Continental shift evidence

Nice video with suitable music too. Thanks for twitter link from@Volcanologist 

Coastal Erosion in Cornwall

Look at this amazing footage showing coastal erosion (mass movement) in action. Not often this is caught on film. Ideal stuff here for Higher Lithosphere later on in the year.

Limestone pavement

Thanks to SLN for the tip-off here. Nice limestone pavement footage and the S5/6 class will recognise someone who goes on and on even more than I do!

Weathering and Erosion

Landslides

Just as we talked about today in class S5/6. Geography in your face yet again. (Stop groaning!. Here is a short video on an Italian landslide
Italian landslide

Glaciation revision

Glaciation Basic features
Thanks to Mark Cowan for sharing his geography poems – anything that helps you learn this stuff folk! See his blog here http://poemsforgeography.blogspot.com

Hoderness coastal erosion

Find more videos like this on Key Stage 3 Geography Ning

Rock on!

Another good article from tonight’s One Show but this time all about limestone landscapes. Check this out on BBC iPlayer if you missed it. Great pics of Malham Cove for Higher and Int 2 and fabulous aerial photography. You can see this from tomorrow. Link here

When rockets go bad

How can you miss a 17 feet long crack?!!!!
Nothing to do with geography but …………….wow! This one melted car tyres and the tarmac too.

Ice Age Britain - Glaciation in the Carngorms

This is an old BBC programme which revises glaciation for S4 and S5/6. I know the programme is dated but this kind of geography never changes. Give it a go! Thanks to Val Vannet for highlighting this one. Click the photo.

To develop a quarry or not

Good video here stating arguments for and against this type of development. Who would you vote for and why? Would you think the same if you lived in the are or if you were unemployed?
Thanks to Miss Ellis for highlighting this one.

Mass Movements in Action

A landslip described as "the worst for 100 years" has destroyed more than 400 metres (1,312 ft) of Dorset's World Heritage Jurassic Coast.
The earth movement blocked a stretch of beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth at 2031 BST on Tuesday. The area is part of 95 miles (153 km) of Dorset and east Devon known as the Jurassic Coast, with rocks recording 185 million years of the earth's history. See video here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7388310.stm and here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7388564.stm.

Lyme Regis is built on a particularly unstable stretch of coastline and previous smaller landslips have exposed fossils on the beaches.
The coastline has seen numerous stabilisation projects in the past to stop it from crumbling into the sea.

Antarctic shelf 'hangs by thread'

A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from Antarctica. Since an ice shelf is a floating platform of ice, the break-up will have no impact on sea level. But scientists say it heightens concerns over the impact of climate change on this part of Antarctica. Link here.If you can watch this video here for amazing photography footage in Antarctica. Find out about glacier calving here and watch the youtube video also. Watch for the running penguins! Not so much happy feet but nearly wet feet. Would you fancy being in those kayaks?

Melting glaciers start countdown to climate chaos

Good article here talking about the local and global impact of melting glaciers. Good revision for S grade and S3, who are doing this section right now.

Lithosphere Higher and Int 2 Physical Environment links

Coastal site. Just thought I’d post this while I remember about it. Use it for revision of all the topics we have now finished. Click the link above.And also this one on limestone. Brilliant stuff from the BBC for us. Use all the links on the left especially the maps. Click the link again.

Higher / Int 2 Glaciation link designed for S5/6 students in Edinburgh. In particular, you should explore the 'Glacial landscapes' section from the menu panel on the left side of the home page. Remember! You need to be able to refer to an area of upland glaciation for questions which may appear for Higher in the Rural Land Resources section of paper 2. Click the link to follow and more info here. Can you recognise some features on the map below? Good for S grade to see what they can identify too.

Glacial Erosion

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Glacial deposition

Glacial Deposition

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Titan Limestone cave

Titan's main shaft is 460ft (140m) deep, as high as the London Eye, sculpted out of limestone by rain water over millions of years.
Local potholer and underground explorer Dave Nixon led the team that discovered it in 1999, near Castleton.
Read this and watch the video also. Also have a look at the virtual tour of white scar cave at Ingleborough here. More of this later when the seniors return from study leave.

Reminder about Audio Bites

This is a good page to revise your glaciation features. Listen to the formation of a glacial trough or U shaped valley. Plucking useful! Rest here.

A glaciation reminder
If you think I’m a bit weird at times you need to watch these guys describing glacial features. Say no more!

Coastal Erosion

Watch the flags go! Bawdsey is a village in Suffolk, England near Felixstowe.
See a map of this area here