receive a Satellite Image every day from around the world.

NOAA Weather

JETSTREAM is an online school for Weather and Climate information. There are 7 useful
sections here:

1. Atmosphere
2. Oceans
3. Global Circulation
4. Meteorology
5. Thunderstorms
6. Lightening
7. Tropical weather
   

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