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Bob Lang
@boblanggeog.bsky.social
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Geographer, FRGS, C.Geog, Dad, Geography teacher, GIS, Geospatial tech, viola player, follows Wigan Warriors RL
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Maps Mania @mapsmania.bsky.social · 18h
#30DayMapChallenge - November’s 30DayMapChallenge is fast approaching - and the daily themes for this year’s event have been released! googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/10/30-d...
30 Day Map Challenge
Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 1d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... super power post16 geography @gasigict.bsky.social
China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths
The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 3d
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 3d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... energy security post16 geography @gasigict.bsky.social
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 4d
Reminds me of a past edexcel b qtn
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 5d
A gt post16 geography article to read and discuss @gasigict.bsky.social
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 5d
"We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive; what we need are economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow.”
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 5d
"Because GDP is the emperor of all indicators, everything else becomes subordinate to it".
On the need to move beyond worshipping economic growth
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 5d
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Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
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Topi Tjukanov @tjukanov.bsky.social · 8d
It’s happening again in November. 30 days and 30 themes for maps. Take part, learn something new and have fun. That’s what #30DayMapChallenge is about 🌎
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 10d
www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-a... water security topics at post16 geography alevel
India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
The project comes as China presses ahead with the US$167 billion (S$216 billion) Yaxia project upstream of Riew. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 12d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... food security topics at post16 geography @richardallaway.me @geoblogs.bsky.social
UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d
Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages
Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages
Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to Arablish
www.theguardian.com
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 17d
@rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social Geographical article on water security, sovereignty security this month October post16 geography
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 19d
I have been to the ski through in Sweden
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 19d
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic... gt for globalisation units in post16 geography @geoblogs.bsky.social
McSpaghetti to McAloo Tikki: Inside the world's local McDonald's
From paneer wraps in India to ski-through burgers in Sweden, photojournalist Gary He's new book McAtlas shows that the world's most global chain is also one of the most local.
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 20d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... gd for post16 geography alevel
Key oceans treaty crosses critical threshold to come into force
Sixty states have ratified a global treaty to protect the oceans - it will become law in January.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 27d
www.economist.com/middle-east-... water & energy security post16 geography @gasigict.bsky.social
A high-risk mega-dam in Ethiopia
It could power the region or plunge it into conflict
www.economist.com
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · 29d
www.ospreysrugby.com/news/ospreys... maps on rugby shirts Swansea coastline @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social @kennethfield.bsky.social
Ospreys unveil Pravha as official front-of-shirt home jersey sponsor | Ospreys
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · Sep 1
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Met Office releases new storm names for 2025-26
The new list of storm names is released, marking the start of the annual UK storm season. How and why are they given names?
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · Sep 1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... alevel geography superpower unit
China's huge navy is expanding at breakneck speed - will it rule the waves?
Beijing's shipbuilding capacity is 200 times that of the US, an expert says, calling the scale
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El Orden Mundial @elordenmundial.bsky.social · Aug 23
🌐BRICS contra G7: así es la lucha por el dominio de la economía mundial

Los países emergentes tienen más población y concentran la producción de petróleo. 

Lo plasma en el gráfico @alvaromerino.bsky.social 

https://elordenmundial.com/mapas-y-graficos/brics-g7-lucha-economia-mundial/
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Derek Law @gisbandit.bsky.social · Aug 22
Doctors Without Borders but not without #maps: how Médecins Sans Frontières is using #GIS to track life-saving supplies and keep field personnel safe. tinyurl.com/5fs8nydb via #ArcNews

#healthGIS #publichealth #medicine #esri #arcgis #mapping #GISchat #geospatial #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · Aug 21
gd for superpower units in post16 geography @jbwgeog.bsky.social
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · Aug 20
This chart in mind, I don’t see any major uncoupling of Europe from China. Trade relationships should stay strong. At least until a major disruption (Taiwan?!) disturbs the peace. Source: buff.ly/gILWL26
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · Aug 20
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Herefordshire and Worcestershire's hop production hit by drought
This year's hop yield could be down by as much as 50%, leaving farmers with lower incomes.
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · Aug 17
A gt review for post16 geography students and teachers
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Bob Lang @boblanggeog.bsky.social · Aug 16
Sounds interesting. How can i find out more about your game?
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