Alice Griffiths
@geogriffi.bsky.social
Teacher, author, geographer. Fairtrade fanatic, landscapes nerd & place junkie. Editing, reviewing and writing #geoged. FRGS. Conservation volunteer. Mum of girls. Views my own.
@emmaespley.bsky.social & GlosGeog GA for a wonderful event investigating the use of #AI in #teaching and #learning. Harry West @scicommsuwe.bsky.social and Alan Marvell of @uniofglos.bsky.social on the use of podcast apps with higher ed v interesting: '90% ... found AI podcasts enhanced learning'
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@emmaespley.bsky.social & GlosGeog GA for a wonderful event investigating the use of #AI in #teaching and #learning. Harry West @scicommsuwe.bsky.social and Alan Marvell of @uniofglos.bsky.social on the use of podcast apps with higher ed v interesting: '90% ... found AI podcasts enhanced learning'
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How a warmer world is making #pregnancy riskier
In @financialtimes.com Ana Bonell & @1verofilippi.bsky.social
discuss the impact of #ExtremeHeat on maternal and newborn health, how the risk is increasing globally and the dangers of heat exposure early in pregnancy.
www.ft.com/content/a6a0...
In @financialtimes.com Ana Bonell & @1verofilippi.bsky.social
discuss the impact of #ExtremeHeat on maternal and newborn health, how the risk is increasing globally and the dangers of heat exposure early in pregnancy.
www.ft.com/content/a6a0...
How a warmer world is making pregnancy riskier
Some scientists argue that the link between increasing heat and adverse maternal outcomes is quietly becoming a public health emergency
www.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How a warmer world is making #pregnancy riskier
In @financialtimes.com Ana Bonell & @1verofilippi.bsky.social
discuss the impact of #ExtremeHeat on maternal and newborn health, how the risk is increasing globally and the dangers of heat exposure early in pregnancy.
www.ft.com/content/a6a0...
In @financialtimes.com Ana Bonell & @1verofilippi.bsky.social
discuss the impact of #ExtremeHeat on maternal and newborn health, how the risk is increasing globally and the dangers of heat exposure early in pregnancy.
www.ft.com/content/a6a0...
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The UK government set itself a very ambitious target - at least 95% clean electricity by 2030.
Targets are one thing - what matters is delivery.
Progress has been made: The numbers of new renewable energy schemes and capacity granted planning permission has skyrocketed.
Targets are one thing - what matters is delivery.
Progress has been made: The numbers of new renewable energy schemes and capacity granted planning permission has skyrocketed.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The UK government set itself a very ambitious target - at least 95% clean electricity by 2030.
Targets are one thing - what matters is delivery.
Progress has been made: The numbers of new renewable energy schemes and capacity granted planning permission has skyrocketed.
Targets are one thing - what matters is delivery.
Progress has been made: The numbers of new renewable energy schemes and capacity granted planning permission has skyrocketed.
Thank you @bbowt.bsky.social for a great introduction to #biodiversitynetgain talk this week. Will be interested to see how it evolves e.g. leading to investment in nature local to the site of developments, or not. Lessons learnts from carbon trading schemes, or not www.bbowt.org.uk/what-we-do/f...
Biodiversity Net Gain | Berks Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
BBOWT's ecology consultancy, Future Nature WTC, provides ecology, biodiversity and land advice services while ensuring the best outcomes for nature. These services include Biodiversity Net Gain using ...
www.bbowt.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Thank you @bbowt.bsky.social for a great introduction to #biodiversitynetgain talk this week. Will be interested to see how it evolves e.g. leading to investment in nature local to the site of developments, or not. Lessons learnts from carbon trading schemes, or not www.bbowt.org.uk/what-we-do/f...
Six inches of #soil film conveys the difference between 'commercial large-scale' agriculture, organic and regenerative, and is a tonne of hope #Alevel #geographyteacher 'Further reading'? www.sixinchesofsoil.org
Six Inches of Soil
The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communitie...
www.sixinchesofsoil.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Six inches of #soil film conveys the difference between 'commercial large-scale' agriculture, organic and regenerative, and is a tonne of hope #Alevel #geographyteacher 'Further reading'? www.sixinchesofsoil.org
Love this new video from @metoffice.gov.uk for GCSE geography. Ideal for teaching about natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change #geographyteacher #womeninSTEM www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MY...
08/03/2025 - What is climate change, and how does it impact our planet? - Met Office explains
YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather
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October 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Love this new video from @metoffice.gov.uk for GCSE geography. Ideal for teaching about natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change #geographyteacher #womeninSTEM www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MY...
Useful resource for #Alevel #geographyteacher - place meaning and place representation
Where Tourists Vs Locals take pictures in New York City
Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either
Surprised?
19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...
Red=Tourist, Blue=Local, Yellow=Could be Either
Surprised?
19 More cities here: brilliantmaps.com/tourists-...
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Useful resource for #Alevel #geographyteacher - place meaning and place representation
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country #Climate
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country #Climate
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🌎Geographical Association Northern Ireland Branch
🌎Hybrid Lecture
📆 21st October
📍 QUB Geography and Online
Sylvia Knight (RMetS) will be speaking on 'El Nino Southern Oscillation & Associated Changes to Global Weather'
REGISTER HERE-
www.eventbrite.com/cc/as-a2-geo...
#GeographyTeacher
🌎Hybrid Lecture
📆 21st October
📍 QUB Geography and Online
Sylvia Knight (RMetS) will be speaking on 'El Nino Southern Oscillation & Associated Changes to Global Weather'
REGISTER HERE-
www.eventbrite.com/cc/as-a2-geo...
