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#geographyteachers @dannydorling.bsky.social talking about inequality & climate change on Start the Week

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June 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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#geographer Prof Mark Maslin @uclgeography.bsky.social used climate modelling to examine the low-end and top-end damage at each location.

View before & after images in below

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Overconsumption and ruin: before and after images predict how tech could harm our planet
From Venice to the Iguaza Falls, an exhibition in London illustrates the hidden cost of our gadgets and devices
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October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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#Geographer Matthias Huss on glacial retreat and climate change

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The research found that 17% of the cities studied were at risk from "climate whiplash" where drought and flooding has become more intense. #Geographer Prof Katerina Michaelides Bristol Geography

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Flood and drought risk increasing in cities, according to study
WaterAid worked with the University of Bristol and Cardiff University on the climate hazard research.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Prof of #geography Heiko Balzter, “There is a risk we might lose the peatland carbon sink. The heatwaves & droughts being worsened by global heating itself also threatened the viability of peatlands: “That is one more reason to protect them”
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
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February 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Historic landfill expert @profkatespencer.bsky.social
from Queen Mary University of London, who helped with the investigation, said that in hundreds of years of dumping waste humans had “never really considered the consequences”.

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 100 landfills in England may be leaching ‘highly hazardous’ waste
Inadequate record keeping means councils do not know whether former waste sites contain toxic substances
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April 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Prof Chris Stokes Durham #Geography “We’re seeing some worst-case scenarios play out. At 1.2C warming, sea level rise is accelerating at rates that would become almost unmanageable before the end of century & in lifetime of our young people”

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Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn
Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds
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May 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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"Earlier this year, @olimould.bsky.social , a professor of human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, wrote that gen Z are prioritising work-life balance over hustle culture"

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Surveillance is in, perks out. Bosses have dropped their masks, but gen Z is fighting back | Sarah Manavis
Employees are choosing to opt out of a new era of corporate malignity, epitomised by Elon Musk
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April 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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#geographer & climate researcher Mark Svoboda of US
National Drought Mitigation Center & report co-author “This is not a dry spell. This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I’ve ever seen”

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report
Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown
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July 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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"Coping with climate whiplash is hard, said #Geographer Prof Katerina Michaelides Bristol Geog. Many cities already face water supply, sewage and flood protection problems. But global heating supercharges this" (also on #BBCr4today @ 7.45)

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals
Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped
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March 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Just showing & featuring #geographer and flood expert Prof Hannah Cloke Uni Reading

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Why...?, Why Cities Flood: Spain's Deadly Disaster: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002f2kw via @bbciplayer
Why...? - Why Cities Flood: Spain's Deadly Disaster
Dramatic mobile phone video and eyewitness accounts tell the story of the 2024 floods that swept through towns in Valencia, killing 228 people. Did climate change play a part?
www.bbc.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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#geographer Prof Steve Carver “Land lost to development is one of the primary drivers of wilderness loss & biodiversity decline. But we're also losing cropland & productive land as our cities expand into the green belt & agricultural land”
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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"We need a complete overhaul of the way we use water, to plug leaks, cut down on waste and store water where it falls as rain," said Prof Hannah Cloke of the University of Reading.

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Government fast-tracks new reservoirs to secure water supply
Changes to planning laws could speed up projects, but experts warn water consumption will also need limiting.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#Geographer @lesswastelaura.bsky.social says fast tech represents a new kind of environmental threat – the potentially toxic chemicals many contain & sheer volume & disposability. “We have never had throwaway technology like this before"

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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘It’s cheap but it’s not disposable’: why fast tech is a growing waste problem
Low-cost and quickly discarded products are playing a key role in world’s fastest-growing waste problem – electronics
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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"The Arctic is a hot-button issue in geopolitics as it exemplifies how trade, finance, indigenous autonomy, climate change, military alliances, underwater sabotage, power rivalries & extraterritorial conflict in Ukraine are linked"
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www.newsweek.com/nato-russias...
Map shows locations of NATO and Russian military bases in the Arctic
More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border.
www.newsweek.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Prof Peter Potapov “2024 was worst year for fire-driven forest loss. If it continues, it could permanently transform critical natural areas & unleash large amounts of carbon – intensifying climate change & extreme fires"

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows
Burning, worsened by global heating, overtook farming and logging as biggest cause of destruction of tropical forests
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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“We’ve enormous potential climate movement" #Geographer Prof Anthony Leiserowitz Yale “It’s latent & hasn’t been activated. But when you break through perception gaps & help people understand they’re not alone & there's a global movement"
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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#geographer @sarah-mills.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social writing on gaming and citizenship in @bigissue.com

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www.bigissue.com/opinion/good...
Good citizenship has become a game – here’s why it matters
Should you get a reward for throwing your litter away? The gamification of good citizenship is making this a reality – but at what cost?
www.bigissue.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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#Geographers Ellie Purdy, Dr Richard Fewster and Prof Graeme Swindles Queen's University Belfast featured in this
BBC News piece on toxic metals and peatlands

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Toxic metals found in UK peatlands could pose health risk
Wildfires and climate change could see decades' worth of pollutants released into the water courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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#geographer Matthias Huss, a glaciologist, argues that climate change was a factor in the Blatten disaster.

"The thawing of permafrost at very high elevation led to the collapse of the summit"

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Gaciers threatening to wipe out villages
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Why glaciers are threatening to wipe out more mountain villages
Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move away from the mountain villages at risk?
www.bbc.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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#Geographer "Dr Gamberini's team is working on Chile's "fog harvesting map" of the whole country. Water from the clouds could enhance our cities' resilience to climate change, while improving access to water"

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fog harvesting could provide water for the driest cities
Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world's most arid places.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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#Geographer "Lewis Winks - @exeter.ac.uk #Geography - used Land Registry data to map the Dart’s ownership, found the 47-mile long river has no fewer than 108 separate owners"

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy | Editorial
Editorial: Only a small sliver of riverside land is accessible to the public. Rights of way shouldn’t depend on the goodwill of landowners
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July 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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#geographer Prof Greg Henry helped establish the study’s data collection, said the research involved thousands of hours of fieldwork, “enduring extreme weather, clouds of biting insects & an occasional polar bear encounter”

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval
A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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They "would provide more resilience to future droughts in a part of country that is already dry & with high demand for water" Dr Glenn Watts, water science director at UK Centre for Environment & Hydrology

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Government fast-tracks new reservoirs
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Government fast-tracks new reservoirs to secure water supply
Changes to planning laws could speed up projects, but experts warn water consumption will also need limiting.
www.bbc.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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"A thinner ice cover is more responsive to weather [… so] weather events can have a stronger impact than they used to," said (#geographer) Julienne Stroeve, professor of polar observation and modelling at University College London.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
World's sea-ice falls to record low
The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM