Geographical articles from February 2002

Geographical archives from February 2002

Individuals must act. (From The Editor).(global warming)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... AS I WRITE THIS, IT IS SNOWING OUTSIDE MY WINDOW - WHICH IS QUITE UNUSUAL FOR A SEASIDE town on the south coast. However, aside from this, the weather and environment seem pretty predictable for the time of year. The mornings are dark and...

Doom down under. (Prize Letter with Amazon.co.uk).
February 1, 2002... I write in response to your editorial Travel with care in the January 2002 issue, discussing responsible tourism. I have recently returned from 11 months in Australia and some points have occurred to me regarding responsible tourism, in view of...

Education is lacking. (Your Letters).
February 1, 2002... I write in support of Elliot Robertson's editorial comments in Why the government must do its geography homework, within the RGS (with IBG) news section of your January issue. While I think the new, fresh look to the magazine is generally to...

Good news rag. (Your Letters).
February 1, 2002... You have started 2002 with one of the most encouraging and inspiring articles you have published for a long time. This is the feature on cowpea farming in Nigeria. So many magazines concerned with geography and the environment focus on how...

Pigeon post-humously. (Your Letters).
February 1, 2002... Continuing the discussion about explorer Andree's pigeons (Out and about, July 2000; and Letters December 2001 and January 2002), more can be gleaned about the events in the book Med rnen mot polen, published in Stockholm in 1931. It was based...

Where am I from? (Your Letters).
February 1, 2002... From which county would you be posting a letter using this stamp? Answer: USA

Baboons think like humans. (Global).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Scientists have proved that baboons (Papio papio) are capable of abstract thought -- a central aspect of human intelligence previously displayed only by apes. A male and female baboon were trained to use a personal computer and a joystick...

Silt threat to dams. (Global).(United Nations' Dams Development Project)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... The build-up of silt behind many of the world's dams means reservoirs are losing their capacity to hold water, says the United Nations. On average, reservoirs are losing one per cent of their capacity every year, cutting into the estimated...

Programme saves rare species in UK. (UK).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Many rare countryside species, such as the ladybird spider and the dormouse, are showing significant signs of recovery, English Nature has reported. The government advisory body started its 6million [pounds sterling] Species Recovery...

The North Atlantic right whale -- so called because during the 17th and 18th centuries it was considered by whalers to be the `right' whale to hunt -- have declined in number to `below replacement level,' as females are dying.(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * The North Atlantic right whale -- so called because during the 17th and 18th centuries it was considered by whalers to be the `right' whale to hunt -- have declined in number to `below replacement level,' as females are dying. Scientists at...

Lights observed over Khmelnitsky nuclear plant in Ukraine panicked locals but according to local authorities were caused by "an extraordinary natural phenomenon"..(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * Lights observed over Khmelnitsky nuclear plant in Ukraine panicked locals but according to local authorities were caused by "an extraordinary natural phenomenon". However, Russian scientist Alexey Yablokov said the Civil Committee on National...

The world's smallest lizard, the dwarf gecko (Jaragua Sphaero) has been discovered on the tiny island of Beate in the Caribbean.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * The world's smallest lizard, the dwarf gecko (Jaragua Sphaero) has been discovered on the tiny island of Beate in the Caribbean. It has a body length of just 16mm.

A plan for the Kennet and Avon canal has won a Landscape Institute Award for Strategic Landscape Planning.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * A plan for the Kennet and Avon canal has won a Landscape Institute Award for Strategic Landscape Planning. The Waterway Conservation and Regeneration Group is guiding the five-year programme to boost the canal's biodiversity and make heritage...

The European Commission has proposed a recovery plan for cod and hake stocks in EU waters..(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * The European Commission has proposed a recovery plan for cod and hake stocks in EU waters. It includes ensuring quotas are not `overshot' by reducing the time fishing boats spend at sea, and plans for each boat to be monitored by satellite.

Icebergs block sea. (Antarctica).(US icebreakers sent to Ross Sea)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... US icebreakers are attempting to breach a 120-kilometre ice jam in Antarctica's Ross Sea. Two mammoth icebergs which have created the blockage are so large they have upset the area's sea currents and wind patterns. The US Coastguard has...

