Too Many People?

This article on the BBC website may be useful for A2 (Population and Resource Management) and GCSE (Food and Water Supply, and Population Change).

Ecotourism

For those of you in Year 11 (and U6?) who are struggling with an Ecotourism case study, try this from today's Guardian Travel section.

Coastal Erosion in Yorkshire

Here is an article from today about a landslide in East Yorkshire that has swept gardens onto the beach and left houses very close to the edge!

Antarctic shelf 'hangs by thread'

Here is a story from the BBC website published today regarding the ongoing problems in Antarctica.

This is especially useful for the current Year 9 Antarctica assessment.

Rising Sea Levels and Tuvalu

AS Geographers - this is the link to the news report item from yesterday about the impacts of global warming and sea level rise on the South Pacific island of Tuvalu. There is an article here with lots of interesting links too. This is also relevant for GCSE and A2 students - a useful case study - as well as anyone else with an interest in the environment.

Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet

This is a really useful website that summarises the major physical events that have happened each week. It tells you where there has been earthquake and volcano activity, storms, highest and lowest temperatures and other interesting things, such as a snake invasion in SE Australia this week!

Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh

In the last few days, Bangladesh has been badly hit by Cyclone Sidr. There is some really useful information here including interactive guides, photos, video footage and eye witness accounts. This would make a useful case study for GCSE, AS (Climatic Hazards) and A2 (Coasts - the cyclone caused a 5m storm surge). BBC coverage is here and includes information about the management of the cyclone here . There is also an animated guide to cyclones.

East Coast Storm Surge

Earlier today, the largest storm surge since 1953 was predicted for the east coast of England. In 1953 several hundred people were killed by flood waters, as very high tides coincided with a deep depression bringing northerly winds that caused the sea to breach flood defences and inundate the land. Today, there were plenty of warnings to people living along the coast, and many homes were evacuated. This article from the BBC explains what happened, and why people were evacuated. Even though the storm surge was not as bad as predicted, the waves were still impressive - there are some good pictures here.

Urban geography

This powerpoint provides a basic outline of the characteristics of the CBD.