What’s Happening in The world
Below you will find recent and relevant news articles divided into topics. Remember Geography doesn’t end at the classroom door you can apply everything you learn to the world around you.
Below you will find recent and relevant news articles divided into topics. Remember Geography doesn’t end at the classroom door you can apply everything you learn to the world around you.
What issues does this highlight with satellite technology?
What mapping methods could be used to solve this issue?
A map from 1955 that perfectly demonstrates the creativity and joy that be shared through mapping.
Use the link below to stay up to date with and track current major weather systems from around the world.
Track the current drought situation in the US through this website.
Would you have known about the drought in the US without this link?
How long has La Palma been erupting for?
Why have new vents opened up?
Use the link to check out all of the volcanos that are currently erupting.
Is there a pattern?
Use the link below to stay up to date with and recent earthquakes.
Is there a pattern to these earthquakes?
Watch the clip linked below to get an insight into how Japan is combating its disaster hotspot location with engineering marvels!
Use the link below to check out a volcano that is showing signs of coming back to life.
Should short term spikes be taken into consideration when looking at development indicators?
Does this mean Ireland is less developed?
How useful is obesity when measuring development?
Which country has the best education systems?
If education is the base of a strong progressive economy surely it’s a strong indicator of development?
Compare these rankings to HDI rankings.
Is life expectancy still a strong measure of development?
Has Covid had a dramatic impact on global figures?
Does Covid effect even the most rocky of environments?
Surely the highest peak in the world is safe? Right?
Fossils are our key to the past. Our records for before records began.
Keep up to date with the latest discoveries in the world of the past.
We use limestone all of the time in countless areas including construction.
Is the construction worth the destruction it costs? You decide…
Take a closer look at the people who are effected by coastal erosion
level rise poses a very serious threat to coastal cities as climate change progresses.
About 31 million people live in coastal regions that are extremely vulnerable to the worsening impacts of climate change.
Is building a sea wall always the right decision?
Is the Amazon changing? Are the animals in danger?
Where are the 10 largest rainforests in the world?
From jaguars and ocelots to anteaters and capybara, most land-based mammals living in the Brazilian Amazon are threatened by climate change
Which are more important, trees and orangutans or palm oil?