Should the UK consider a new generation of reactors? Use this guide to explore the issues including waste, cost and energy alternatives.
Saturday, 28 April 2007
Australia's epic drought
Australia has warned that it will have to switch off the water supply to the continent's food bowl unless heavy rains break an epic drought - heralding what could be the first climate change-driven disaster to strike a developed nation.
The Murray-Darling basin in south-eastern Australia yields 40 per cent of the country's agricultural produce. But the two rivers that feed the region are so pitifully low that there will soon be only enough water for drinking supplies. Australia is in the grip of its worst drought on record, the victim of changing weather patterns attributed to global warming and a government that is only just starting to wake up to the severity of the position.
Excellent blog on the drought from GEOBYTES ADVANCED EXTENSION
Source: Australia's epic drought: The situation is grim - Independent Online Edition > Australasia
Thursday, 26 April 2007
GEOCASES: Case Study: The Rural-urban Fringe
This article looks at the rural-urban fringe, an important concept in settlement geography. After consideration of general trends and related concepts such as suburbanisation and green belts, there is a detailed examination of part of the south-west sector of London’s rural-urban fringe with a particular focus on land use change in the Epsom Hospital Cluster.
Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Geography Directory
GEOGRAPHY DIRECTORY 2007 This downloadable .pdf file is a directory of weblinks and resources to support the Teaching and Learning of Geography. It has been compiled from a variety of resources including amongst others, suggestions / recommendations made by fellow geography teachers on the SLN website.Scroll down on the left hand side to "Department" then you will find the link to the directory.
This is the work of Rob Chambers St Ivo School www.geobytes.org.uk. who has kindly shared this with the SLN community. Well Done Rob
Source: Homepage.index
How soya is destroying the Amazon rainforest - Google Video
Soya farming is chewing up the Amazon rainforest at unprecedented rates as huge areas are cleared to make way for massive monoculture ... all » plantations. In the Name of Progress, a film produced by Greenpeace, illustrates the devastating effects that the booming soya market is having on the world's largest remaining rainforest.
An Online Atlas of the Millennium Development Goals
This site has an excellent interactive atlas of the 8 MDG's.
Link to THE WORLD BANK - An Online Atlas of the Millennium Development Goals
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Saturday, 21 April 2007
Illegal Roads and Deforestation
Article in the Guardian Despite a crackdown, illicit logging is on the rise in lawless areas of the Amazon. Logging is encouraged by Illegal roads.
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Drought in Australia
Series of images of current drought
Link to Drought in Australia | International news | Guardian Unlimited
Wednesday, 18 April 2007
Japan's age-old problem Guardian Unlimited
Good audio slideshow and report on Japans Ageing Population .
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