Mr Foden's Geography updates

A New York Times analysis of homicides and census data in Chicago divided the city into two groups: areas that are near homicides and those that are not.

Governors from North Carolina to Connecticut declared states of emergency and Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal communities as Hurricane Sandy lumbered north from...

Useful for A2 hazards 

These aren't your typical loos. One uses microwave energy to transform human waste into electricity. Another captures urine and uses it for flushing.

Useful for A2 Environmental management 

The final 32 generators went into operation this week, making it the world's largest hydropower project, pictured, built on the Yangtze River in China.  Usefull for A2 Environmental Management.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.

Useful for AS mass movement and A2 Hazards 

As the country prepares for it's 10-year power handover, we look at how it has changed...

Useful for Level 1, IGCSE and A2 geo 

A biodiversity conference in India hears that rapid uptake of Marine Protected Areas has increased their total coverage 10-fold in the past decade.

Useful for A2 

Learn about the dramatic growth and development of China's tourism industry as foreign visitors arrive by the millions and Chinese tourists begin to explore the world.

Useful for Level 3 and A2 

Dar es Salaam is one of the world's fastest growing cities, but the Tanzanian authorities are struggling to harness its potential, reports the BBC's Joe Boyle.

Useful for IG, AS, A2 and Level 1

Scientists have confirmed that White Island has erupted and continues to blast ash into the air, indicating the start of a new phase of volcanic activity on the island.

Useful for IG, AS, A2 and Level 1 

A thick ash cloud is covering much of the central North Island after Mt Tongariro erupted for the first time in more than a century late last night. Useful for Level1, IG, AS and A2

Nine climbers are killed in an avalanche near Chamonix in the French Alps, as police say those feared missing have been accounted for. Useful for A2 Hazards and AS Rocks and Weathering

The government demanded that foreign governments stop releasing data on China’s air quality, as is regularly done by a sensor at the American Embassy in Beijing.

Useful for A2 Environmental management and Scholarship 

This used to be a vast Canadian forest (pictured right), until the petroleum giants discovered the world’s third-largest oil field lay beneath it.

Useful for A2 environmental management