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noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:50:00 +0000

My New Blog

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The Cloud Appreciation Society

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:17:00 +0000

This website is a great site for all things related to cumulus, stratus, and cirrus! Get out their cloud spotting now!!

Great Geographical News Site

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:01:00 +0000

This website has a variety of news all about Natural Hazards around the world. It's great, I love it!

NEW PRETTEJOHN BLOG SITE!!

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:27:00 +0000

I've transferred my blog to blog.prettejohn.net . A more catchy URL methinks!

Australian Bushfires

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:16:00 +0000

Currently in Year 11 we're looking at Australian Bushfires. This BBC article looks at the 2005 Bushfires in and around Adelaide.

The National Museum of Australia has an excellent section on Bushfires

Interesting Geo Political Game - Darfur

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:57:00 +0000

MTV have hosted an interesting game called Darfur is Dying which is concerned with the genocide that is occuring in Sudan. It has led to over 700,000 people protesting about the appaling conditions that local people have to live under.

The BBC recently wrote an article on it.

Boscastle Floods

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:05:00 +0000

New Boscastle Resources..

The environment Agency has produced a couple of resources on their website.

Living with the Risk - The Floods in Boscastle and North Cornwall 16 August 2004

Boscastle Findings - A summary

The WWF living planet report 2004

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:21:00 +0000

This will help with the cross unit question from Unit 4 Global Challenge 2003 Question 7 all about the Ecological Footprint. It's a detailed living planet report by the WWF from 2004. You could print it off but it's all in colour and 44 pages..

There's also a movie or Flash animation showing how our footprint has changed over time...

Brown Willy Hike

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:02:00 +0000

Take A level Geography and you get to climb Brown Willy at the end of the course!!

The 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone And Its Impacts on Flooding

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:25:00 +0000

The 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone And Its Impacts on Flooding

Includes some great info on Land Use Zoning too.

Dhaka

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:53:00 +0000

Great satellite images and pics of Dhaka

Something in the Air

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:41:00 +0000

Something in the Air this is an interesting page with links to Mexico Air quality and Inversion.

Bodmin College, Cornwall

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:52:00 +0000

Bodmin College, Cornwall

This website has the links to the AS blogs

The Hydrologic Cycle

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:46:00 +0000

The Hydrologic Cycle

Lucy Davey has found a brilliant Hydrological Cycle Animation with soothing music, and excellent definitions for the processes, inputs and outputs of the Hydrological Cycle.

Kathryn's Geography Blog

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:52:00 +0000

Kathryn's Geography Blog

This is the best of my AS geography Blogs so far!

Topical, updated and interesting to read.

I especially like the articles on water shortage in Spain

A2 Natural Hazards

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:37:00 +0000

This is a selection of links describing the CAUSES of a variety of Natural Hazards.

Volcanoes

This site has an excellent introduction to Volcanoes and their causes.

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:13:00 +0000

Hydrological Cycle

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:31:00 +0000

Today we looked at residence times and the hydrological cycle.

AS Geography Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:22:00 +0000

The AS Geography Students had their first task today. Create a Geography Blog. Here's a list of some of their attempts so far. Come back and check for frequent updates.

Neil Ashton: NeilGeoBlog
Guilherme Bandeira: Guilhermewb
Sam Barnard: Samsgeogblog
Hannah Crow: Hannah's Blog
Stacey Darrock: Stacesblog
Chris Fryer: FryerGeog
Sean Hawkey: SeanHawkey
Kira Hearn: Geography Blog
Jason Willis: GeogBlog
Jamie Mullis: Geography Stuff
Tom Line: GeographyWizard

Welcome to my AS Geog Students

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:44:00 +0000

Hi all you keen geogers!

A great website is the GeographyPages which has lots of resources on a variety of geographical issues.

TASKS

Set up the blog using www.blogger.com

River Environments is the first section of the Physical Geography Syllabus.

Search for and write a diary of events for Hurricane Katrina
See if you can include a photo blog as a section for Hurricane Katrina
Make sure you find out the main causes of the Floods in Mississippi as well as the causes of Hurricane Katrina
Add a section on the Hydrological Cycle, Residence Times, and the Drainage Basin System
Finally add a section of useful geographical websites which you can access from the right

Population

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:42:00 +0000

POPULATION

There is a great population clock here.

Here is an interesting article about Russia’s falling population.

TECTONIC LINKS

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:05:00 +0000

Tectonics/ Earthquakes/Volcanoes - This is a great site which has a multitude of links

Asian Tsunami - Boxing Day 2004 0059GMT

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:39:00 +0000

THE ASIAN TSUNAMI DISASTER

The Asian Tsunami was the result of a large subsea earthquake that occured at 0059 GMT 0659 Local Time on Boxing Day 2004. It was the largest Natural Disaster in modern times causing in excess of 200,000 deaths.

The Best Resource come from the New York Times which has an excellent Interactive Map but you'll need to scroll down half way and find the Multimedia Section.

The BBC has an extensive set of reports including a good animation to show the causes of the Tsunami. There is also a timeline of events as the giant wave crossed the Indian Ocean. The Guardian also has a special Web Report. The CBC has some good multimedia links as well. Tsunami Videos has some amazing footage.

The Early Warning System which may have saved many is costly but being used in Japan

The impacts on the main countries, including excellent satellite images of the can be seen at:

The free Encyclopaedia Wikipedia has a good list of entries which include descriptions of what a Tsunami is.

A2: Global Warming and Greenhouse Effect

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:34:00 +0000

Fact or Myth? Cause and Effect. Solutions and Dissolutions.

Project Learn: Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere -For general information about the atmosphere then this is a fantastic starting point

Remember the Greenhouse Effect is a GOOD thing!

Greenhouse Effect - Great detailed information here including a good variey of pictures and diagrams
The BBC - As usual from the Beeb a good basic starting point on the effect but a little watered down

Three Gorges Dam, China

noreply@blogger.com (MR PJ) — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:54:00 +0000

An Environmental Catastrophe or Engineering Masterpiece?

What do you think?

China Online - A good overview which includes positives and negatives

Chinese People Daily - Some good pictures of the construction of the Dam

BBC Picture File - The Scale of the Dam is clearly shown here

The Tiger Leaping Forward Dam! - Now the Chines Government are thinking about building another dam!

CNN - China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall generates controversy at home and abroad

Sediment problem eased at Three Gorges - Siltation at Three Gorges was always going to be a problem. From The China Daily

Cracks appear in Three Gorges dam - The Guardian Reported problems with the Dam just after the reservoir was filled

Hidden danger behind Three Gorges dam - Could an Earthquake Destroy the Three Gorges Dam?