Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus)
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A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia - ABC News

A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia - ABC News | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation would profoundly alter the anatomy of the world’s oceans, write Matthew England, Andréa S Taschetto and Bryam Orihuela-Pinto.
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Scientists Show How Forests Measure Up

Scientists Show How Forests Measure Up | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
A new map shows the height of Earth’s forests, from stubby saplings to timbers towering more than 50 meters tall, across the entire land surface.
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Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge

Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Satellite data shows 3.75 million hectares of tree cover, or 10 football pitches a minute, disappeared across primary tropical forests in 2021
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White Bay power station redevelopment: Leaked plans reveal building heights

White Bay power station redevelopment: Leaked plans reveal building heights | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The revitalisation of the area on the city side of the Balmain peninsula will be the most significant reshaping of the Sydney’s harbour since Barangaroo.
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The Dutch city testing the future of urban life - BBC Future

The Dutch city testing the future of urban life - BBC Future | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
With a hotchpotch of neighbourhoods focused on innovative architecture, sustainability and social enrichment, is Almere a glimpse of what living in cities could be like?
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Sydney by 2050: six cities, 9 million people, with a touch of San Francisco

Sydney by 2050: six cities, 9 million people, with a touch of San Francisco | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The mega-region is being promised faster rail, better digital connectivity and more affordable homes under a long-term strategic plan.
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Pathways to Sustainable Cities

Pathways to Sustainable Cities | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Urban planning needs to be inclusive and responsive to the needs of local communities and build on participatory approaches that foster the engagement of marginalized actors.
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Check out the $2.5 billion plans for the final stretch of the Barangaroo foreshore

Check out the $2.5 billion plans for the final stretch of the Barangaroo foreshore | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The final five-hectare stretch of the Barangaroo urban renewal project will hero green spaces and culture venues
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Earth Emergency - | SBS On Demand

Earth Emergency - | SBS On Demand | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Everyone has heard about global warming, but few understand how environmental feedback loops amplify the warming even further.
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How climate change made the melting of New Zealand’s glaciers 10 times more likely

How climate change made the melting of New Zealand’s glaciers 10 times more likely | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
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Mapped: The World's Next Megacities by 2030

Mapped: The World's Next Megacities by 2030 | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Megacities are cities that inhabit more than 10 million people. Where will the world's next megacities be by 2030?
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City extends vision for more liveable, sustainable and diverse Sydney to 2050 | City of Sydney - News

City extends vision for more liveable, sustainable and diverse Sydney to 2050 | City of Sydney - News | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Emerging from the Covid-19 crisis, the City of Sydney has released an update to its long-term strategic plan: Sustainable Sydney 2030-2050 Continuing the Vision.
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Gold Coast suburb has $1.4bn in property at ‘very high risk’ from coastal erosion | Queensland | The Guardian

Gold Coast suburb has $1.4bn in property at ‘very high risk’ from coastal erosion | Queensland | The Guardian | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Paradise Point has 20% of its housing stock vulnerable to erosion or storm-surge damage, CoreLogic says
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’s ECOSTRESS Detects ‘Heat Islands’ in Extreme Indian Heat Wave

’s ECOSTRESS Detects ‘Heat Islands’ in Extreme Indian Heat Wave | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The instrument aboard the space station documents blistering temperatures in urban areas around Delhi during the historic heat wave on the Indian subcontinent.
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Western Sydney councils setting up heat refuges for residents

Western Sydney councils setting up heat refuges for residents | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Western Sydney councils want heatwaves to be treated as seriously as fires and floods, as the region faces dangerously hot summers.
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Native Peoples Harvested Huge Amounts of Seafood Without Harming Ecosystems

Native Peoples Harvested Huge Amounts of Seafood Without Harming Ecosystems | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Archaeological research highlights how Indigenous communities practiced sustainable fishery management over thousands of years.
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Explore how the world’s forests have transformed over the past two decades

Explore how the world’s forests have transformed over the past two decades | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
These maps and graphics take you on a tour of Earth’s forests—for better and for worse. See the countries that have the most intact forests, and those losses are mounting the fastest.
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Sydney urban design: Push to make the CBD in 2050 a place for people

Sydney urban design: Push to make the CBD in 2050 a place for people | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The city council wants a series of “aspirational” city-shaping projects. One critic says they’re “not based in reality”.
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Forest pact's 'good intentions' do little to protect Amazon

Forest pact's 'good intentions' do little to protect Amazon | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The Leticia Pact, signed by South American leaders in 2019, has so far failed to live up to its aims to curb Amazon deforestation, critics say
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In Brazil, satellites help scientists target Amazon forest losses

In Brazil, satellites help scientists target Amazon forest losses | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Non-profit MapBiomas aims to end 'impunity' over illegal land clearing and hold those responsible to account
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Why Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of Ghost Forests | Science|

Why Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of Ghost Forests | Science| | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
A study in North Carolina of dying trees may represent a foreboding preview of what may come to coastal ecosystems worldwide
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1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make? - ABC News

1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make? - ABC News | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
The chance to limit warming to 1.5C is slipping away. But will difference will it make if we overshoot by half a degree or so?
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The Zealandia Switch drove rapid global ice retreat 18,000 years ago. Has it switched to a new level?

The Zealandia Switch drove rapid global ice retreat 18,000 years ago. Has it switched to a new level? | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Rocks deposited by vanishing glaciers in the Southern Alps thousands of years ago hold climate clues about the past, painting a bleak picture about the long-term survival of alpine ice in New Zealand.
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Maps Mania: Uninhabitable Earth

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.
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Making space for wildness in Australian cities

Making space for wildness in Australian cities | Stage 6 HSC Geography ( Current syllabus) | Scoop.it
Projects involving the “rewilding” of cities are being increasingly embraced overseas, particularly in Europe
and Asia. But what qualities do we mean when we speak about “wildness” and how can we reconcile these
with an Australian context?
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