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GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings.
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Stratfor Europe Analyst Adriano Bosoni discusses the political implications of the increasing number of migrants from the European Union's periphery to its c...
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The economic crisis has contributed to rising anti-immigration sentiment and policies in Europe. Immigrants from Eastern Europe continue to enter the core, but now more from the struggling southern periphery of Europe are also on the move.
One of the free response questions in the 2012 AP Human Geography test focused on increasing Muslim population in many European countries. This video some background context for that particular Free Response Question (as would this article from Al Jazeera titled Europe's failure to integrate Muslims).
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Is London's success dwarfing the country to the point where the rest of the UK would actually be better off without its capital?
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There has been a new eruption at Mount Etna, sending red lava spewing into the skies over Sicily.
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Nilson Tuwe Huni Kui came straight from the Amazon rainforest to New York City in September. The son of a tribal chief spoke to the BBC about the culture shock as well as his dream of becoming a film-maker.
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At the beginning of every Daily Show episode, the Earth spins in the wrong direction, a situation that would have dramatic consequences for life on Earth.
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Play the Global development game: identify the world's countries and territories, rank them according to GDP then fingers at the ready for the picture round
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Tony Juniper: Nature is not a drag on growth – its protection is an unavoidable prerequisite for sustaining economic development
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Programme looking at man's effect on the environment and how the environment reacts
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Is Our Weather Getting Worse? on 4 on Demand. Watch Is Our Weather Getting Worse? online when you want on 4oD. In Britain we love to moan about the weather.
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The BBC's John Simpson reports from Hong Kong, where the former colony's increasing independent-mindedness is worrying Beijing.
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December 20, 2012 9:06 PM
Interesting facts...that's the interdependence concept of Geography..
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Hong Kong has a mix of Chinese heritage and culture and British ideals. They lived under the British rule for so long that they grew accustomed to the British government system and freedoms. When the UK handed Hong Kong over to China, the people of Hong Kong were afraid that the Chinese government would step in and put them under the same system as the rest of China. China decided to allow Hong Kong to have its own system, but Hong Kong still fears China stepping in and forcing them to change and conform to the rules of the rest of China. Hong Kong is now seeing some protesting and some tension from its people about becoming truly Chinese. They do not want to be Chinese, and they do not want to be British either. They want to form their own country. However, it is highly unlikely that China will let Hong Kong go, but I do wonder if the ideals of Hong Kong, like elections, will slowly spread to the rest of China and create tensions that will cause a change in the Chinese government altogether.
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Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2013 - China has sent one of its largest recorded fishing fleets to disputed islands in the South China Sea, state-run media said on Tuesday, amid tensions over Beijing's assertion of its claims in the region.
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At a time of UK spending cuts, how does the government decide where and how to allocate its overseas aid budget?
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Immigration from eastern europe has been good for Britain. The figures prove it. We should celebrate, not fear, these workers.
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The world's largest concentrated solar power plant opens in Abu Dhabi at a cost of an estimated $600m.
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People are likely to live the longest in developed countries with state-funded healthcare systems like Japan, Canada and the UK, each with life expectancies of over 80.
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The typical U.S. household spends less than practically any other country on food
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Squabbles over little specks of land in the ocean threaten Asian peace This videographic is best viewed in full-screen mode.
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Every action, every event, every person, everything emits a certain amount of carbon. This interactive visualization examines some of those scenarios.
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The government gives the go-ahead for a firm to resume the controversial technique known as fracking to exploit gas in Lancashire.
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Big news for energy supply in the UK - controversial though!
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Many interconnected issues - superpower's thirst for reliable energy, environmental impacts of hydropower, geopolitical issues of sharing rivers, climate change impact on river regimes etc...
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