Geography Directions
@GeogDirections
Geographical expertise applied to the issues that matter most.
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'Save our seabed – the bottom of the ocean needs to become a top priority, and the UN agrees' by William Austin (St Andrews Geography & SD).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
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'This service is a good step towards a one-stop shop for easy access to subnational statistics to understand local areas. More granular data about local neighbourhoods would make it better' - Spatially variable (Prof Rich Harris) 🌍🌎🌏 (@GeogBristol).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
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'So could seeding have built a huge storm system the size of France? Let’s be clear, that would be like a breeze stopping an intercity train going at full tilt' - Richard Washington (SoGE, University of Oxford).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
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'The Anthropocene already exists in our heads, even if it’s now officially not a geological epoch' by Kevin Collins (The Open University).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
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'Gaza war: how maps are used and abused in times of conflict' by Doug Specht (@UniWestminster).
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/23/gaz…
'For centuries these wonderful landforms have filled humans with awe because of the apparent remoteness and risks associated with the deserts they are synonymous with' - David Thomas (@oxfordgeography).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/29/ive…
*New post* by William Austin (St Andrews Geography & SD):
'Save our seabed – the bottom of the ocean needs to become a top priority, and the UN agrees'. Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/05/08/sav…
'Evil Does Not Exist: powerful Japanese eco-drama about one community’s fight against intrusive land development' by Follow me on M@stodon: [email protected] (@RHULGeography).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/22/evi…
'This pandemic-induced pause revealed how integral work is in some people’s lives. This revelation led some workers in the study to reevaluate their relationship with work' - Victoria J E Jones (@NorthumbriaUni).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/26/how…
'School results, smoking rates, shop closures? New statistics tool helps you compare local areas in the UK' by Spatially variable (Prof Rich Harris) 🌍🌎🌏 (@GeogBristol).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/05/01/sch…
'Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be human-made' by Richard Washington (SoGE, University of Oxford).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/30/don…
'The extent to which the Anthropocene really exists depends on our recognition and acceptance of the golden thread that we are all in an active back and forth relationship with the Earth' - Kevin Collins (The Open University).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/24/the…
'Maps also play an active role in dehumanising others, making it easier to view humans and their ways of life as targets of military action. Maps take a messy, complicated world and turn it into a flat picture' - Doug Specht (@UniWestminster).
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/23/gaz…
'I’ve studied sand dunes for 40 years – here’s what people find most surprising' by David Thomas (@oxfordgeography).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/29/ive…
'Hamaguchi’s film is a wonderfully poignant reminder of the often-overlooked consequences of economic development and the resilience of communities in the face of such challenges' - Follow me on M@stodon: [email protected] (@RHULGeography).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/22/evi…
*New post* by Spatially variable (Prof Rich Harris) 🌍🌎🌏 (@GeogBristol):
'School results, smoking rates, shop closures? New statistics tool helps you compare local areas in the UK'. Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/05/01/sch…
*New post* by Richard Washington (SoGE, University of Oxford):
'Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be human-made'. Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/30/don…
'How being furloughed affected people’s sense of time and relationship with work' by Victoria J E Jones (@NorthumbriaUni).
Reposted via @conversationuk.
blog.geographydirections.com/2024/04/26/how…