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CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

The Breathing Earth simulation

Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.

Please remember that this real time simulation is just that: a simulation. Although the co2 emission, birth rate and death rate data used in Breathing Earth comes from reputable sources, data that measures things on such a massive scale can never be 100% accurate. Please note however that the co2 emission levels shown here are much more likely to be too low than they are to be too high.

CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

Living Geography

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Thanks to Kevin Cooper

Online Interactive ELearning Teaching Resource Library

Great ANIMATIONS

Cliffs and Wave cut platforms; Depressions; Long shore drift; Earthquake Hurricane Tornado; Tsunami; Volcano; Rainfall; Waterfalls

Online Interactive ELearning Teaching Resource Library. List of Teaching Resources.

Oxfam's Cool Tsunami in Asia - Index page

Tsunami in Asia brings together educational materials from Cool Planet, and information from the main Oxfam website and external sites, to enable teaching around the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Asia

Oxfam's Cool Planet for teachers - Tsunami in Asia - Index page

Interactive. Indian Ocean tsunami

 

Interactive map and access to Guardian special report

30.12.04 Interactive. Indian Ocean tsunami - how it happened | guardian.co.uk | guardian.co.uk

FEMA: Are You Ready?

You may need to survive on your own after a disaster. This means having your own food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity to last for at least three days. Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone immediately. You could get help in hours, or it might take days.

Basic services such as electricity, gas, water, sewage treatment, and telephones may be cut off for days, or even a week or longer. Or, you may have to evacuate at a moment’s notice and take essentials with you. You probably will not have the opportunity to shop or search for the supplies you need.

A disaster supplies kit is a collection of basic items that members of a household may need in the event of a disaster

FEMA: Are You Ready?

Asian Tsunami

An earthquake on Boxing day, December 26, sent huge waves crashing into 11 Asian countries, wiping out entire communities. It's estimated that 5 million people have been made homeless by the disaster. British people have so far donated £76m to the fund to help the survivors. Students learn how the tsunami started, how people have been affected and what they can do to help.

CBBC Newsround | Teachers | Citizenship 11 14 | Subject areas | Globalisation Environmental | Asian Tsunami

Tsunami links

BBC “Asia quake disaster – in depth” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm

Home page for BBC News reports on the 26/12/04 earthquake and subsequent Tsunami damage. BBC Asia Earthquake Disaster

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/specials/2004/asia_earthquake_disaster/default.stm

BBC home page for reports aimed more at children.

BBC “Tsunami among world's worst disasters”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4128509.stm

Article with brief descriptions comparing effects of various natural disasters since 1500s.

CNN “Waves of Destruction”

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/

Home page for CNN reports.

ABC News Tsunami page

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Tsunami/

Home page for ABC News reports.

Guardian Unlimited – Special Report

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/0,15671,1380306,00.html

Links to features and resources. Animations very useful. (May be slow to load.)

Earth Observatory – Natural Hazards

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12640

Map of epicentre, immediate plate boundaries and aftershocks.

BBC animated guide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4136289.stm

Slides with (limited) animation showing affected area, formation of tsunami and results.

BBC “How the quake unfolded”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/asia_pac_asia_earthquake_explained/html/1.stm

Illustrated description of the event. (7 “slides”)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration animation

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/video/tsunami-indonesia2004.mov

5.8Mb QuickTime animation showing shockwaves spreading across complete Indian Ocean area.

AIST animation

http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif

1.1Mb animated GIF. (Plays in browser but can also be downloaded for more “controlled” viewing in a graphics package that supports this type of file.) Shows time after initial quake.

Discovery Channel animation of Indonesian tsunami

http://media.dsc.discovery.com/news/media/tsunami_wmp.html

PBS “Savage Earth – waves of destruction”

http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/animations/tsunami/index.html

3 Flash slides with description.

US Geological Survey http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/stoch_low.html

2.2Mb QuickTime movie of theoretical tsunami off US Pacific coast.

Federal Emergency Management Agency tsunami “Fact Sheet”

http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tsunamis/tsunamif.shtm

A variety of useful resources including information on past tsunamis, FAQs and “Great Waves” brochure.

ITIC “Great Waves” brochure

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/itic/library/pubs/great_waves/tsunami_great_waves.html

Excellent resource for download (large Acrobat file – 9.8Mb) or online viewing. Photos and diagrams useful for all ages.

Federal Emergency Management Agency “Tsunami for Kids”

http://www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm

Limited information but interesting “Tsunami Warning” storybook. (See link on left of page.)

 

The tsunami in the Indian Ocean

The tsunami in the Indian Ocean has touched the lives of many people around the world. The GA offers its condolences to all those who have been affected by the tragedy. We also recognise that in events like this, it is the role of geography to help young people understand and make sense of what has happened.

Geographical Association - Past Themes - The tsunami in the Indian Ocean

Tsunami

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Food Photographs

 

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Defence Dynamics Teachers Resources

 

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Local Futures Website - LFN Update: Barometer November 2008

The Local Futures Group is a research and strategy consultancy that provides a geographical perspective on social and environmental change, set within a 21st century knowledge economy. We introduce this perspective into public policy and corporate strategies, both in the UK and internationally.

SROLL DOWN to Local Futures Barometer Archive

PDF Reports on Well Being; transport; Local Amenities; Labour Market; Education; Employment growth; Demography; Business and Enterprise; Housing Affordability; Health Barometer; Deprivation Barometer; Crime Barometer; Inequality in knowledge economy; First time buyers affordability; Local carbon footprint; Migrant Labour; Local deprivation; Skills; Life expectancy;Access to services and amenities; Geography of crime; Geography of Carbon Footprint;

Local Futures Website - LFN Update: Barometer November 2008

Developed or Developing

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Tropical Rainforest

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Britain From Above

 

Andrew Marr takes to the skies exploring Britain from above.

An epic journey revealing the secrets, patterns and hidden rhythms of our lives from a striking new perspective.

Join host Andrew Marr as he discovers how each and every one of us is interconnecting making Britain what it is today.

Britain looks very different from the skies. From a bird's eye view of the nation, its workings, cities, landscapes and peoples are revealed and re-discovered in new and extraordinary ways.

Cutting edge technology allows you to see through cloud cover, navigate the landscape and witness familiar sights as never seen before

BBC - Britain From Above

Portraits from the Congo

 

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), fighting continues among various rebel armies, tribes, the Congolese army and U.N. forces. The dire situation has prompted the government of DR Congo to ask for help, and invite the armies of neighboring South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda to enter their territory on several joint operations, to hunt down and pacify or dismantle at least two major rebel armies operating in the lawless border region. Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was captured in January by Rwandan forces, but his army is still active - and Ugandan troops are seeking out the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army, which has taken refuge in eastern DR Congo. Once more, caught in all of this are the local civilians, terrorized by fleeing and advancing troops of all kinds. Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly has been traveling through the area, capturing some amazing photographs of the people involved. (38 photos total)

Portraits from the Congo - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Hurricanes, as seen from orbit

Hurricane Ike just rolled across Cuba, and soaked parts of Haiti - both regions still reeling from recent Hurricane Gustav. Ike appears to be weakening now, but is headed tward the Gulf Coast of the U.S., and may yet strengthen. The crew aboard the International Space Station was able to take a photo of Ike from 220 miles overhead last Thursday - one in a long series of great NASA photographs of hurricanes from space. Here are some of the best, from the past several years. (25 photos total)

Hurricanes, as seen from orbit - The Big Picture - Boston.com