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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...world, and the box office success of River Monsters. ...Harry Marshall Harry is the Creative Director of Icon Films – a long established award-winning, UK independent production company. Over the last 25 years Icon Films has produced over 290 hours of high-end factual content for the international market. Harry was born and spent his childhood in India, where he has...
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Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...world – not least because of the variety of geographical, social, political and historical contexts – you are encouraged to think geographically and make links between the different places visited in the International virtual field trip. [The map of the world showing the route travelled as part of the Global South international field trip.] Key questions Why it is...
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Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...world is temporarily closed'] It is fair to say that while sport may be at the centre of a lot of people’s lives, its significance is vastly diminished during this public health crisis. People have been shocked at the postponement of major sports events, such as the 2020 Olympic Games, but this is a minor issue when we consider there are thousands of people around the...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...world's oceans in June 2019. The original race took place in 1968 -69, 50 years before this, and there have been some important changes, many detrimental, in the oceans since the original race. Human activities have produced a variety of changes which are dramatically altering the oceans. Climate change produce by our carbon dioxide inputs is already leading to warmer...
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Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...World Cup appears to confirm research that family influences a players’ introduction and experience of the sport in a variety of ways – from taking up the game to sibling rivalry driving performance. Being an England fan I was already aware of the two sets of brothers in the England squad – Billy and Mako Vunipola and the brothers Ben and Tom Youngs (whose father...
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Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
Nature & Environment

Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?

...World Environment Day . It will focus on the need to live sustainably in harmony with nature, and our possibilities for shifting to a greener lifestyle. It reminds us that our planet is our only home, and we must safeguard its finite resources. Plastic pollution has become one of the biggest concerns. The invention of plastics revolutionised human lifestyles, but the...
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Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
Nature & Environment

Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists

...World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says: “Dramatic and unprecedented warming in the Arctic is driving sea level rise, affecting weather patterns around the world and may trigger even more changes in the climate system. “The rate of change is challenging the current scientific capacity to monitor and predict what is becoming a journey into uncharted territory.”...
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A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...world wars. Weather prediction helped the 1944 D-Day landings succeed, but equally armies have often waited for bad weather to attack, such as during the Ardennes counter-offensive later that year. For most of the 20th century, the Met Office provided a public service in supplying weather forecasts to the BBC and conducting atmospheric science research. It has acquired an...
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