peakscan site Geographical & Environmental Studies - useful websites WorldMapper - global inequalities Unit 30: CORALS Coral Biology                                   What are Cnidarians? Coral biology Nature Conservancy site on corals Deep sea corals1 more on deep sea corals Soft corals Coral hot spots Threats to Coral Hurricane George Hurricane caused coral avalanche Overfishing on reefs Overfishing on reefs2 Tourists on coral reefs1 Tourists on coral reefs2 Coral bleaching Coral mining 1 Coral mining2 Reefbase - good for examples Marine Protection areas 1st aid for coral Threats to coral - general Threats to coral2 Threats  to coral - pics Threats to coral - CO2 Eutrophication and coral Eutrophication - Jamaica Bleaching before & after Adaption to global warming? 25 ways to save reefs Research project Reefs Reef sites Distribution of reefs Atolls from space Atolls animation Case Study Mafia Island ecology Mafia island fishing Unit 28 : THE USE AND MISUSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES Recycling general: History of waste Waste Strategy 2000 (set UK recycling targets) Waste online UK Waste Streams (Friends of the Earth) Rebuttal of recycling myths German (DSD) recycling scheme Who pays for recycling? Energy savings Enviropedia End of Life Directive  - vehicles 1 End of Life Directive - vehicles 2 Reduce, Reuse Recycle 1 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 2 Agricultural waste 1 Agricultural waste 2 Agricultural waste 3 Agricultural waste 4 Zero waste economy 1 Zero waste economy 2 Zero waste economy 3 NEDDC Policies: North East Derbyshire District Council Derbyshire County Council: Agenda 21 in Derbyshire Tyre Recycling: Tyre recycling Landfill Directive on tyres Tyre recycling technology Used Tyre Recycling Group The scrap tyre dilemma Paper recycling: Paper recycling basics Paper recycling Paper recycling (FOE) Plastic Recycling: Plastic recycling - PET Glass recycling: Glass recycling1 Glass recycling 2 - UK history Cullet Factsheet Landfills Landfill 1 Landfill Directive Exported wastes Illegal waste exports Hazardous  landfills 1 Hazardous landfills  2 Landfill gas 1 Landfill gas 2 Incinerators / Energy From Waste (EFW) Nottingham incinerator Incinerator policy Incinerators (FOE) Energy from Waste (EFW) 1 Energy from Waste (EFW) 2 Energy from Waste (EFW) 3 Energy From Waste - Nottingham Soil Erosion & Forests Scale of deforestation Effects of deforestation Bolivia - forests & soil erosion China - afforestation Fossil fuels Shell Oil & the environment China & CO2 India in 2015 Energy use in Asia Brazil & energy Alternative Energy tidal barrier - Rance River, France Biomass Energy & sustainability Using waste for fuel in New York Energy from waste 2 Energy from Waste 3 Energy from waste 4 Exporting pollution (Greenpeace) Links to UK alternative energy sources Bio-Diesel (Greenpeace) http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter12.html (Hydro Power) Jatropha bean diesel - D1 plan (bio diesel) Jatropha bean diesel (bio diesel) Jatropha bean diesel in India (bio diesel) Unit 22: Climate & People: The Met Office BBC Weather Today's weather map - Pressure Historic weather events in the UK Global circulation Coriolis animation 1 Coriolis animation 2 Coriolis animation 3 Coriolis 4 ITCZ Instruments Instruments 2 Instruments - Met Office Weather stations World Climates High & Low Pressure High Pressure systems Low Pressure Systems (Lows) Warm & Cold Fronts animation Fronts Types of cloud Weather extremes - world Weather extremes - UK World Climates - climatographs and examples Koeppen Classification Sahel General 1 Sahel Climate 1 Sahel - Government and Disaster (nb interesting but contoversial - use with care!) Sahel - 25 years after the great drought Sahel - drying African climate Sahel - desertification Sahel peoples - the Fulani 1 Sahel Peoples - the Fulani 2 Sahel peoples - the Dogon Sahel peoples -  the Tuareg 1 Sahel