A house teetering on the edge of a cliff in Norfolk following last week's tidal surge has been demolished.
Click HERE to read more from the BBC News website...
Friday, December 13, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Mariana Trench: Deepest ocean 'teems with microbes'
"The deepest place in the ocean is teeming with microscopic life, a study suggests.
An international team of scientists found that the very bottom of the Mariana Trench, which lies almost 11km (7 miles) down in the Pacific Ocean, had high levels of microbial activity".
Click here to read more from the BBC website
(and whilst you're there, click on the "Related Stories" and dive into the deep!)
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Arrests over China baby's death in one-child policy row
Police in China have detained two government workers after a baby was killed in a dispute over a violation of the country's one-child policy.
State media said the 13-month-old boy was dropped as family planning officials tried to fine his parents for having three children.
The infant was then run over by the officials' van.
Friday, February 1, 2013
MPs call for urgent action to reduce flooding
The government needs to take urgent action to reduce the impact of flooding, MPs have said.
Ministers had been "too slow" in pushing through changes to improve protection, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said.
But it welcomed government plans for more competition in the water sector, in its report on the draft Water Bill.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
GEOPOLITICS: Attack at Algeria Gas Plant Signals New Risks for Energy Development
The siege by Islamic militants at a remote Sahara desert natural gas plant in Algeria this week signaled heightened dangers in the region for international oil companies, at a time when they have been expanding operations in Africa as one of the world's last energy frontiers.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Preparing for AS Fieldwork in Switzerland
With only days to go until the Field Trip, it's time you got yourself into the geographical swing of things by looking ahead to what should be a great day at the Aletsch glacier.
Click here to access a great website, dedicated to this amazing natural phenomenon!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Jet Stream? More like WET stream...
"The jet stream is likely to change course soon, ending the UK's spell of miserable weather, forecasters say.
The UK is expected to get drier and warmer next week but only after more rain hits an already record summer.
This year has seen the wettest April, the wettest June and the wettest April-to-June period on record.
The cause has been the unusually southerly location of the jet stream, a high-altitude belt of wind; but it is expected to move northwards soon".
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Get ready for VOLCANO LIVE!
Click on the picture above to find out how volcanoes shaped Britain's landscape and to learn more about the upcoming BBC programme, Volcano Live...
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
New UK attempt to capture carbon
A renewed attempt to develop ways of making power stations greener has been unveiled by the UK government.
For the second time in five years, £1bn will be offered for schemes to trap and bury carbon dioxide.
To read more, click on the image above...
Monday, February 13, 2012
The birth of "Amasia"?
This is an artist's impression of what the supercontinent Pangaea might have looked like from space.
Scientists at Yale University predict that a new supercontient - Amasia - will form in 50-200 million years time when America and Eurasia crash into each other over the North Pole.
They predict Africa and Australia will join the new "supercontinent" too, which will mark the next coming together of the Earth's land masses.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
GPS and Sat Navs? Get Lost...!
Ever been let down by your Sat Nav?
Never know which way is North?
Perhaps "Natural Navigation" is the way forward...
Click HERE to find out more...
Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers
Click HERE to see the impact of climate change
on the glaciers of the Himalayas...
Read a related article from The Guardian by
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
September Scorcher!
Why is it so warm when we thought we had waved goodbye to summer?
A Met Office spokesman says an area of high pressure has developed across much of central Europe, centred on Germany and Poland, which is the reason for this week's warm weather.
'This high pressure draws up very warm air from a long way south, from parts of France and Spain,' he said.
'It comes across a dry continent, removing most of the moisture out of the air. As a result we see very little in the way of cloud, with blue skies and plenty of sunshine.
'As a result the sunshine warms the ground and the ground warms the air so we see high temperatures for this time of the year.'
The Met Office said that despite many media reports calling the warm weather an ‘Indian summer’, it is too early in the year to call it that. An Indian summer is defined as 'a warm, calm spell of weather occurring in autumn, especially in October and November'.
(Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042838/UK-s-hottest-end-September-1895-Temperature-soars-28C.html#ixzz1ZQTpqQgU)
Take a look at another article by clicking here
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