The $300 Billion illegal sand trade
The drugs trade is the most notorious illegal trade on the planet, so it is easy to assume that it is also the largest. It is not. At roughly US$600 billion a year, it sits well behind counterfeiting, which is worth around US$1.1 trillion. Third, perhaps surprisingly, is the illegal sand trade, estimated to be worth between US$200 billion and US$350 billion a year.1 Behind … Continue reading The $300 Billion illegal sand trade
Gentrification and Neighbourhood Dynamics: A Geographical Perspective
Banger article by Ari M Continue reading Gentrification and Neighbourhood Dynamics: A Geographical Perspective
An Investigation of Swedish Waste Management Systems
How effective are they? Continue reading An Investigation of Swedish Waste Management Systems
LiDAR and its Benefits
Will Gunn explores LiDAR’s potential Continue reading LiDAR and its Benefits
An Ode to Peat Bogs
Oh how wonderful these wetlands can be! Continue reading An Ode to Peat Bogs
Keeping the Roar Alive
Azlan Shah delves into the risks of tiger extinction Continue reading Keeping the Roar Alive
“The issue is not that we lack solutions to our environmental problems, but rather it is how quickly we implement them”
This essay is Oliver Fung’s winning entry to the Chritchley Salmonson Prize, an annual exam judged by a Cambridge Geography Professor. This year, boys were tasked with reading Hannah Richie’s optimistic approach to climate change Not the End of the World beforehand. Continue reading “The issue is not that we lack solutions to our environmental problems, but rather it is how quickly we implement them”
HS2: The Potential vs the Reality
Written by Alex Duguid The Potential: The development of a second high-speed rail network was originally proposed in 2009 by the Labour government at the time, led by Gordon Brown. Concerns began to arise over capacity constraints on the West Coast Main Line railway as they were increasing with the network projected to be at full capacity by 2025. Therefore HS2 Ltd was established to … Continue reading HS2: The Potential vs the Reality