Migration into the EU

Thousands of Africans try to make the journey to Europe each year. The BBC News website gives information about the routes they travel, the cause of this movement and some of its impacts as well as personal stories.

Panorama films

Primary energy sources

Use the following to help you with your research task:

A good summary of all the Primary Energy Sources

Wikipedia entry for renewable energy

Wikipedia entry for fossil fuels

Data on amounts of renewable sources used to generate electricity.

Good section of BP website on alternative energy

Good section on Shell website about energy diversity

Greenpeace site on renewable energy

Wind power in the 'How Stuff Works' website. Other energy sources also on the site

BBC Energy in the UK mini-site - links to lots of relevant stories

Energy on BBC Bitesize

Impacts of climate change in Africa and the Arctic

AS Geography requires two compulsary case studies of the impacts of climate change - Arctic and Africa.

Create case study sheets for both the Arctic and Africa using the following headings:

Introduction to the region

Evidence for climate change in the region

Why is the region vulnerable to climate change?

Physical impacts - animals and the environment

Human impacts

Each case study should be at least 2 sides. You should try and include maps and diagrams.

Your text book offers a starting point (p53-56), but you will need to supplement this with your own research. Some links below to help you:

Arctic

There is a large amount of information on the internet which can help you with this compulsary case study. The Natural Resources Defence Council answers some key questions, as does the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change. More information is given by the Centre for International Environment Law. A search in some of the newspaper sites can be productive. For example, the Guardian which has articles such as this and this. Finally, the BBC is always a good source of information. There are a number of good articles - for example: here and here.

Africa

The BBC has articles which would be a good starting point. The WWF has written two very good papers on the impacts in East Africa. The Stern Report into climate change also had a chapter referencing the impacts of climate change on Africa. It is very long - but try just reading the Executive Summary.

Brewing at sea...

Brewing at sea to save water and energy.
From the Times

UK energy crisis

Some articles from The Times:
UK forced to import 75% of gas by 2015
A letter to the editor on the same topic
The importance of natural gas

Earthquakes and volcanoes

Use this interactive link to complete the worksheet on earthquakes. Use this one for the first section of the volcano questions and then this BBC link for the last section.