How can you map London’s population?

The approach of using maps and data together to look at patterns and understand the world is known as Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Here, researchers have taken census data for London and plotted it onto the Google Earth system:
http://www.londonprofiler.org/

Could climate change create 120million refugees in South Asia?

One report states that 120million people in South Asia could be forced from their homes by the end of the century:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7313239.stm
In parts of the world, people have already been forced to move by climate change:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/nov/25/science.climatechange
http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=1100

What has waste got to do with Mozzarella?

Italy’s recent well-publicised break down in waste disposal could be having a knock on effect on one of Italy’s most famous culinary exports; Mozzarella cheese. Traditionally made from buffalo milk, it’s now thought that toxic waste, dumped illegally, has tainted the milk of the buffalos, making the cheese unsafe. The people of Italy are discovering [...]

How dangerous is plastic pollution in our seas?

There has been some confusion over the level of environmental damage that discarded plastics do to our environment. These links show some of the research that has been going on in the field of marine plastics pollution:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7316441.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6218698.stm
British beaches are littered with plastic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3672091.stm
And so are those of Hawaii:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6740161.stm
Now many countries are banning flimsy plastic bags in [...]

What’s needed to make motherhood in the developing world safer?

Many mothers die during or immediately after giving birth, The UN has identified reducing the number as one of its Millenium Development Goals, but is progress being made?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7270735.stm

What happened at Chernobyl?

The Chernobyl disaster in 1987 woke the world up to some of the possible dangers of using nuclear power. What happened, what were the effects and have the lessons been learnt?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/europe/2006/chernobyl/default.stm

How is the move of Chinese industries into Africa affecting local people?

China is taking an increasing interest in Africa’s resources, with varying results:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/china/default.stm
Many Chinese mining companies have set up new mines in Africa to answer the demand for raw materials in China, but they are not always welcome:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7277006.stm
In the Congo, China plans to help develop the country’s infrastructure in return for access to some of its [...]

Why do people love Geography?

Loads of people love Geography, for loads of different reasons. Some people have recorded their reasons on video:
http://www.teachers.tv/video/23982
Even Prince William loved it…he ended up doing a degree in it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4083868.stm

Where can I find population statistics?

There are many sources of statistics about the global population, some are listed below:
http://www.os-connect.com/pop/
The population clock:
http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop

Are we facing a coastal crisis?

Researchers in the USA are predicting problems in coastal areas caused by changing climates, increasing coastal populationa and inappropriate coastal management and development. Can there be a happy ending?
http://www.geotimes.org/mar08/article.html?id=feature_coastal.html