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Last January this blog featured the ambitious plans of the Greenland360 Expedition, an expedition aimed to gather data to document the impact of climate change on [...]
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According to a report released in 2012, 58% of British citizens discuss the weather on a daily basis. Fifty-eight percent! As a nation we complain when it’s too hot [...]
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UK endurance swimmer, ocean advocate and UN Patron for the Oceans Lewis Pugh, 44, will undertake the seventh and final leg of the Seven Swims in The Seven Seas for 1 [...]
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Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcano was hit by a 5.7 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday morning, the country’s Met Office has confirmed. The earthquake represents the fourth magnitude-five or greater earthquake in the past 72 hours. [...]
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Following a short period of inactivity to complete my undergraduate studies, from today I am returning to writing on this blog on a regular basis. So what have I been [...]
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Last year selfie was awarded the prestigious title of ‘Word of the Year’ by Oxford Dictionaries, beating the likes of twerk and binge-watching to top spot. Now, [...]
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The Tungurahua volcano, located 140km south of Ecuador’s capital Quito, erupted last night sending a plume of ash more than 10km high. The main explosion began at [...]
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GeoJames is a proud supporter of the Greenland360 2014 Expedition, a campaign that aims to understand how West Greenland’s landscape is changing in response to climate [...]
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As 2013 draws to a close, GeoJames takes a look back at the biggest news stories of [...]
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Below are a collection of images from various news sources and websites of Super Typhoon Haiyan’s destruction across much of the Philippines. Read about the Super [...]
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The Philippine President has this evening declared “a state of national calamity” in an attempt to speed up the relief efforts following Super Typhoon [...]
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Its has been confirmed that four Britons have lost their lives as the St Jude storm swept across the south of the UK overnight and into this morning. It comes after the Met [...]
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The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for 80mph (120kph) gusts across much of Southern Britain as forecasters warn the approaching St Jude Storm was not one [...]
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For centuries, the collection of samples of rock, soil and ice has played a crucial part in understanding how our own planet has evolved. Collecting and analysing samples [...]
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World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General [...]
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The latest assessment by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the fifth assessment report (AR5), was published in Stockholm this morning. The [...]
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Part 2 of GeoJames’ “Wonders of the World” series looks at western Madagascar’s unearthly stone [...]
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On August 15th, General Electric (GE) launched the world’s first #6SecondScience Fair, a week-long celebration of science on the popular social media app [...]
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In the first of a new weekly blog post, GeoJames looks at the natural geographical and geological wonders of the world (WotW). The series of weekly posts will venture to all [...]
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Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, the company behind the proposed £650m tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, has invited locals to purchase shares in excess of £2m. Plans for the tidal [...]
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The House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee has announced it will not support the proposed venture by Hafren Power to build a £25bn tidal barrage across the [...]
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Details of a proposed £650m scheme to build a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, Wales, have been released. Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Ltd, the company behind the project, says the [...]
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Seismic activity near the Hekla volcano in southern Iceland has prompted the authorities on the island to issue the lowest level of civil [...]
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UK Supermarket chain ASDA has announced that it will sell bananas from the Canary Islands instead of the Caribbean and South America in an attempt to reduce its carbon [...]
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Sky-watchers are set to view a once-in-a-lifetime event tonight as the asteroid “2012 DA14” passes within 17,000 miles of the [...]
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A fresh proposal to construct a tidal power station across the Bristol Channel is likely to be approved by the Government despite the concept being rejected two years [...]
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Forty-two years ago today (Sunday 7th October 2012) Britain’s affiliation with oil began. Oil was drawn from the North Sea in British waters for the first time, signalling [...]
