Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Climate Change Anomalies

This graphic from the Climate Council (an NGO based in Australia) shows anomalies in temperature throughout the world between 1880 and 2017.


Wednesday, September 20, 2017

The Cod Wars

The Cod Wars were a series of (sometimes violent) skirmishes between Iceland and the UK between 1952 and 1976 that resulted from the Icelandic government expanding its fishing grounds in an attempt to protect fish stocks. This BBC podcast details the reasons for the clashes and the effect it has on the British fishing industry and North Atlantic Cod stocks.


Saturday, March 11, 2017

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The World's Newest Island

This island emerged from the Pacific in 2015. Scientists will be studying primary succession for the next decades.