Mountains matter: 2002 is the International Year of Mountains. This month Martin Price, Director of the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College and Chair of the RGS-IBG Mountain Research Group, focuses on diminishing glaciers. (worldwatch).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... In the cold of winter, glaciers seem to he unchanging masses of ice high on the mountains. In the summer, they provide vital meltwater for agriculture, industry and for millions of householders in both mountain areas and far-distant cities. Yet...

Coca eradiction crisis deepens. (Bolivia).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Negotiations between the Bolivian government and the coca farmers in Chapare, the region where the policy of enforced eradication of coca production was thought to have been most successful, has brought an end to recent road blockades set up by...

Mekong Bridge unites Cambodians. (Cambodia).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Thousands of Cambodians have been celebrating the opening of the Mekong Bridge, linking eastern and western Cambodia by road for the first time. Previously, the only way to cross the Mekong river, which splits the country in two, was by...

From the archives: February. (News).
February 1, 2002... 1956 Geographical focuses on Oxford's traffic, that clogs the city's streets and spoils its architectural charm. Oxford's high street, or `The High' as it is known, is described as "one of the most beautiful streets in the world -- or...

Logging threat. (Kenya).(government plans Mau forest and Mount Kenya forest clearings)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Opposition is growing to a controversial plan by the government of Kenya to clear ten per cent of the country's forests, including the Mau forest in the Great Rift valley, and Mount Kenya, a World Heritage Site. It has even defied a ruling...

Nature a victim of war on terrorism. (Afghanistan).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The war against terrorism has made Afghanistan's environments some of the most degraded in the world, experts have warned. Even before the latest fighting, decades of conflict had ensured much of the country's lands had been irreversibly...

Danger on the high seas: Dr Mark Spalding highlights the threat of rising seas -- the potentially devastating and likely impact of a global temperature rise on the world's oceans. (Climate).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... CLIMATE Over the last century, sea levels worldwide have risen by about 18 centimetres. In certain parts of the world, slow rises or falls in the Earth's crust may mask or exaggerate this change, but the fact of sea level rise is now well...

Do your bit: drinking water on tap, online. (Global).(fund raising via Internet)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... GLOBAL You can help supply clean water to Asian and African countries without spending a penny of your own money. Seems too good to be true? Well, it's not. Thames Water is supplying clean drinking water to people in developing countries...

Turtle trouble. (United States).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A hospital for turtles in Florida, USA, says it is treating a record number of turtles with tumours, which it believes could be due to warming seas. Turtles have been found with tumours on their eyes, flippers and internal organs. The...

Facing up to the fact. (environment).(waste of water)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... In the developing world, 60 per cent of water use for crop irrigation is waster and over half of the water in cities is lost through leaks

Dutch brothers bring myths to maps... Continuing our series, map expert Jonathan Potter discusses one particularly elegant map of Europe. (Map Of The Month).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ONE OF THE GREATEST CARTOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS OF ANY PERIOD IS THE ATLAS MAJOR, published by the Blaeu brothers, Joan and Willem, in Amsterdam from 1662 to 1672. The work was produced in editions of as many as 12 volumes in Latin, French,...

Just add water: Egyptian investors and small-time farmers are buying cheap `farmland' in the Western Desert thanks to one of the world's largest -- and most controversial -- infrastructure projects. (Farming The Desert).
February 1, 2002... WHEN THE SEARCHING HEAT DRIVES THE MERCURY PAST 45 [degrees] C, Hamed Abdel Kader escapes to the concrete hut he shares with his wife, two adult sons, 12 ducks and 12 chickens; it's just too hot to toil in the fields. The veteran farmer...

Changes afoot at the oasis: Jose Navarro visited Egypt's five oases to see how changes are affecting the desert dwellers. (Farming The Desert).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The `New Valley' development, of which Toshka is a part, is changing life across Egypt's five Western Desert oases. SIWA: Siwa, 800 kilometres northwest of Cairo, is the most remote of these oases. Despite the encroaching desert, this is...

