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A new way to see global development: explore our Atlas of Global Development 2026, a data visualization & storytelling powerhouse tracking 75 years of progress across 5 key areas: People, Prosperity, Planet, Infrastructure, and Digital.
Explore: data360.worldbank.org/en/atl… #WBGAtlas
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Andrew Goudie.
Andrew was an influential figure in shaping the development of geography. Today, we remember his passion for the discipline and his contributions to the Society: geog.ox.ac.uk/news/memoriam-…
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Easily mistaken for a lump of quartz or similar rock, the Sphinx snow patch in Scotland was photographed yesterday. It is now critically small and likely to melt in the coming days.
It has not survived since 2020. Astonishing.
Photos by Robert Houghton.
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A number of place names in the Central Belt of Scotland can trace their origins back to Roman occupation. That's almost 2,000 years. The most well known is Kirkintilloch. This name has nothing to do with a 'kirk' (church).
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I’m surprised a map hasn’t been produced yet of the fire area, this is courtesy of a Nethybridge resident to give an idea. The P in bottom left is the lower car park on the ski road to give a bearing.
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I found a way to colorize the historical images which shows even more dramatic what is going on. IG: @glacionaut #globalwarming #climatechange @VAW_glaciology
Straight out of the Higher #Geography course. We’ve looked at features of a drainage basin and how basin shape, area and drainage density can affect the profile of a hydrograph.
#geographyteacher #river
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Day 1 on the @GeosciencesEd @EdinburghUni #GeoEnergy MSc fieldtrip saw us enjoying the stunning scenery of the Cairngorms in the sunshine 🌞
We walked up to the Chalamain gap to measure fracture orientation in the granite & discuss potential for geothermal energy production
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The Lairig Ghru yesterday looking beautiful beneath mountains covered in fresh-fallen snow.
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Yesterday on the Cairn Gorm / Ben Macdui plateau. The current spell of weather is not historically unusual for May, incidentally.
Video by Gordon Smith.
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Anyone who has tried to improve T&L across a school knows that consistency is massively important.
And you cannot achieve consistency without shared understanding.
And you cannot achieve shared understanding without precise definitions.
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In November 1971 two groups of schoolchildren, both from Ainslie Park school in Edinburgh, set off separately from near the top of Cairn Gorm, aiming ultimately for Corrour bothy in the Lairig Ghru. What followed was the worst and most tragic mountain disaster in UK history.
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Topsoil isn’t just dirt. It’s the thin, fragile layer that feeds 8 billion people. Lose it, and yields fall, prices rise, and food security weakens. It takes centuries to form and minutes to destroy. One of the most underappreciated assets in our economy.
One of my favourite resources that I’ve been using for a long time and dates back to the 1980s. Supporting #nationalgeography understand the associated changes in #weather in a depression.
#geography #geographyteacher
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In this UP village, girls aren’t just students — they’re farmers, scientists, and future leaders. 🌱
Started under a tree by Ashita Nath, The Good Harvest School is India’s first agriculture school for girls. Here, farmers’ daughters grow broccoli and purple cabbage while learning English, math, computers, and modern farming.
From just 6 girls to 65+ today — this school is transforming a village, one confident daughter at a time.
Imagine this in every village. 💚
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenAgriculture #RuralEducation #EmpoweringGirls #PositiveIndia
[International Women's Day, Girls Agriculture School India, Women In Farming India, Rural Girls Education India, Ashita Nath, The Good Harvest School]
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UNBELIEVABLY EXCITING RESOURCE DROP:
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Glasgow City Council is investing £6.56m to deliver XWorks — a new 40,000 sq ft innovation hub in Dalmarnock.
Focused on high value manufacturing, labs, and R&D space, XWorks will help cutting edge companies scale in Glasgow’s east end.
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“The climate has always changed” is a common talking point to distract from recent-more rapid manmade climate change. Here’s a quick/simple explainer on natural CC.
Natural climate change occurs over long term scales driven by predictable changes in sunlight reaching & absorbed by Earth. Over 10s of thousands of years Earth’s orbit, tilt and wobble cycles back and forth causing an ice age every ~100K years.
Orbit: from more circular to more elliptical and back.
Tilt: 22° to 24.5° and back.
These cycles change the sunlight received/ absorbed. Over the past million years this means Earth cycles in and out of ice ages and interglacials. (Now we are between glacials)
A surprising note… the global temperature difference between an ice age and warm period is only ~6°C/ 10°F, but that change takes 10K+ years to happen - until now.
Over the past 150 years alone man has warmed Earth by 1.5°C/2.7°F - so about 1/4 of the amount which typically takes nature 10K+ years to accomplish. A super-charged acceleration due mainly to burning fossil fuels & forests!
True: The climate has always changed.
Also True: Humans are now a force of nature, super charging the natural warming rate.