Author: sophiahc

A mother, teacher and dreamer who likes to reflect on the world about her and the myriad of events, experiences and encounters that make up daily life. I also try to document and comment on geography themes that appear in the news for the benefit of my students. I have the joy of sharing, though my teaching, my passion for the physical world around me and how humans interact with it.

Pollution at the Olympics

A potential link between Rio bay pollution and sick Olympic sailor suggests that water pollution in Rio has reached a deadly level: Pollution in Rio

Political drought

There is a bitter irony in the fact that farmers in Lesotho, living next to a vast lake are facing severe water shortage and drought as a result of trade agreements: Katse Dam, Lesotho

To frack or not to frack?

Fracking compensation: the proposal to give pay-outs to residents heightens the controversy: Fracking pay-outs proposed

Energy dilemma

The energy dilemma is building in the UK as we face the reality of the finite future of fossil fuels. But is nuclear energy the best alternative? The nuclear power station debate rages over Hinkley Point: Hinkley Point: to build or not to build?

Supply and demand: the fickle oil market

Despite a globally dwindling supply, despite a continuous growth in energy consumption, oil prices victim to the caprices of the global market. A flooded oil market has made this dwindling resource bizarrely cheap… for the moment anyway: Oil prices plummet

When buried waste won’t stay buried

We thought we could bury our waste and forget about it; a future generation’s problem. We were wrong. Global warming or climate change, whatever you call it, it has far-reaching consequences: global warming secondary effects

From spark to furnace…

Forest fires : how human activity can devastate an ecosystem overnight: A small spark can cause devastation

BREXIT begins…

July 2016 The geographical borders of the EU are about to change, but this time (for the first time) they are shrinking, not growing. What does this mean for the future of other member states? More significantly for us, what will this mean for future trade agreements, the employment structure of the UK, unemployment and…

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