A report to Parliament has revealed some startling facts regarding the demography of the United Kingdom.
• Half of those born after 2007 can expect to live to over 100.
[...]
read more here... →Unusually heavy rain has brought floods to many parts of the UK. My area near Bristol received 76mm in about 6 hours on Monday *a months worth’.
Many [...]
read more here... →You, like me, might have welcomed the brilliant weather this weekend. However our wildlife are not so happy!
The lack of rainfall this winter means rivers and ponds [...]
read more here... →Government plans for broadband access across the UK are not nearly ambitious enough.
Whilst Paris and Moscow are installing fibre optic cables which can deliver upto 1000Mpbs, [...]
read more here... →The reduction in Arctic sea ice caused by climate change is playing a role in the UK’s recent colder and drier winter weather, according to the Met office. Read [...]
read more here... →This fox, previously known as the UK’s biggest fox, was shot by a farmer in Aberdeenshire today. The fox is about 4ft long and weighs 14.7 kgs. [...]
read more here... →Despite DEFRA stating that air pollution is the second biggest public health risk in Britain after smoking, the government has said that it cannot comply with EU laws [...]
read more here... →The dramatic fall in the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions caused by the recession has proved to be a blip, with national emissions rising 3.1% in 2010. The new energy and [...]
read more here... →Quick Look
- Africa
- Aid
- Air pollution
- Amazon
- Arctic
- Australia
- Biodiversity
- Brazil
- China
- Cholera
- Cities
- Climate change
- Climate hazards
- Coasts
- Conservation
- Cool
- Cornwall
- Deforestation
- Development
- Development Issues
- Drought
- Earthquake
- Earthquakes
- Energy
- Environment
- EU
- Exams
- Floods
- Food
- food supply
- Globalisation
- Global Warming
- Haiti
- Health
- Health and Pollution
- Himalaya
- India
- Japan
- Kenya
- London
- Maghreb
- Malaria
- Migration
- Nuclear Power
- Oil
- Pollution
- Population
- Population Dynamics
- Renewable energy
- Solar energy
- Superpowers
- Technological fix
- Tourism
- Tsunami
- UK
- Urbanisation
- USA
- Volcanoes
- Water
- Water Conflicts
Earthwatch
Geogr@phy Tweets
RT @guardianscience: The invisible beauty of flowers - in pictures http://t.co/aeLsn84kYS - posted on 19/05/2013 17:13:08