peoples -  the Tuareg 2 Sahel peoples -  the Tuareg 3 Sahel peoples -  the Tuareg 4 Sahel Climate & Ocean Temperatures Sahel Climate & Global Dimming 1 Sahel Climate & Global Dimming 2 Sahel - desertification Sahel Climate - Mali Sahel -  profile  of Niger Sahel - cattle disease & famine Climate change in the Sahara1 Climate change in the Sahara 2 Climate change a matter of life and death Lake Chad 1 Lake Chad 2 Lake Chad 3 Niger 1 Niger 2 Niger 3 Sahel - the Naam movement Pan-Sahel Initiative Climate change in Africa Weather vs. Climate 1 Climate in the Sahel Sahel drought & dust Mansa Musa - Mali 1 Mansa Musa - Mali 2 Mansa Musa - Mali 3 Bangladesh - floods Bangladesh - floods 2 1703: The Great Storm 1816: Summer 1816: Summer 2 1947 Winter (nb the chart for 31st January shows the typical situation) 1952 London Smog 1952 Lynmouth Flood 1 1952 Lynmouth Flood 2 1953 Floods: General 1953 Floods: Netherlands (nb note the response in terms of coastal defences) 1953 Floods: Thames Estuary 1963 Winter 1 1963 Winter 2 (nb describes pressure systems) 1976 Drought 1 1976 Drought 2 1976 Drought 3 1987 Storm 1990 Storm 2003 Drought 1 2003 Drought 2 2003 Heat Wave 2004 Boscastle Flood 1 2004 Boscastle Flood 2 2005 Birmingham Tornado 1 2005 Birmingham Tornado 2 2005 Birmingham Tornado 3   (nb descibes conditions that might have triggered the event) The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) The Atlantic Conveyor 1 The Atlantic Conveyor 2 Jet Streams 1 Jet Streams 2 Jet Stream map BACK UP STUFF Weather questions Satellite images of the weather (you need to register to see the best ones) : http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/login.html (mainly UK centred images) http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/extratrop-uk-20001030-n14rgb.jpg (NOAA pics - mainly US centred images) Local weather : http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk/ Dew point: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whumdef.htm Rain caused by hills: http://www.azcentral.com/weather/weavideos.html  -   click on azcentral.com then on "how the monsoon works"  (nb this is an explanation of seasonal rainfall - not the SE Asia monsoon) Coriolis force diagrams: http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/coriolis.htm Global Circulation overview Unit 20: SYSTEMS Ecosystems Pond Ecosystem River ecosystems North Sea Ecosystem Invasive species Tropical Rain Forests Rainforest 1 Rainforest 2 Ecotourism1 Ecotourism 2 Ecotourism 3 Ecotourism in Brazil Ecotourism in Indonesia Bushmeat1 Bushmeat2 Illegal logging 1 Illegal logging 2 Illegal timber importers Laundering timber Illegal logging & China Illegal logging in europe Rainforest satellite images: Rainforest biodiversity Slash and burn:    Slash & Burn - nutrients Slash & Burn - alternatives Slash & Burn (Swidden) in Borneo Slash & Burn (Swidden) Shade agriculture1 Shade agriculture2 Shade agriculture3 Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project 1 Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project 2 Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project - pics Global deforestation The Biozulua Project  1 The Biozulua Project  2 The Biozulua Project 3 Soya Farming in Amazonia 1 Soya Farming in Amazonia 2 Soya Farming in Amazonia 3 Palm Oil & Deforestation 1 Palm Oil & Deforestation 2 Palm Oil & Deforestation 3 Palm Oli & Deforestation 4 Rainforests Local & Regional effects of TRF deforestation Soil erosion in Panama Crops originating in the TRF Exploitation of the TRF Effects of TRF deforestation Geophysical Cycles Carbon cycle          Nitrogen cycle   Water cycle Deforestation     WATER CYCLE & DEFORESTATION CARBON CYCLE & DEFORESTATION Carbon cycle in the tunda biome EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION BIO-GEO CYCLES & DEFORESTATION ____________________________________________________ Unit 26: RIVERS & WATER POLLUTION Physical features: Ox-Bow