tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68389455214196499462024-03-14T01:20:39.428-07:00BS GeographyMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588404635231832628noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838945521419649946.post-69443533673665807502015-02-07T01:57:00.004-08:002015-02-07T01:58:47.440-08:00North Sea Floods 1953 - Case Study<h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;">
North Sea flood of 1953<o:p></o:p></h1>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white;">A combination of a high<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_tide" title="Spring tide"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">spring tide</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">and a severe<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_windstorm" title="European windstorm"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">European
windstorm</span></a> <span style="background: white;">over the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">North Sea</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">caused a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_tide_of_the_North_Sea" title="Storm tide of the North Sea"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">storm tide</span></a><span style="background: white;">; the combination of
wind, high tide, and low pressure led to a water level of more than 5.6 metres
(18.4 ft.) above mean sea level in some locations.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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flooding.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Netherlands</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">, a country with 20% of its
territory below<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_sea_level" title="Mean sea level"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">mean sea level</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">and 50% less than 1 metre
(3.3 ft.) above sea level and which relies heavily on sea defences</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Human Causes:</b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">At the time of the flood, none of the local radio stations
broadcast at night, and many of the smaller<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_station" title="Weather station"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">weather stations</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">operated only during the
day. As a result, the warnings of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNMI_(institute)" title="KNMI (institute)"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">KNMI</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">(Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute) did not penetrate the flood-threatened area in time</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">People were unable to prepare for the impending flood. As the
disaster struck on a Saturday night, many offices in the disaster area were
unstaffed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Economic:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">The ferry<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Princess_Victoria" title="MV Princess Victoria"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MV<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Princess Victoria</i></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">was lost at sea in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Channel_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" title="North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">North Channel</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">east of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Belfast</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">with 133 fatalities, and
many<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_trawlers" title="Fishing trawlers"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">fishing trawlers</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">sank.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">47,300 buildings were damaged, of which 10,000 were
destroyed. Total damage is estimated at 1 billion Dutch<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilders" title="Guilders"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">guilders</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">1,836 deaths<span class="apple-converted-space"> in the Netherlands
and the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation" title="Emergency evacuation"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">emergency evacuation</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">of 70,000 more</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #252525; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">Most of the casualties occurred in the southern
province of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland" title="Zeeland"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Zeeland</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">In England, 307 people were killed in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_(England)" title="County (England)"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">counties</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Lincolnshire</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Norfolk</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Suffolk</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex" title="Essex"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Essex</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">. 19 were killed in
Scotland.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">28 were killed in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">West Flanders</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">, Belgium</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">The ferry<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Princess_Victoria" title="MV Princess Victoria"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MV<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Princess Victoria</i></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">was lost at sea in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Channel_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" title="North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">North Channel</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">east of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Belfast</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">with 133 fatalities, and many<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_trawlers" title="Fishing trawlers"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">fishing trawlers</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">sank.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">United Kingdom</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">. Over 1,600 km of coastline was damaged, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_wall" title="Sea wall"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">sea walls</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">were breached, inundating
1,000 km². Flooding forced 30,000 people to be evacuated from their
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Kingdom carried out major studies on strengthening of coastal defences.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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barriers on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">River Thames</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">below London and on the river Hull where it meets the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber_estuary" title="Humber estuary"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Humber estuary</span></a><span style="background: white;">.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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efforts to defend homes, save lives and recover after the floods. After the
flooding, major investments were made in new sea defences. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier" title="Thames Barrier"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Thames Barrier</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">programme was started to secure central London against a future storm
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<br>After reading a web article about the future for global agriculture on ScienceDaily, my mind opened to the potential benefits to climate change. This article says about the possible changes to future crop land around the world.
<br> Before reading this article, I thought that global warming would severely reduce the supply of crop land, especially just north and south of the equator, due to the increased temperatures causing more frequent and major droughts. However, the idea that the increased temperature in far northern parts of the globe, like Russia and Canada, may increase the area of suitable land for crops, such as wheat and maize, was brought to me. This got me thinking to further probable benefits for global warming outside of agriculture.
