How are migrant workers in the Arabian Gulf treated?

There has been criticism of working conditions for migrants in the Gulf states, but what is the nature of the grievances?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7266610.stm

What environmental problems does China face?

China’s phenomenal ecnomic growth has been achieved at a cost. Much of it’s environment is degraded and polluted. Have a look at the scale of the problems and attempts to solve them.
Pollution has turned on Chinese river red:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7266364.stm
A ban on plastic bags has been introduced to try to clean up the environment:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7178287.stm

Why is the Richter Scale wrong?

There is a tendency for the media to use out of date terminology when talking about Geography. A good example of this is the term “Richter Scale”, which is out of date and shouldn’t be used, see the link below for details:
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/null/lang/en/page708.html

Where have earthquakes happened this week?

Follow this link to the US Geological Survey earthquake centre to see a map of earthquakes that happened during the past week:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

Earthquake hits England - 27-2-2008: who was affected?

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 has struck England, with the epicentre in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm
Here are some reports from people who experienced the earthquake:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7266146.stm
More in-depth coverage of the earthquake:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7266741.stm
How far away was the earthquake felt? 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/27/nquake427.xml
A local news view of events:
http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/Massive-earthquake-hits-Rasen.3818704.jp
This follows the Folkstone earthquake of April 2007:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6605095.stm

Are water resources under pressure?

With our planet needing to provide resources for an ever increasing number of people, how are our water supplies affected?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3754520.stm

Can India’s railways deliver a transport revolution for the country?

A huge investment program for India’s railways has been announced to bring it’s infrastructure up to date:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7263121.stm

Are we an urban species?

As more and more people live in towns and cities, what impact does this have on societies and the places where those cities grow?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2006/urbanisation/default.stm

Why are rainforests important?

There is a huge amount of rainforest information on this website:
http://www.rainforestweb.org/

Where in the world can galciers be found?

This website provides great images of glaciers from around the world:
http://www.swisseduc.ch/glaciers/