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.

Read more about this on the National Geographic's website...

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!

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".

Click here to find out more from the BBC News website

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...

Memory Geogger - understanding satellite images

Click here to access the latest Memory Geogger

designed specifically to assist A2 Geographers.

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...

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.

To read more form the BBC website, click here.