<br> I then began to search on the internet for more advantages of global warming. I found several ideas. In particular, there was the concept that the increase in global temperature may reduce our need for energy, in the form of heat, especially in areas such as Scandanavia and Iceland, meaning that we may get closer to solving the 'energy issue', where our society faces the risk of having regular controlled power cuts to save electricity. Also, again benefiting colder countries, there may be fewer cold weather-related health problems, such as hypothermia, where in recent times, even British citizens, especially the vulnerable elderly population, have been affected by the cold weather and rising heating costs. Another, more specific advantage, is for the melting of the ice around northern Canada. This may seem bad news, but this may be very beneficial for trade between Canada and other countries, as the melting of the ice may open up sea transportation along the Northwest Passage.
<br> Overall, from this, I can say that global warming may not necessarily be a negative thing for us as the earth, but could be a positive thing. However, my view is that the advantages and disadvantages will almost balance each other out, therefore our worry for the future generations is still understandable, yet potentially overdramatised by the media in current society.
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<br>Stephanie Denning writes about the rapid gentrification of Russian cities and towns, specifically Ostozhenka, Central Moscow. She gives a clear explanation to the dramatic switch Russia faced from communism to capitalism, due to it's independence in 1991 after the collapse of the USSR.
<br> Gentrification is defined as "a shift in an urban community toward wealthier residents or businesses and increasing property values".Ostozhenka is a brilliant example of gentrification, where the former underdeveloped area, to one of the most expensive areas to live in the world, at the cheapest one-bedroom apartment being around US$6 million in value. This gentrification all started from Russian independence, and the political and economical idea to establish the 'new' Moscow as a 'global city', like London and New York, meaning that many areas were majorly regenerated, where many of these apartments and homes obtained double-glazing windows and many other modern luxuries.
<br> This new capitalist Russia also gave the chance for some residents of these apartments in Ostozhenka to keep their homes after the fall of communism there. This benefited many residents, as those who could stay, gained an improved standard of living. However, this was not completely 'happy families', as many of the original residents were forced to move to a different area of Moscow, usually to an area of "lower social status" , with very little or no compensation, with many of these resettled residents finding themselves in an unstable building with poor quality foundations.
<br> From this example alone, the process of gentrification seems to bring many improvements for land use; but, on the other hand, does have a few potential side-effects.
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<br>Simon Collins tells us about how a third of the world's population cook their food by burning biomass. He writes about why this is such a bad thing, due to its health and environmental affects, and the solutions.
<br> Firstly, cooking with these fires affects human health, especially when it is wet or cold, where these people from poorer areas, such as sub-Saharan Africa, cook inside, where there is usually no chimney. This is due to the 'particulates' released from the smoke which may enter the lungs, causing lung cancer, chronic emphysema, and other lung related problems. Also, if the toxic carbon monoxide gas builds up, this could cause brain damage, through atherosclerosis (which is effectively blood clotting), especially to vulnerable young children.
<br> The environmental effects are mostly global warming-based. This is due to the carbon dioxide released from burning wood or charcoal, and deforestation from the chopping down of forests for the firewood. Also; however, this deforestation removes carbon sink, which leads to flooding and mudslides.
<br> Luckily, there's good news! There are current solutions in place to reduce the number of people cooking using biomass. For example, efficient cookstoves are being sold at low cost to many of these people, with millions sold already. These stoves are better in almost every way than the traditional open fires, as they emit less fumes, reduce deforestation and also save millions of people multiple ours a week searching for firewood.
<br> To me, this just proves that small, simple products, like these cookstoves, can be very useful in increasing the quality of life for many, by reducing health risks and the effects of global warming, giving an optimistic future for us all.
