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A short presentation about how the health of people around the world is improving.
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This is a great visualisation of data for things like life expectancy and infant mortality. Very useful for discussing population change in IGCSE/IB Geography.
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Huge stresses beneath the surface moved plates of the Earth's crust hundreds of feet horizontally and dozens of feet vertically.
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This looks to be a really useful resource for tectonic processes.
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This These are the world's oldest continously inhabited places - although not all of them are currently welcoming visitors
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This series of photographs is quite interesting. I'm sure there would a lot of debate about the cities in the list. However, I think this could be great discussion starter about several topics - location, characteristics that lead to longevity amongst many others. I think I am going to get my Year 13 Geographers to plot them on a map to see what patterns are created. Should be interesting!
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Geologists discover that the stress applied by gravity is what controls the shape of dramatic sandstone landmarks.
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This is really interesting. Great for weathering & erosion in IGCSE Geography
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Almost half of the world faces the same demographic problem: not enough babies are being born to keep up with an aging population. As a result, countries have been trying all kinds of measures to get their citizens in the mood for procreating. Japan is spending about ¥3 billion ($29.3 million) on matchmaking events and robot babies that might inspire couples to want...
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Useful for IGCSE & IB population studies.
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The Skeena River snakes out of fir-lined fjords on the misty northern coast of British Columbia, and washes over a thousand-acre sandbar. Flora Bank is a biological bottleneck over which millions o…
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Now that Ebola is ravaging parts of West Africa, a nasty meme is once again rearing its ugly head — the suggestion that epidemics are "nature's way" of dealing with overpopulation. But it's an assertion that's as false as it is dangerous. Here's why.
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This is very interesting. Most work on (over)population comes from a Malthusian (i.e. economic) point of view. The use of an ecological point of view here is refreshing. I especially like the population & carrying capacity diagram.
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South Korea may be doomed. A recent study, conducted by the National Assembly Research Service in Seoul, predicts that the country will reach zero inhabitants by 2750.
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A very interesting article that would generate some nice discussions for population studies in geography. Some of the reader comments are interesting as well and would be good discussion starters in themselves, especially in ToK and Global Perspectives classes.
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UN report predicts that two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities by 2050
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Good discussion starter for population studies.
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This report was simultaneously released in Myanmar, Singapore & Australia. A quick look the website showed a lot of information and resources that will be very useful for teaching IB/IGCSE Geography, IB Environmental Systems & Societies & IGCSE Environmental Management. I am looking forward to having a more in depth look at the website over the holidays.
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