Bob Lang
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Geographer, FRGS, C.Geog, Dad, Geography teacher, GIS, Geospatial tech, viola player, follows Wigan Warriors RL
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How the US has overtaken China's investments in Africa
As the two nations vie for key materials, the US has regained the lead in foreign direct investments in African countries.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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As record numbers leave New Zealand, why are most people choosing Australia?
As record numbers leave New Zealand, why are most people choosing Australia?
A weak economy is pushing more New Zealanders across the ‘ditch’ in hope of a better life – and higher wages
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November 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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School Y7 food investigation. Data collected from 3 year 7 classes using Microsoft, map and symbolised in Esri ArcGIS Online. Students can then investigate where their food comes from.
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School Y7 food investigation. Data collected from 3 year 7 classes using Microsoft, map and symbolised in Esri ArcGIS Online. Students can then investigate where their food comes from.
#GISinschools
#HowiusedGIStoday
#GIS
#ArcGISOnline
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
30dayMapChallenge Day 1 Points arcg.is/1ab5ua4
School Y7 food investigation. Data collected from 3 year 7 classes using Microsoft, map and symbolised in Esri ArcGIS Online. Students can then investigate where their food comes from.
#GISinschools
#HowiusedGIStoday
#GIS
#ArcGISOnline
School Y7 food investigation. Data collected from 3 year 7 classes using Microsoft, map and symbolised in Esri ArcGIS Online. Students can then investigate where their food comes from.
#GISinschools
#HowiusedGIStoday
#GIS
#ArcGISOnline
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England's most deprived areas named - with Jaywick topping list
Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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www.news.com.au/finance/busi... a gt resource for school geography
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October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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What are 'leaky dams' and how do they protect Gloucestershire?
Streams are being blocked with branches in Shropshire to protect communities in Gloucestershire.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges
In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges
Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals
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October 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK
Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why
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October 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China's dominance
The US and Australia agreed to a framework that includes investments in projects to expand mining and processing of rare earth and critical minerals.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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RGS GeographicalMag article on China & renewable energy Gt for alevel post16 geography links to Superpowers & energy
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
RGS GeographicalMag article on China & renewable energy Gt for alevel post16 geography links to Superpowers & energy
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What are rare earths and critical minerals – explained in 30 seconds
What are rare earths and critical minerals – explained in 30 seconds
Rare earths are a specific category of critical minerals crucial for defence, auto and electronic industries that have become a flashpoint in diplomacy and trade
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
What are rare earths and critical minerals – explained in 30 seconds
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#30DayMapChallenge - November’s 30DayMapChallenge is fast approaching - and the daily themes for this year’s event have been released! googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/10/30-d...
30 Day Map Challenge
Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#30DayMapChallenge - November’s 30DayMapChallenge is fast approaching - and the daily themes for this year’s event have been released! googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/10/30-d...
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China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths
The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year
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October 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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"We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive; what we need are economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow.”
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"Because GDP is the emperor of all indicators, everything else becomes subordinate to it".
On the need to move beyond worshipping economic growth
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On the need to move beyond worshipping economic growth
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October 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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It’s happening again in November. 30 days and 30 themes for maps. Take part, learn something new and have fun. That’s what #30DayMapChallenge is about 🌎
October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s happening again in November. 30 days and 30 themes for maps. Take part, learn something new and have fun. That’s what #30DayMapChallenge is about 🌎
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India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
The project comes as China presses ahead with the US$167 billion (S$216 billion) Yaxia project upstream of Riew. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages
Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages
Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to Arablish
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September 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages
@rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social Geographical article on water security, sovereignty security this month October post16 geography
September 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social Geographical article on water security, sovereignty security this month October post16 geography
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McSpaghetti to McAloo Tikki: Inside the world's local McDonald's
From paneer wraps in India to ski-through burgers in Sweden, photojournalist Gary He's new book McAtlas shows that the world's most global chain is also one of the most local.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Key oceans treaty crosses critical threshold to come into force
Sixty states have ratified a global treaty to protect the oceans - it will become law in January.
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September 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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A high-risk mega-dam in Ethiopia
It could power the region or plunge it into conflict
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September 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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