Geography

Mt Everest is growing taller! 

Visit this website to find out more!

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/944152693/everest-gets-a-growth-spurt-as-china-nepal-revise-official-elevation-upward

Where is Mt Everest located?

What is the height of Mt Everest now in metres?

How was the height measured?

What cause Mt Everest to grow taller?

Why does the earthquake in 2015 cause it to be shorter?

Learn how Maths play a part in Geography. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/explained/how-to-measure-a-mountain-7103688/lite/

Read the following article on food waste in Singapore and how cutting down on food waste and supporting local produce can help in mitigating climate change.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/calls-to-change-eating-habits-and-overhaul-in-food-supply-chain-to-cut-singapores-food

What contributes to food waste?

Health of forest can affect the health of human civilisation.

With deforestation, many of the animals are forced out of the forest into marginal habitats which are in closer and more frequent contact with people, 

More than two-thirds of zoonotic diseases are known to come from wild animals. 

Deforestation also contribute to climate change and increases the risk of disease emergence by pushing animals and the vectors (e.g. insects) that can transmit viruses into new regions that have not encountered those pathogens previously.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-why-saving-our-forests-can-help-stop-next-pandemic-12688524

21 typhoons with greater intensities hit the Philippines this year.

Read more @

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/climatechange/philippines-typhoon-climate-change-haiyan-goni-vamco-13525650

How does higher temperatures lead to greater amount of rain brought by the typhoon?

As global temperatures increase, so does the ability of the atmosphere to hold water vapour. The air can hold about 7 per cent more water vapour for every single degree rise. It means heavier rains being deposited over a typhoon’s path.

The latest typhoon which hit the Philippines is Vamco.

Why are developing countries more vulnerable in facing natural disasters such as typhoons?

How does climate change contribute to more extreme weather?

Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 resulted in a loss of 6000 lives in the Philippines.

What can be done to mitigate climate change?

 Watch the video on efforts for food security in Singapore

What is food security?

Why is food security important?

Who is involved in ensuring food security in Singapore?

How can ensure food security in Singapore?

 

Earlier post on Food Security in Singapore

http://olevelgeog.blogspot.com/2020/02/food-security-in-singapore.html

From January to June, 66 per cent year-on-year drop in the January to June period to 6.69 million visitors. Spending by foreign tourists was 332 billion baht (US$10.54 billion), down 65 per cent from a year earlier. 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/covid-19-coronavirus-thai-tourist-arrivals-12972274

Where are the areas affected
Who are affected?
Why does the outbreak of disease affect tourism?
What are the impacts?

What is extreme weather?
How is extreme weather associated with climate change?
Who are affected by extreme weather?
Where are the areas affected by extreme weather?

Floods caused by the Monsoon affecting South and Southeast Asia in 2020

Torrential rain in China resulted in more than 19,380,000 affected and 121 people dead or missing as at 3 July 2020. Dikes and dams collapsed, aggravating the flood.




Typhoon Hagibis hit Japan on 12 Oct 2019, bringing the worst storm in 60 decades with torrential rainfall and strong winds. More than 7 millions affected with warning of floods and landslides.
Heavy rain and flood in Japan July 2020

Will the diverging plates in Africa results in the rift valley flooded?