Storm Surge hits UK

As the news tells us that the worse storm surge since 1953 is hitting the UK, watch this clip on the BBC to explain how a Storm Surge is formed.

Keep following what's happening at the BBC

Answers to the Open Day Competition

So here are the distances:

Cumbrian Lamb = 75.2

Sweet Potatoes (USA) = 4496.1

Sweet Carrots (South Africa) = 5847.7

Sugar Snap Peas (Peru) = 6244.7

Cauliflower (Lincolnshire) = 129.2

Making the grand total = 16 792.9 miles?

Is it worth it? Perhaps we should just buy British!

Open Events Competition

On the photograph above there are the ingredients for a roast dinner:

Cumbrian Lamb

Sweet Potatoes (USA)

Sweet Carrots (South Africa)

Sugar Snap Peas (Peru)

Cauliflower (Lincolnshire)

All you have to do is to estimate how far the ingredients have travelled! (In miles)

The answer will appear here tomorrow evening at 4pm

Pakistan hit again

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck south-west Pakistan, in a region where at least 400 people died in a quake earlier this week.

Read more on the BBC website

Barely half an hour after they were jolted by a major earthquake on Tuesday, people of the Pakistani coastal town of Gwadar had another shock when they saw a new island emerge in the sea, just over a kilometre from the shore. Click the picture for more details

 

Telica blows!

Northwestern Nicaragua’s Telica volcano startled nearby villagers at dawn on Wednesday with a sudden blast that sent ash soaring above its crater.

You can get more information by clicking here.


 

New Volcano discoverd

The biggest volcano ever found on Earth—one of the biggest we know of in the solar system—has been hidden for ages. But now scientists have found it, just chillin' beneath the sea. It's a monster.

But where is it?

Click here to find out.

GCSE Results

Well done all of you who passed your GCSE Geography - The world is your oyster!

A Level Results

Well done all of you for passing you A level Geography - good luck for the future.

Photographic Competition Winner 2013

 

The winner of this year's Geogrpahy Department photographic competition is the image of the spring lambs. The picture taken by Roberta Pellow-Bailey fitted perfectly with the theme of regeneration. A peacful local scene is framed neatly by the grasses in the foreground. However, with a bumper entry, it was a very difficult decsion for the judges to make. Ben Butterworth's metrolink and Annie Preston's atmospheric dawn were both pictures that were among my personal favourites.

2013 HDI released

The Human Development Index for 2013 has been released.

The UK are 26th in the ranking. Norway leads the way and Niger come at the bottom.

For more information click on this link or click on the map for a brief overview

Photograhic Competition 2013

The theme is "Regeneration" and entering couldn't be easier:
Bring into school a photograph taken by yourself in the period between February 2013 and  mid April 2013; remember to save a digital copy if you have one. Pictures taken on smart phones can grab the spontaneous image but remember it will need to be transferred onto a memory stick or pc. As usual, the judging criteria will be primarily the geographic element but also the artistic merit and the overall quality.
Here are just a few ideas
~ the emerging landscape in Spring
~ regeneration of a rundown part of town
~ new life emerging on the farm or the fells
~ the new and the modern, from trams to wind farms
~ even the new start to the day

Its Options time

Whether you are considering Geography at GCSE, AS or A2 or just because you care watch this clip:




If you do want any advice about studying Geography please come and talk to us.

Those of you thinking about GCSE may like to flick through this:

GCSE Options

View more presentations from AndrewMarshall.

Fantastic views of Kamchatka

For some fantastic views of the volcanoes of Kamchatka, including interactive images click this link to the Daily Mail page

Oldham UDP

Maps showing the development plans for Oldham are readily available for viewing. You can customise them for yourself by selecting appropriate layers. This is a simple but effective use of GIS for your controlled assessment. Just follow this link to interactive maps. The map above shows the outer suburbs of Oldham and the green belt is clearly visible.

Census 2011 Deprivation Maps

Another very useful site for human geogrpahers. Explore your home town and discover the levels of deprivation. These are calculated using a basket of indicators all combined into one figure. The data is based on the latest census information. However, please be very careful about making value judgements based on this evidence. Follow this link to the Guardian web site.

6.6mm short!

According to Met Office figures 2012 is the second wettest year on record.

Read more on the Guardian Environment Page.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Geog Bloggers.