Great weather for amphibians! Perhaps not so good for the people of Boscastle (again!)

You may have noticed that it is raining quite hard today. You may still be drying out!

The recent spells of heavy rain have really affected several areas of the country - including Boscastle. You may remember the massive flash flooding in 2004!

Read here for how Boscastle has recently been affected.

Local reports on issues are here!

The BBC have a whole raft of links and information about the 2004 events here.

Also from the BBC are a whole host of photographs from 2004.

This is an excellent and recent case (study) of Flooding in a MEDC!

Is this History? Kobe Earthquake 1995

Try georesources for a whole host of material. The link I have provided links you to information I shall be giving you in lesson about the Kobe Earthquake that struck Japan in 1995.

Other good links for information:
ce washington
BBC "On this day"
Wikipedia on the Great Hanshin Earthquake (another name for this earthquake.)
A time magazine report (taken from another schools' website.)

Revision! EXAM 11th JUNE!

I stumbled across a school website that covers a different course, however with some careful reading has lots of information that is useful to us. For example, the case study on Kobe; the key exam words. Have a look for yourself here.

Like blogs?

Blogs can be great! Like this one! (ahem...) One that I occasionally take a look at is the Daily Telegraph's

Take a look - recent posts about Global Warming and pistachio nuts took my eye!

It's getting hot here...

April this year is expected to be announced as the hottest for 140 years. Read here about it!

Lying politicians?

Not relating to our syllabus, but something I feel is important. George Monbiot in the Guardian newspaper has a strongly held opinion, click on his name to read more.

Champagne Tourism??

A colleague from another school highlighted the following article to me - is this yet another tourist trend that may have serious environmental consequences. Read about it here