Lake animation Waterfall animation Waterfall formation Types of waterfall1 World waterfalls Flooding: Jubilee River - Environment Agency view Criticism of the Juilee River Jubilee River tour Jubilee River background Thames Flooding Flooding prevented by Jubilee River 1947 Windsor Floods River Trent ("OnTrent") Flood management organisation Future flooding in the UK River management schemes Derbyshire local flood Sustainability: English Nature Wildlife friendly scheme Knock-on flooding example Salmon & flood protection weir Bird friendly scheme River restoration Moray Flood Project Mersey clean-up 3 Gorges Dam 1 3 Gorges Dam 2 River Water Quality: Drinking Water Inspectorate Water Framework Directive Environment Agency Diffuse water pollution1 Diffuse water pollution2 River Wandle Wandle Trust Wild Trout Trust River Wandle History River Wandle - the JET Set River Wandle -  regeneration bid River Wandle LEAP Voles plan Thames Region future Water Resources Act 1991 Water Pollution - the Sandoz disaster & the Rhine Rhine pollution Rhine Action Programme Rhine water quality Rhine 2020 Rhine water Water quality - the German Rhine Anglers view The Rhine & other wetlands Water Pollution - other rivers Baia Mare, Romania, 30/1/00 Pollution disasters 1 Pollution disaters 2 River Tyne improvement Tyne salmon 1 Tyne salmon 2 Tyne mussels Tyne Environment Trust River Regimes River Nile1 River Nile2 Nile regimes Nile agreements Unit 3O: CORALS Coral Biology                                   What are Cnidarians? Coral biology Nature Conservancy site on corals Deep sea corals1 More on deep sea corals Soft corals Coral hot spots Threats to Coral Hurricane George Hurricane caused coral avalanche Threats to the Great Barrier Reef Overfishing on reefs Overfishing on reefs2 Tourists on coral reefs1 Tourists on coral reefs2 Coral bleaching Coral mining 1 Coral mining2 Coral mining 3 Reefbase - good for examples Marine Protection Areas Marine Protection Areas - USA Marine Protection Areas - Australia 1st aid for coral Threats to coral - general Threats to coral - Malaysia Threats to coral2 Threats  to coral - pics Threats to coral - CO2 Threats to coral - anti-fouling paint 1 Threats to Coral - anti-fouling paint 2 Cyanide fishing 1 Cyanide fishing 2 Blast fishing 1 Blast fishing 2 Crown of Thorns / Giant Triton 1 Crown of Thorns / Giant Triton 2 Crown of Thorns / Giant Triton 3 Eutrophication and coral Eutrophication - Jamaica Bleaching before & after Adaption to global warming? 25 ways to save reefs Research project Reefs Reef sites Distribution of reefs Atolls animation Case Study Mafia Island ecology Mafia island fishing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mongabay - pressure group: use with care Unit 24: GLOBAL ISSUES Global Warming: Climate Research Unit, Uni of East Anglia BBC - Global Climate Issues Global Warming Sceptics 1 Global Warming sceptics 2 Facts & fictions (?) about Global Warming US Environmental Protection Agency - Global Warming Animation of Greenhouse Effect Climate feedbacks Earth's energy budget Desertification & Soil Erosion: Soil erosion general 1 Soil erosion general 2 Deserts Types of soil erosion Soil erosion in Bedfordshire Soil erosion & human activity (nb focussed on the bad news!) Salinisation in Australia Goats and desertification What happened to the Anasazi culture? China: China - Loess soils1 China - Loess soils2 China - the cost of desertification China - desertification - the US view China - desertification - the US view2 China - soil erosion & the Yangtse (People's Daily) China - soil erosion - the Government view China - soil erosion - more Government views China - the cost of land degredation China - the desert threat to Beijing China - the Green Wall1 China - the Green Wall2 China - Fat Choy (Facai)1 China - Fat Choy (Facai)2 China - Fat Choy (Facai)3 China - Fat Choy (Facai)4 China - desertification success China - desertification success2