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Every time they are thrown your left over chips they gain in confidence, in recent months this has led to a large increase in the number of seagulls dive bombing people as they eat their lunch. This has led to many coastal communities appealing for fines on feeding seagulls. In fact in Aldeburgh in Suffolk the fines are already in place, in fact the fine here for feeding seagulls is a staggering £2,500. I bet that makes the tourists think twice!</span> <p>James Winder<br> </p> <p><br> </p> <br> <hr> <font face="Arial" color="Gray" size="1"><br> This message has been sent through the Bedford School email Server, and is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender, or administrator@bedfordschool.org.uk, and delete the email. The views expressed are the views of the sender, and not necessarily the views of the School. 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This means you can find pingos in located areas such as the largest, at 48m high, the Ibyuk pingo in Canada(above), but pingos are also recognisable on the surface of Mars, indicating periglacial conditions there. Clearly at this point we should discuss what a pingo is. A pingo in the simplest terms is a hill with a core of ice, it is formed when water often from lakes found above collects in a talik (basically a ball of underground water) and the freezes, as it freezes it expands pushing the ground above up into the characteristic dome shape. These domes can vary between 100m and 2km wide. They are commonly found in periglacial conditions in Siberia, Greenland, Alaska and Canada.</p> <p>James Winder </p> <p></p> <br> <hr> <font face="Arial" color="Gray" size="1"><br> This message has been sent through the Bedford School email Server, and is intended for the addressee(s) only. 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This book aims to complete the monumental task of informing a reader of all the main processes that have led to the formation of the earth we know and us as a species, referring to how these ideas have changed over time. The areas discussed rarely venture beyond GCSE level however explain any difficult areas in a simple, but neither patronising nor condescending, manor that has helped to improve my understanding of ideas I previously considered mastered. I particularly recommend this to my fellow year 12/13s as an ideal base from which to begin supercurricular reading, as the areas of topic could easily be discussed in interview and a good level of understanding prior can only be to your benefit.</p> <p>James Winder</p> </div> <br> <hr> <font face="Arial" color="Gray" size="1"><br> This message has been sent through the Bedford School email Server, and is intended for the addressee(s) only. 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Some of them will also be sharing their reviews of it to try and help other Geographers engage with interesting material. Jack's review of a National Geographic article on potentially negative effects of global warming is below:<br />
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food-borne illnesses, dangerous swimming and the risk to national parks and
landmarks. Howard goes into basic details about each of the items stated about
how they would be made worse in the future due to the global warming. For
example he states that global temperatures are likely to increase by up to 5°C
by 2100, if emissions are not reduced. Also that increased temperatures will
lead to increased ground-level ozone pollution; which will lead to increased
respiratory diseases, such as asthma and currently 27 million people in the US
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A key theme for the year 13 climatic hazards course is how people can manage hazards. In terms of climatic hazards, prediction is key in enabling people to mitigate the potential effects of storms. The BBC video of how last October's storms were predicted gives an excellent look at how this happened and shows the development in the technology over the last 30 years.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">Official figures on
the scale of the problem come from the UK Human Trafficking Centre, part of the
National Crime Agency.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">In 2012, it
identified 2,255 potential victims of human trafficking - an increase of 178
(9%) on 2011, according to its </span><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/publications/15-ukhtc-strategic-assesssment-on-human-trafficking-in-2012/file" style="font-size: small; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">report</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">Of these potential
victims, 778 were either found to have been trafficked or were awaiting a
conclusive decision on their status. Of the 778 potential victims, 402 people -
or 52% - were found to have been trafficked.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">The top five
nationalities of those identified were Romanian, Polish, Nigerian, Vietnamese
and Hungarian.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">Some 71% of the
potential victims were adults, while 24% were children. The age of 99 potential
victims was unknown.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">The two most
prevalent types of exploitation reported were sexual exploitation, which
accounted for 35% of the potential victims, followed by labour exploitation
(23%).</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13.5pt;">Of the potential
child victims, 28% reported being sexually exploited, and 24% reported criminal
exploitation.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; text-indent: -18pt;">More than 1,000 women were trafficked into the UK for sexual purposes (mainly from Eastern and Central Europe).</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; text-indent: -18pt;">The worldwide traffic in human beings is worth at least US$32 billion annually.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">100,000 – 800,000 people are trafficked into the EU each year</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">There are at least 5,000 trafficking victims in the UK</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;"> About 8,000 women work in off-street prostitution in London alone, 80% of them are foreign nationals</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">Over 1000 women trafficked into prostitution have been referred to the Poppy </span><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">Project since March 2003</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;"> 200-300 victims of trafficking for domestic labour register with the relevant </span><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">NGO each year</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;"> It is estimated 330 child victims will be trafficked into the UK each year</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">About 60% of suspected child victims in local authority care go missing and are </span><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">not subsequently found</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">There is long-term government funding for 35 places for victims in safe </span><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">accommodation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">92 people were convicted of sex trafficking and four for labour trafficking </span><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">between 2004 and December 2008</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;">There are only 100-300 prosecutions for trafficking across the EU each year</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Roman; text-indent: -18pt;"> Each sex trafficker earns on average £500-£1000 per woman per week</span></li>
