Question of the day...

Is Liverpool an urban heat island?

Investigating some variables such as temperature, pollution and albedo (definitely albedo) effect today! Themometer, camera and brain at the ready :)

Tallest Building in the EU (If we stay that is...)

The Shard Building (View from the London Eye)

The Natural History Museum

A little sad I did not get to see the dinosours however never fear, one step into the red zone of the museum and you will be welcomed to the fantastic world of Earth Science!

Kobe Supermarket! I have always wanted to visit Kobe!

- - - - EARTHQUAKE SIMULATOR - - - -

Dream to be in an earthquake partially came true :)

Destruction in the earthquake from the 6.8 (Mw) earthquake!

GIS and layers! Unit 4A geog knowledge :D

Probably the greatest room I have ever been in. Mind blowing!

Plate tectonics globe - easily made with papier-mache perhaps!

The Ultimate Ring of Fire

Victims of Pompeii (Props)

Victims of Pompeii (Taken at Pompeii 4 years ago)

Maybe one day I could work for the BGS :)

London!

I advise anyone and everyone to get down to London. It is a central hub of all things amazing, and most definitely lives up to its name as a World City! London has so many fantastic things to offer with so much geographical awesomeness hidden around every corner (and perhaps a TARDIS here and there).

It's Snowing!

Snow has finally fell on Liverpool! #actinglikeachildwhenitsnows But there have been many disruptions to transport,work and school... Transports networks are rapidly trying to respond to this snow that has hit England, Wales and Scotland. The sound of sirens as you arrive home from school brings the reality to how dangerous these weather conditions are. Thousands of schools have been closed and the students / teachers sent home - except of course if you are one of the 7 in my school with an afternoon exam. How long will the snow go on for? Will the number of accidents be limited with officials working as hard as they can? School on Monday? I hope so! 

Froggy has been caught out in the snow! Uh oh!

It's -6 degrees Celsius in my garden!  

My dog has had a fun day playing! :)

Merry Christmas Mali!

As I have the pleasure of investigating Mali for my extended project essay, I wish all the children there a wonderful and happy christmas!

Flooding on Christmas day...

Flooding on Christmas day...

"There is nothing worse than not being with your family at Christmas"

But hey the communties have spirit! Nothing is going to stop the children enjoying themselves on Christmas. Wood wind band outside. Christmas is still here.

Environmental agency have been putting up flood defences today... too late?

Santa Claus is coming to town...!

Using my geographical map skills! 

Guessing which countries Santa will be at next on...

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/track.html :)

Geographers Assemble...?

The great geographer/geologist Iain Stewart and aspiring geographer me :)

Tectonic Hazards Geography Conference

An amazing day filled with lectures from some of the greatest Geographers.

Sue Warm and her brilliant take on global trends in geophysical, hydrometeorological, biological and climatological hazards.

Dr Martin Degg and his interesting presentation on the nature and history of volcanic hazards in Italy, including the super volcano that half a million people are living in.

Professor Fiona Tweed and her wonderful discussion on constructive boundaries and Iceland. Future goal... to visit the Icelandic volcanoes including EYJAFJALLAJOKULL!

Dr Peter Matanle and his deep talk on whether a "hope beyond disaster" is a valid assessment of the responses of natural disasters focusing in particular on Japan.. Prior to this, earlier in the morning, Japan had an earthquake of 7.3. Wow!

David Redfern and his fantastic advice on the role of players and strategies in case studies. Thinking like a geographer of course! 

And not to forget... Professor Iain Stewart and his out of this world presentation on earthquakes: the good, the bad and the ugly! Which was extremely good!! He went into so many different aspects of earthquakes and what we should be doing in the future for earthquakes, which is most important! Probably could have sat and listened to him all day, phenomenal!

Overall... it was pretty awesome! :)