A new analysis of America’s 28 largest population centers found that all but three are sinking overall, and in many cases significantly. The problem is nationwide, affecting cities as scattered as Houston, Seattle, Detroit and Charlotte. nyti.ms/3GJzHMF

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Maps illustrating the Hydrological Summary for March 2025.

💧Latest Hydrological Summary shows:
-Below-average March rainfall in all areas of UK after dry winter
-Many rivers in N & W have exceptionally low flows
-Record low March groundwater levels in N Ireland, Scotland, Wales

🔎https://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-04/HS_202503.pdf

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Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found. With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations already living with water scarcity. Continue reading...

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

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Climate change adaptation..

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‘Even the sound of the water has changed’: can Bogotá bring its wetlands back from the brink? The marshes in Colombia’s capital are sacred to Indigenous peoples, provide vital wildlife habitats and could help the city adapt to climate change. But after centuries of development they are close t...

‘Even the sound of the water has changed’: can Bogotá bring its wetlands back from the brink? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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New sunlight beats old sunlight!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

23.01.2025 08:15 — 👍 2344    🔁 370    💬 52    📌 30

where the world stands on the paris climate agreement, as of today:

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Let’s start a #geogchat

Don’t think it exists yet?

Once a week, chat about about geography teaching. Press ❤️and repost to spread the word!

#geographyteacher

19.01.2025 14:54 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0

These look brilliant! Looking at developing a similar unit of learning aswell. Great food for thought!!

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