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Danny OCallaghan

E-waste Republic - 1 views

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    "Over 40 million tonnes of electric and electronic waste (also known as e-waste) are produced worldwide every year. That is boundless heaps of refrigerators, computers, television sets, ovens, telephones, air conditioning units, lamps, toasters and other electric and electronic devices, with a total weight equal to seven times that of the Great Pyramid of Giza. "
Danny OCallaghan

How long will my pension need to last? | Visual.ONS - 0 views

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    "People are living longer. On average, people aged 55 today will live to their mid-to-late 80s. Around 1 in 10 men and 1 in 5 women this age will live to 100 - and receive their telegram from The Queen."
Danny OCallaghan

China's Great Uprooting - Moving 250 Million Into Cities - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    "China is pushing ahead with a sweeping plan to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed towns and cities over the next dozen years - a transformative event that could set off a new wave of growth or saddle the country with problems for generations to come."
Danny OCallaghan

Humans have already used up 2015's supply of Earth's resources - analysis | Environment... - 3 views

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    "Earth 'overshoot day' - the day each year when our demands on the planet outstrip its ability to regenerate - comes six days earlier than 2014, with world's population currently consuming the equivalent of 1.6 planets a year"
Danny OCallaghan

Population on Vimeo - 4 views

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    "Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography at The Oxford University, talks about population growth and decline, immigration and the prospects for the UK if the No vote win a majority to leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum."
Danny OCallaghan

Is China really a climate change leader? | Jennifer Duggan | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    "A new report portrays China as a leader in tackling climate change but its emissions are still rising dramatically"
Danny OCallaghan

China: coal mine impact on Yellow river upper basin - in pictures | Environment | thegu... - 2 views

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    "Muli coalfield is illegally gobbling up a nature reserve, blasting away alpine meadows and destroying the ecosystem of the country's second largest river, Greenpeace investigation shows"
Danny OCallaghan

Amazon deforestation jumps 29% | Environment | theguardian.com - 1 views

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    "Satellite figures show surge in deforestation, as agriculture expands in states of Para and Mato Grosso"
Danny OCallaghan

Lifelines on Vimeo - 1 views

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    "In a village 2500m high in the Indian Himalayas, life is changing. Many of the younger generation seek to chart a new course, different from those of their parents. This is one man's story of juggling responsibilities and fighting for dreams, both for himself and for his community."
Danny OCallaghan

Side by Side viewer - Explore Georeferenced Maps - 4 views

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    This is so COOL . The National Library of Scotland's (NLS) Map Department has recently completed a huge georeferencing exercise, taking a set of Six-Inch-To-Mile (1:10560) maps for the whole of England and Wales, scanning them in to create high-quality images, and lining them up with Google Maps and OpenStreetMap modern maps. The maps were drawn between 1888-1913 and so represent a complete picture of the countries a hundred years ago. They have developed a side-by-side tool to allow for easy comparison between the old and new maps.
Danny OCallaghan

Good morning, Rocinha - Witness - Al Jazeera English - 4 views

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    "Filmmakers follow one girl's story inside Rio's biggest favela, starting from the time she was born."
Danny OCallaghan

Earth sliding into 'ecological debt' earlier and earlier, campaigners warn | Environmen... - 3 views

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    "World has already exhausted a year's supply of natural resources in less than eight months, Global Footprint Network says"
Danny OCallaghan

BBC News - Large decrease in number of births, ONS figures show - 8 views

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    "The number of births in England and Wales fell in 2013 by the largest annual amount in nearly 40 years, official figures show."
Danny OCallaghan

How El Niño will change the world's weather in 2014 | Environment | The Guardian - 3 views

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    This is the sort of thing i will send fpor you to read
Danny OCallaghan

A World With 11 Billion People? New Population Projections Shatter Earlier Estimates - 12 views

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    "In a paper published Thursday in Science, demographers from several universities and the United Nations Population Division conclude that instead of leveling off in the second half of the 21st century, as the UN predicted less than a decade ago, the world's population will continue to grow beyond 2100. (Read "Population Seven Billion" in National Geographic magazine.)"
Danny OCallaghan

Immigration - Channel 4 News - 12 views

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    News clips from Channel 4
Danny OCallaghan

BBC News - Nicaragua canal: Construction to begin in December - 4 views

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    "Nicaraguan officials say construction of a $50bn (£31bn) canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans will start on 22 December."
Danny OCallaghan

Society will collapse by 2040 due to catastrophic food shortages, says study - Climate ... - 2 views

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    "'The results show that based on plausible climate trends and a total failure to change course, the global food supply system would face catastrophic losses, and an unprecedented epidemic of food riots'"
Danny OCallaghan

Airport expansion: It's build, build, build in much of the world - BBC News - 4 views

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    "A three-year review into the future of air travel around London is due to finish with the recommendation that a new runway be built at one of two existing airports. But while the capital gingerly edges towards airport expansion, other parts of the world are witnessing a massive airport building boom."
Danny OCallaghan

One in every 122 people is displaced by war, violence and persecution, says UN | Global... - 11 views

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    "One in every 122 people is displaced by war, violence and persecution, says UN"
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