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Geography 101 The Physical Environment

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Source: Times 26 Sept, 2006 Paul Simmons THIS winter may be colder than expected. Last week the Met Office revised its winter forecast to advise that it would start off mild then turn colder than average towards the end of winter, around February or March. The reason is the appearance of an El Niño emerging in the Pacific. El Niño is a lurch in the tropical Pacific seas, as the prevailing winds

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From: The Times 13 March, 2006 MORE than 11 million people across East Africa are at risk of famine in the worst drought for two decades. The failure of the usual seasonal rains for the past two years has turned a swath of Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania into a dustbowl. In fact, the rain cycle in the region has decreased steadily over the past decade, and the blame is

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DSCF0035 Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.Sunday, 26 Feb, 2006. Pen y Fan and Cribyn. Wintry conditions in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK.

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Morning mist Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.Early morning mist on the River Thames. Frid, 18 Jan, 2006

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Radley 11 Feb, 2006 Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.Radley 11 Feb, 2006 A bright, crisp, frosty morning. Contrails slowly spreading to form a thin veil of cirro-stratus. Temperature dropped to -2.5C overnight with a hard frost.

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Radley 10 Feb, 2006 Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.Radley 10 Feb, 2006 at 07.53am. A bright clear morning after overnight frost. Ground still frozen hard. Current temperature -2.5

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Radley 10 Feb, 2006 Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.Radley 10 Feb, 2006 at 07.44am. A bright clear morning after overnight frost. Ground still frozen hard. Current temperature -2.5

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Radley 10 Feb, 2006 Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.Radley 10 Feb, 2006 at 07.37am. A bright clear morning after overnight frost. Ground still frozen hard. Current temperature -2.5

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Radley 10 Feb, 2006 Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.Radley 10 Feb, 2006 at 06.48am. A bright clear morning after overnight frost. Ground still frozen hard. Current temperature -2.5. Planet Venus in the south-eastern dawn sky

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9 Feb, 2006 Radley College, UK Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.9 Feb, 2006 Radley College, UK. A lovely sunrise with alto-stratus and alto-cumulus clouds in the eastern sky. Temp +2C and a light NW wind, Pressure 1026 rising and a pleasant day in prospect.

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Radley 5 Feb, 2006 Originally uploaded by Geotraveller.5 Feb, 2006 Radley, Oxfordshire, UK. A bright, frosty morning after a week of anticyclonic gloom. Contrails slowly spreading to create a veil of cirro-stratus. Overnight mist slowly clearing.

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squashes Originally uploaded by John Harris.A nice autumnal harvest

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RainCatch is a Royal Meteorological Society project for schools in the UK and Ireland. Ages 8 - 12 and also for individualsIt involves making a rain gauge from a water bottle and measuring rainfall for one weekDates: 10 October 2005 - 14 October 2005 inclusiveRelevant for the following subjects: design, geography, communication (oral English and ICT), maths and science, and even economics and

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Source: BBC Science and European Space AgencyA giant patch of frozen water has been pictured nestled within an unnamed impact crater on Mars. The photographs were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board Mars Express, the European Space Agency probe which is exploring the planet. The ice disc is located on Vastitas Borealis, a broad plain that covers much of Mars' far northern

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Times July 30, 2005 By Paul SimonsBIRMINGHAM could be the tornado capital of Britain. The violent twister on Thursday had winds of more than 100mph (161 kph) and left a trail of devastation and several injuries (The Times, July 29). An equally ferocious tornado struck a nearby area of Birmingham on June 14, 1931. A big thunderstorm broke that afternoon and soon afterwards a tornado struck Hall

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Source: Times June 30, 2005 By Paul SimonsTHE thunderstorms last Friday triggered an outbreak of asthma attacks in a number of hay fever sufferers who had no history of asthma. The Thames Valley and London was the area worst hit, with some hospitals experiencing a sixfold increase in admissions. In some cases emergency departments ran out of asthma drugs. However, the Met Office health

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Source: The Times 18 March, 2005 and BBCBy Paul Simons and Ben Hoyle AFTER the coldest start to March for 34 years, temperatures are soaring across Britain and a glorious weekend is in prospect. As recently as Sunday, blizzards raged across northern Scotland and most of the UK was in the grip of biting winds that held temperatures to a chilly 7C (45F). The sudden shift is caused by a pocket of