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the start when was given the opportunity to find work in the UK in a restaurant
but her story got worse as she arrived in the UK. </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6224151.stm"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6224151.stm</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They are having a great time, so keep an eye on it regularly.Geog Depthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04950454701053213077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838945521419649946.post-16975776592900196372013-10-05T02:07:00.004-07:002013-10-05T02:15:18.412-07:00Open Day Guerilla Investigation<b><u>Hypothesis:</u></b><br />
There will be more pedestrian activity closest to the main school building.<br />
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<b><u>Method:</u></b><br />
Synchronised 5 min pedestrian count at 9.40am at varying distances from school.<br />
Pragmatically sampled at locations known to be on the tour path.<br />
Graphical Evidence of what location looks like.<br />
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<b><u>Results:</u></b><br />
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Scatter Graph of Pedestrians vs Distance<br />
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<b><u>Analysis</u></b><br />
There is no clear correlation of results. The centre of school was only the second highest result. However, being near the car park means we could remove the top result as an anomaly. It is more than twice the size of the next largest result. If this was removed, the centre of school would be the highest result, but from a set of 3 points.<br />
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Therefore, we cannot support our hypothesis with this data. If we include the car park result, then we can actually disprove it.<br />
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<b><u>Evaluation</u></b><br />
We only took a 5 minute period early on the Open day, at only 4 locations. This did not allow us an even spread of the school site and removes the temporal factor that may see pockets of people ebb and flow at sites during a day.Geog Depthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04950454701053213077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838945521419649946.post-73740873747334777702013-10-03T02:13:00.002-07:002013-10-03T02:13:52.785-07:00Quality Y10 Tectonics VidsMr Strachan's Y10 class have been making videos about plate tectonics. See the examples below:<br />
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Could you do the same?<br />
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R.Sanghera<br />
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How does the Earth's Climate System work?<br />
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We are in the midst of a heatwave and though its the school holidays, it makes for a great case study for A2...<br />
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You can see a Q and A transcript from the BBC weather team <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/23359848" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Try the BBC Heatwave Quiz <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23228285" target="_blank">here</a>. (Can you beat Mr Gracie who got 5/7?)<br />
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Wednesday 17th saw temperatures rise up to 32.2 degrees in places which moved the UK up to a level 3 warning. Ths video gives an overview of this weather.<br />
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<i><u>What are the Causes of it?</u></i><br />
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The Causes and why warnings are issued are explained <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/23317348" target="_blank">HERE</a>. It is a result of a blocking anticyclone<br />
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This <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23361845" target="_blank">video</a> explains how long it may last and why<br />
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Numbers of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23358615" target="_blank">grass fires</a> have increased - The London fire brigade have been tackling 21 grass fires a day compared to 5 a day last year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23353104" target="_blank">Ambulance Callouts</a> are up too<br />
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Its predicted to have claimed up to 760 lives<br />
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Negative effects may be enhanced by us being ill prepared as explained <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23341698" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Positively</b> - the hot weather increases natural sugar levels in grapes improving the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23326517" target="_blank">2013 UK wine vintage</a><br />
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Some holiday parks have reported bookings have much improved - so the UK tourist industry has received a boost.<br />
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This <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-23364774" target="_blank">outdoor pool in Leicestershire</a> for example has seen numbers swell.<br />
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There are national warnings as mentioned above, mostly given by the <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&fcTime=1373842800&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50" target="_blank">Met Office</a>. An example of the <a href="http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/summerhealth/pages/heatwave.aspx" target="_blank">NHS health warnings</a><br />
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There are lots of public health warnings going out to givwe advice on how to respond<br />
This <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23353850" target="_blank">video </a>explains who is most at risk and how to respond<br />
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Various media outlets have also given their own advice such as this <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23255554" target="_blank">BBC one</a>.</div>
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