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Typhoons hitting east and southeast Asia are getting stronger, according to a recent study from the United States.
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Drought conditions are set to increase due to future climate change.
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Dr Karl investigates the growing global trend of heat waves, which have killed more Australians than all other natural disasters combined.
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Atmospheric hazards
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India’s ambitious sanitation drive has created a health hazard, with many toilets built cheek by jowl with family water supplies
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One of the driest countries on earth now makes more freshwater than it needs
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Too many times after a natural hazard strikes, public outcries follow once the level of devastation becomes clear. People wonder – and often rightly so – if the disaster could have been prevented.
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Great animation explaining cold fronts and frontal conditions
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Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on a pipeline from the Murray River to Broken Hill, in New South Wales' far west, to fix its water supply problems, the State Government says.
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Overcoming physical water scarcity
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Bottling Himalayan water could be bad for the region’s environment
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RESIDENTS on Australia’s east coast have been warned to stay inside as heavy rain and gale forced winds prepare to wreak havoc.
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Water and weather conditions.
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Scientists have deployed several underwater drones they say will help them better understand what sustains and strengthens hurricanes and tropical storms.
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Over a decade after the historic storm, we investigate what went wrong and plans for future prevention and control. Via oyndrila
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Responding to hydrologic hazards
oyndrila's curator insight,
September 4, 2016 1:51 AM
Useful for discussing management of natural hazards.
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October 15, 2016 8:49 PM
Syllabus links
Geoworld 8 NSW
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Exploring the potential for water markets and impact investment to serve as part of the solution to global water scarcity.
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The Ogallala aquifer turned the region into America's breadbasket. Now it, and a way of life, are being drained away.
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More than 2.5 billion people don’t have access to basic levels of fresh water for at least one month each year – a situation growing ever more critical as urban populations expand rapidly
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A new report released this month shows how Aboriginal people in the northern basin have overwhelmingly ranked environmental watering as a significant factor in their lives.
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
GeoWorld 8 NSWValue of water to Aboriginal peoples
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New maps show the fluctuating river and lake levels in the Murray-Darling Basin.
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The second you decide to push through floodwater, you will give up control. Learn about the dangers that hide under the surface.
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Hydrologic hazards - responses
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New research published as eastern Australia braces for second east coast low in as many weeks.
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So much better to teach water issues in year 8 than year 7 as it appears in the AC - get some good in-depth discussion going and deep understanding
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An inquiry-based curriculum requires both planning and flexibility, as well as a teacher knowing the students well enough to anticipate their interests and limits.
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A crucial component of the new Geography syllabus
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The values of wetlands
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Syllabus links
Natural hazard
Students investigate ONE contemporary atmospheric hazard or hydrologic hazard including causes, impacts and responses, for example:
Geoworld 8 NSW
Chapter 6: Atmospheric and hydrologic hazards and responses
6.3 Responses to hazards
6.6 SE Qld 2010-2011 floods and responses
6.11 Communities prepare for and respond to storms
Geoworld 7 NSW
Chapter 5
5.12 Disaster management and technology