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Zootherapy

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wefurtu1 Originally uploaded by John Harris.MetLink students in Malta. See more at the MetLink website Click here

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Click here for Rising Slowly - The UK Weather Blog Click here for more amazing ice pics from Geneva Click here for tornado chaser pics

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Source: Daily Telegraph 16 Jan, 2005 Residents of an Austrian mountain village deprived of sunshine for four months of the year have found a way to beat the winter gloom. Mirrors will be installed in a sunnier spot across the valley, to reflect sunlight back to Rattenberg and eliminate the shadows that make its inhabitants feel so depressed. From November to February, the sun is low on

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Pupils sitting GCSE maths last year had to achieve about 40 per cent to get a B grade. But with the new exam, designed by the Cambridge-based exam board OCR, those who got as little as 17 per cent were given a B, while those scoring 45 per cent were awarded an A. Click here for the full story

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From The Times 14 January 2005 Many skiers in Europe are facing a bleak time at the moment. The last decent snows for many resorts fell around Christmas time, and since then temperatures have rocketed, with blazing sunshine adding to a widespread thaw to reveal alarming patches of rock among slushy snow. In fact, resorts are reporting that it feels more like springtime than the depths of

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Times 30 Sept 2004. Paul Simons writes ............. THE extraordinary bout of hurricanes in the US this year has left a nasty legacy which could make steak, vegetarian burgers and many other foods more expensive. A fungal disease called Asian soybean rust appeared in Louisiana this month. It is thought that the fungal spores were spread from Colombia on the battering of hurricane winds and

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Paul Simons writes in the Times (Thursday, 25 November, 2004)............ A READER asked if global warming will benefit mankind by cutting heating bills in winter, saving on the use of fossil fuels (The Times, November 20). The answer is yes — and no. Yes, our heating bills are already being reduced by milder winters, and savings of perhaps 20 per cent or more could be expected this century.

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Volcano Types Diagram Originally uploaded by cogdogblog.This is a really useful volcano diagram created in flickr with pop-up notes Click Here for original pic

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Times 9 November 2004 - Paul Simons President Bush has said that America needs to become a hydrogen economy, in which vehicles, homes and businesses are fuelled by hydrogen instead of fossil fuels. His reasons are simple — oil prices are spiralling, the US oilfields are in decline, and foreign supplies of oil and gas are increasingly volatile, threatening America’s economic security.

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115-1589_IMG Originally uploaded by John Harris.The autumn harvest of squashes is safely gathered in.

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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BBC News 6 November, 2004 There is a chance America could change its stance on global warming despite George Bush's re-election, the UK environment secretary has said. Margaret Beckett said public opinion was bringing change regardless of who had won the presidential election. Mrs Beckett was speaking at a climate change conference in Germany. But Myron Ebell, from a Washington based

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And you thought your job was an uphill struggle.......... Times November 06, 2004 By Russell Jenkins THE job requirements are simple: the stamina of a mountain climber, the skills of a weatherman and, Lakeland villagers would insist, at least one “screw loose”. Only the hardiest of souls need apply for the post of fell top assessor, a role which requires a daily trek to the top of Helvellyn

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Times November 5, 2004 By Paul Simons BONFIRE Night could be a dry night, delivered on a large high-pressure system anchored over the UK. But the clear skies and calm air may bring their own problems as the whiz, bang and smoke of thousands of firework displays leave behind a trail of air pollution. Bonfires and fireworks give off smoke particles and noxious gases, and although they

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Iceland’s Grimsvotn Volcano began erupting on November 2, 2004, forcing officials to divert air traffic from the region to prevent ash from damaging aircraft engines. The volcano sits beneath the Vatnajokull Ice Cap, Europe’s largest glacier, and is Iceland’s most frequently active volcano. This eruption may be connected to the draining of a glacier lake in the volcano’s caldera. Buried under a

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Lots of useful geography links Click here for Radley Geog Dept website

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MetLink is an online weather project. Registration is easy and free: why not join..........? Click here for more information

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