IB Geography Patterns and Change

Arab health ministers have agreed to prevent vulnerable groups joining this year's Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, because of fears over swine flu.

In every country of the world, the demographic timebomb is ticking away. Yet in Britain, the countdown is surprisingly slow. And when it goes off, it may not be quite the explosion we feared

New satellite data from NASA confirms what research released a couple months of go said regarding the thinning of Arctic sea ice . Namely that it has thinned dramatically in the past four years and that for the first time in recorded history seasonal sea ice cover has replaced multi-year ice as the dominant ice type. I

Researchers predict a "population time bomb" in developing world nations because of their rapidly ageing populations.

Demography means virtually all of us will have to work longer. That need not be a bad thing

New Oxfam report warns multiple climate impacts could reverse 50 years of work to end poverty

Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.

WASHINGTON - The world's 65-and-older population will triple by mid-century to 1 in 6 people, leaving the U.S. and other nations struggling to support the elderly.

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More than 2,000 Roma (Gypsies) who fled Kosovo during the conflict in the 1990s still live in Konik refugee camp near Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.

Intercative climate change map for the UK