Egypt: the land fed by the mighty Nile was a cradle to one of the world's greatest civilisations, whose monuments still dominate the landscape as reminders of its ancient glory. (Fact Finder).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt Population: 69,500,000 Capital: Cairo Currency: Egyptian Pound Religion: Islam 94 per cent, Christian 6 per cent Language: Arabic Area: 997,740 sq km Independence After...

A Volga habit: for the community of Tsagan Aman in Russia, caviar is no delicacy. It is a matter of life and death. (Caviar Culture)(Cover Story).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The community of Tsagan Aman in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, make their living poaching sturgeon from the river Volga. With little agriculture and no industry in the region, poaching is the community's only means of survival. But sturgeon...

Telling tiger tales: a writer, film-maker and tireless conservationist, Valmik Thapar has dedicated his life to studying and protecting the wildlife of his native India. His greatest hope is that a tiger will one day take up residence in the new forest parkland he helped to create. (Geographical Interview).(Interview)
February 1, 2002... SOME PEOPLE HAVE A BEARING YOU NEVER forget. As an avid viewer of the 1997 BBC television series Land of the Tiger, I was struck by the powerful presence of the presenter as he took the viewer on a magical wildlife safari around the Indian...

Travels on a higher plain. (Inside Ladakh).(Brief Article)(Illustration)
February 1, 2002... High on the Tibetan plateau, nestling between the Karakoram and Himalaya mountains, lies Ladakh -- a rocky desert land at the northernmost tip of India. For centuries, the high-altitude trails that scar its plains and breach its mountain passes...

Magical history tour: beneath the cosy houses, streets and car parks of suburban Liverpool lies a forgotten world -- a subterranean labyrinth of seemingly endless tunnels, cavernous chambers and brick-arched rooms. Now, thanks to the work of two dedicated groups of enthusiasts, this 19th-century underground folly is being opened to the public for the first time. (Secret Liverpool).(Illustration)
February 1, 2002... DOWN A WINDING SUBTERRANEAN STAIRWAY BENEATH the tarmac car park of a student halls of residence in Liverpool, hides a vast chamber with a brick ceiling so intricate it could grace any chapel. Our heads almost butt against it, for the cavern we...

Chilling evidence: each year, the hole in the southern hemisphere's ozone layer grows, threatening the health -- and ultimately the lives -- of the planet's flora and fauna. In response to the danger, the world's authorities introduced a ban on chloroflurocarbons, or CFCs --industrial ozone-depleting gasses. Far from preventing their use, the ban sparked a black-market trade in CFCs that spans continents. (CFC Smuggling).
February 1, 2002... THE RICKSHAW RATTLED UNCHALLENGED across the Indian-Nepalese border. Soon after, its driver, Sonata Shahi, disembarked at the nearby bus depot in the Indian town of Jogbani and hid his contraband -- two battered metal cylinders. Inside were...

Geographical Photographer of the Year 2002: win a unique 16-day safari in South Africa, courtesy of Classic Retreats, and a Hasselblad Xpan Camera worth over 1,600 [pounds sterling]. (Photo Competition).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... For over 65 years, Geographical has been renowned for its authority and expertise, exploring the world and its people and highlighting the diversity of cultures, wildlife and landscapes that make up our ever-changing planet. Bringing the world...

Ibn Battutah (1304-1368): possibly the greatest explorer of the Old World, his exploits are known to the modern one thanks only to the foresight of a sultan. (Late, great geographers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... What was he famous for? Abu Abdallah Ibn Battutah covered more than 116,000 kilometres over the course of 29 years and was dubbed the greatest traveller of the Old World for his efforts. Between 1325 and 1354, his journeys took him from...

Sir Peter Blake killed by pirates in the Amazon. (people).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2002... Yachtsman adventurer Sir Peter Blake, has been killed by armed pirates who boarded his Seamaster vessel near Macapa, not far from the mouth of the Amazon river. Two of his crew were injured in the robbery, while the gang responsible were...

Who said that?(Sir Ernest Shackleton)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... "Men wanter for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful, honour and recognition in the event of success." Supposed advert from early 1907, placed in The Times by Sir Ernest...