#GeographyTeacher
AS & A2 Geography Talks - 2025/26
The Belfast Branch of the Geographical Association has organised a series of talks for school pupils and their teachers to support the delivery of CCEA's AS and A2 specification. These talks take pla...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🌎Geographical Association Northern Ireland Branch
🌎Hybrid Lecture
📆 21st October
📍 QUB Geography and Online
Sylvia Knight (RMetS) will be speaking on 'El Nino Southern Oscillation & Associated Changes to Global Weather'
REGISTER HERE-
www.eventbrite.com/cc/as-a2-geo...
#GeographyTeacher
🌎Hybrid Lecture
📆 21st October
📍 QUB Geography and Online
Sylvia Knight (RMetS) will be speaking on 'El Nino Southern Oscillation & Associated Changes to Global Weather'
REGISTER HERE-
www.eventbrite.com/cc/as-a2-geo...
#GeographyTeacher
Enjoyed listening to this Cautionary Tale about the inventor of CFCs and the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer - nice shoutout for the @bas.ac.uk #geographyteacher www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Sounds - Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford, The Inventor Who Almost Ended the World
Thomas Midgley’s inventions harmed millions, but could they have been foreseen?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Enjoyed listening to this Cautionary Tale about the inventor of CFCs and the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer - nice shoutout for the @bas.ac.uk #geographyteacher www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Insurance industry revises forecasts for flood risk in the UK: ‘We’re not in this because we’re climate campaigners or trying to burnish our credentials or because we have a political agenda. This is a hard-headed calculation, we’re looking at the numbers’. #climatechange #industryvoice
Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain #Climate
Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain
In today’s newsletter: Flooding across Britain is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Insurance industry revises forecasts for flood risk in the UK: ‘We’re not in this because we’re climate campaigners or trying to burnish our credentials or because we have a political agenda. This is a hard-headed calculation, we’re looking at the numbers’. #climatechange #industryvoice
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Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Actually the moves are widely popular with two-thirds supporting
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Actually the moves are widely popular with two-thirds supporting
Interesting read for #geographyteacher updating our understanding of the role of birds in succession #lithosere #Alevelgeography www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A new island erupted from the sea – can it show us how nature works without human interference?
The volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Interesting read for #geographyteacher updating our understanding of the role of birds in succession #lithosere #Alevelgeography www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Looking for professional support as a primary teacher for your geography class?
Below are the CDP events that the GA has lined up to enhance the quality of geography teaching for primary teachers.
Click this link to learn more about the courses: the-ga.org/CPDevents
Below are the CDP events that the GA has lined up to enhance the quality of geography teaching for primary teachers.
Click this link to learn more about the courses: the-ga.org/CPDevents
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Looking for professional support as a primary teacher for your geography class?
Below are the CDP events that the GA has lined up to enhance the quality of geography teaching for primary teachers.
Click this link to learn more about the courses: the-ga.org/CPDevents
Below are the CDP events that the GA has lined up to enhance the quality of geography teaching for primary teachers.
Click this link to learn more about the courses: the-ga.org/CPDevents
When in Westminster to hear about geopolitics from Tim Marshall … #personalispolitical #macromicro #cityselfie
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
When in Westminster to hear about geopolitics from Tim Marshall … #personalispolitical #macromicro #cityselfie
Great poem for #geographyteacher this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYDg...
Benjamin Zephaniah Soho Road
YouTube video by Channel Zero
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October 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Great poem for #geographyteacher this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYDg...
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Are you a National Plant Monitoring Scheme volunteer? 🌿
Don’t miss our online event on 18 Oct celebrating 10 years of NPMS and the amazing work of our volunteers!
Our NPMS Volunteer Manager Rachel will be sharing insights into volunteer roles, opportunities, and accessibility. #NPMS10
Don’t miss our online event on 18 Oct celebrating 10 years of NPMS and the amazing work of our volunteers!
Our NPMS Volunteer Manager Rachel will be sharing insights into volunteer roles, opportunities, and accessibility. #NPMS10
Book now for our online #NPMS10 celebration event on 18 October: https://ow.ly/jlRJ50X4fe4 Rachel Murphy from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social (1 of 4 @npms.bsky.social partners) will be talking about #NPMSVolunteer roles, opportunities & accessibility & hosting an array of #VolunteerVoices.
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Are you a National Plant Monitoring Scheme volunteer? 🌿
Don’t miss our online event on 18 Oct celebrating 10 years of NPMS and the amazing work of our volunteers!
Our NPMS Volunteer Manager Rachel will be sharing insights into volunteer roles, opportunities, and accessibility. #NPMS10
Don’t miss our online event on 18 Oct celebrating 10 years of NPMS and the amazing work of our volunteers!
Our NPMS Volunteer Manager Rachel will be sharing insights into volunteer roles, opportunities, and accessibility. #NPMS10
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🌧️ Forest loss and flooding
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
Interception reduction from deforestation and forest fire increases large-scale fluvial flooding risk - Communications Earth & Environment
Forest coverage loss from wildfires and deforestation increases flood risk for large-scale river catchments by reducing interception, according to analysis of data from twenty-one watersheds in Australia.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🌧️ Forest loss and flooding
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
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Britons back staying in ECHR by 46% to 29%, poll suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Britons back staying in ECHR by 46% to 29%, poll suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Huge pleasure to talk to the lovely Amol Rajan this week. Hoping I made some sense!
Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds
Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Huge pleasure to talk to the lovely Amol Rajan this week. Hoping I made some sense!