A toast to the the Serengeti: Jonathan Scott and his wife Angie feel at home on safari. Here the photographer, author and presenter of BBC's Big Cat Diary describes a trip to favourite haunts. (Out of Africa).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... It is very hard for photographers not to see the world as a series of individual moments, snapshots just waiting to be taken. Angle and I travel to some of the world's most pristine wildernesses -- from the icy extremes of Antarctica to the...

Allan Thornton, Conservationist and Director of Environmental Investigation Agency. (Straight talk).(Brief Article)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... You were given a lifetime achievement award at the recent BBC Animal Awards. Can you give us a brief overview of your work? I have spent most of the past 25 years in conservation. In Greenpeace, I helped purchase its Rainbow Warrior in the...

Learning how the world works with geography.(Editorial)
February 1, 2002... A recent survey showed that 62 per cent of pupils aged 13-14 thought that geography would be useful to them when they left school. This figure rose to 82 per cent when the question was put to children who had opted to study the subject for...

Child slavery investigated. (lecture news).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... On 19 November 2001, Rose McCausland and Michael St Maur Sheil spoke of their recent investigations into child slavery in West Africa. In a lecture illustrated with poignant slides, they discussed the effects on the lives of the many thousands...

People at the Society: February will take Society visitors on a passage to Africa, through deserts, jungles and beyond Machu Picchu. (In Society: a round-up of news, views, and events happening this month at the Society).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Benedict Allen Continuing this popular interview series, author and explorer Benedict Allen talks to Libby Purves about his life in the world's deserts and jungles. In association with Discovery Networks Europe George Alagiah ...

Geography teacher receives award for outstanding website. (In Society: a round-up of news, views, and events happening this month at the Society).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Geography teacher Keith Phipps, described as a one-man IT phenomenon, came first at the National Teaching Awards. Keith, from King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham, was one of ten award-winning teachers out of thousands of...

Fellows' funding for fieldwork. (In Society: a round-up of news, views, and events happening this month at the Society).(Slawson Awards)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... By the kind generosity of Fellows Paul and Mary Slawson, for the second year running, up to 4,000 [pounds sterling] is available for PhD students intending to carry out geographical field research outside the UK. Undertaking field research...

Benefits of joining the Society and subscribing to Geographical. (In Society: a round-up of news, views, and events happening this month at the Society).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is a world centre for geographers and geographical learning, dedicated to the development and promotion of knowledge together with its application to the challenges facing society and the environment....

Society events. (RGS-IBG News).
February 1, 2002... Events at the society take place at 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR. If no contact number is given, you can obtain more details by calling: 0207 591 3100 At the Society 4 February, 6.30 pm Grasslands -- Humanity's Forgotten...

Kit yourself out for your next trip: all for free! (Reader Offer).(contest)
February 1, 2002... Geographical readers have the chance to win 5 sets of Craghoppers travel kit worth a total of 1,500 [pounds sterling]. Each winner will receive the essentials for a tropical trip -- a versatile zip-off pair of trousers that double as shorts, a...

Campfire tales. (exploration & discovery).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Each February, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) invites those expeditions and overseas field research projects that it has helped to fund in the previous year to report their findings in person. The evening event gives a flavour of the...

Britain and Russia take Siberian challenge. (Expedition news).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The possibility of a collaborative expedition between serving British and Russian members of the armed forces would have seemed inconceivable just a short time ago. It took more than three years of detailed negotiations, but finally Exercise...

Icelandic lava. (Expedition news).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The eruption of nearly 15 cubic km of basaltic lava from the Laki fissures, South Iceland, during 1783-1784, produced a flow field that covered approximately 580 sq km and filled two major river valleys, one to overflowing. The Laki expeditions...

Madagascan reefs. (Expedition news).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A team of eight research divers and a film crew from Edinburgh University, working for the Edinburgh University Coral Awareness and Research Expedition (EUcare) have returned from charting two coral reef systems in the south of Madagascar....

Greenland circumnavigation.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Greenland circumnavigation With five years and 1,050km of travelling behind them, Lonnie Dupre and John Hoelscher have completed the first circumnavigation of Greenland by dog sled and kayak. The expedition duo set out on their five-year...

Bahamas bound.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Bahama bound Four years ago the first Greenforce expedition had three staff and two volunteers. This year they will send 260 volunteers accompanied by 30 staff to five destinations. Its latest research project has now begun in the Bahamas, and...

Funding for polar explorers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Funding for polar explorers Gino Watkins was a celebrated young explorer who drowned while kayaking off the coast of Greenland in 1932. Edward Wilson died with Captain Scott on their return from the South Pole in 1912. These two giants in the...

Geographical Information Systems for expeditions and fieldwork.(workshop)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Geographical Information Systems for expeditions and fieldwork at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR A two-day workshop designed to explain the range of tools and techniques known as Geographical Information...

Mountain moves mapped: Imperial College. Bogda Shan expedition uses satellite images to analyse environment changes. (exploration & discovery).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The tectonic forces acting on the Asian plate, some 2,000km north of the Indo-Eurasian collision, create some of the most startling contrasts in elevation found on Earth. This is especially pronounced in the Bogda Shan mountains in China, where...

Explorers' forum. (exploration & discovery).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Get in touch with fellow explorers and adventurers. Buy your kit, sell, swap, exchange expedition gear, recruit team members... it's all covered here Want to film your expedition? Stellarvision, an award-winning TV production company...

Arctic year: Mark Evans writes from the Arctic, telling of the explorer who inspires his team. (Letters from high latitudes).(fighting boredom in the Arctic)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The onset of total darkness throws body clocks into confusion, and makes significant travel here difficult. Routine is the key to our survival, and we are devotees of the Parry School of Arctic Survival. William Edward Parry (pictured,...

Gear in association with Expedition Kit Ltd. (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Northern outfitters EXP jacket, plus Arctic liner With an Arctic shell and a vital fixed hood, this jacket turned from a parka that could be used in less extreme conditions to one that protected me in the worst winter in living memory. Its...

Jim Curran's survival tips. (News).(mountaineering )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A Sheffield-based freelance film-maker, writer, lecturer and climber, Jim Curran has made 14 mountaineering documentaries (including two on Mount Everest) featuring the greatest names of contemporary British mountaineering, such as Chris...

Star factory. (technology).(newly observed nebula named Hubble V)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This campfire-like II image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a magnificent nebula, or `star factory', in a neighbouring galaxy. The glowing gas cloud, with a diameter of about 200 light years, has been named Hubble V. it is...

Mapping the mind. (technology).(computer atlas of the human brain )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Scientists from around the world are working on a 10million [pounds sterling] project to create the most sophisticated computer atlas of the human brain yet. Neurological cartographer Dr Arthur Toga from the University of California, Los...

The man who lit up the world. (talking innovation).(Thomas Alva Edison )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Cartoon characters who have a bright idea are typically drawn with a light bulb above their heads. But what appeared above Thomas Edison's head when he had the idea for the electric lamp? Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) patented 1,093 designs...

Two wheels may replace two legs for urban travel. (technology).(Segway Human Transporter)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A two-wheeled, self-propelled, upright scooter engineered to increase urban mobility is to go on the market soon. The battery-powered Segway Human Transporter (HT) is capable of 20kmph, about three times faster than the speed of the average...

A stairway to heaven. (technology).(designing a space elevator)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... By the next century huge elevators may be transporting people and materials from the Earth's surface into space. Though it may sound like a creation of Arthur C Clarke, David Smitherman, who works for the NASA Advanced Projects Office, believes...

Digital blitzkrieg. (technology).(USA uses technology against the Taliban)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The USA has used ultra-modern technology in its campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan, which has surprised many experts. Referred to as the `tactical internet' or Force XXI, by the US Department of Defense, the US military machine has...

The Mountain Traveller's Handbook: Your companion from city to summit. (Pick of the month: the ultimate mountain guide).
February 1, 2002... The Mountain Traveller's Handbook: Your companion from city to summit by Paul Deegan The British Mountaineering Council, pb, pp 224, 13 [pounds sterling] The world's mountain ranges, once accessible only to a privileged few, are now luring...

Falkland Adventure. (Pick of the month: island adventure).
February 1, 2002... Falkland Adventure by Andrew Coe Bluebell Publishing, hb, pp 88 14.99 [pounds sterling] On page 85 of this month's Geographical, Andrew Coe writes about his family's epic adventure from southern Chile to Brazil in their Land Rover...

Go MAD! 365 daily ways to save the planet. (Geographical reviews: be an eco-warrior).
February 1, 2002... Go mad! 365 daily ways to save the planet Think Publishing, 3.99 [pounds sterling], pb, pp176. You may be the world's most avid conservationist, but being human your memory will often fail you. The pace of life today is fast; decisions...

In-flight fitness. (Geographical reviews: sky-high health).
February 1, 2002... In-flight fitness Dreas Reyneke with Helen Varley Orion, pb, pp 200, 5.99 [pounds sterling] Are you in search of some sunshine? Before you head off on a long-distance flight to warmer climes, this handy paperback is worth a look. As well...

Wild Africa.
February 1, 2002... Wild Africa BBC Video Running Time: 300min. (6x50min.) 19.99 [pounds sterling] The dramatic and unusual opening shots of the Wild Africa videos create a high level of expectancy. Stunning images of animals mingle in a dynamic sequence, and...

Secret Jungle. (Geographical reviews: the big green: this month's top choice takes you eyeball to eyeball with jungle creatures).
February 1, 2002... Secret Jungle By Nicole Viloteau, Flammarion, hb, pp 198, 28 [pounds sterling] This marvellous coffee table book is the culmination of one woman's solo explorations in the planet's jungles over the course of 25 years. Secret Jungle is a...

Time & Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu. (Geographical reviews: Atoll story).
February 1, 2002... Time & Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu By Peter Bennetts and Tony Wheeler, Lonely Planet, pb, 12.99 [pound sterling] One of the world's smallest nations, Tuvalu, in the South Pacific, is bearing the brunt of global warming as rising waters...

A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals. (Geographical reviews: gone but not forgotten).
February 1, 2002... A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten William Heinemann, hb, pp 224 20 [pound sterling] Menageries don't come any more morbid than this. A catalogue of extinction stretching back 500...

Where in the world? (Competition).
February 1, 2002... Your chance to win this pukka puffa by identifying the mystery country from the following clues 1 This country is known as the home of the little people 2 There is a smaller population here now than in the mid-19th century 3 This...

Questions & answers. (Mind map).(volcanoes, coastal erosion, ancient buildings,)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... NEW LAND ON EARTH Are volcanoes and the movement of the Earth's plates creating new land (above sea level) faster than land is being eroded through coastal erosion? The volume of the seas is increasing now, as global climate warms,...

Where am I? (Mind map).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The first correct entry drawn from a hat after 1 March, will receive a world-band Roberts Radio, worth 65 [pound sterling], an ideal travelling companion. The radio comes with a carrying pouch and a BBC World Service guide to year-round,...

On location. (Mind map).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Can you name the film and the US state where it was made from these clues? The most recent of many film versions of an 1826 novel by James Fennimore Cooper was made in 1992 by Michael Mann. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, it follows the...

Turtle Island joins hotel initiative. (travel).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A tourist resort in Fiji's Yasawa Islands, Turtle Island, has become the first associate member of the International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI). The Initiative, whose president is the Prince of Wales, is a programme established by the...

Offsetting plane pollution won't cost the Earth. (travel).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... On an overseas holiday, your flight will cause more environmental damage than all other activities combined. This is because aeroplane engines produce a cocktail of exhaust gases that contribute to global warming. In just an eight-hour flight,...

Walking with wolves. (travel).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Carpathian Mountains are one of the most pristine ecosystems remaining in Europe, and home to wolves, linx and bears (as well as Dracula's Castle). The Carpathian Large Carnivore Conservation Project is working with the local community...

Travel Doctor. (travel).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... DEAR DOCTOR I am flying to Antigua next month with both my children. However the oldest, Zoe, who is three, has come into contact with another child who has since developed chickenpox. What are the chances she will get it too, and will she...

Location link: if you enjoy diving in Gozo then you'll love Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, says Helen Truszkowski. (travel).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Striking coastal cliffs and cobalt-blue water give Malta's little sister island, Gozo, some of the most spectacular diving in the world. Visibility of 30 metres, dramatic rock formations and a wealth of marine life draw divers to Reqqa Point...