Extra Reading - Week 2

Year 10 - Biodiversity

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. Watch the introduction video and read the 'about' section.

http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/

Year 11 - On exam leave

Year 12 - Migration issues Affecting the UK and Europe (becareful of bias in all of the articles)

European Migration: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8536194.stm - also look at the links on the right-hand side.

Illegal Migrants affecting Europe:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2009/06/m.html

Asylum Seekers: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/25/asylum-seeker-numbers-fall

http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/Briefingpaper/document/108

Year 13 - Water Quality Issues in Europe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4534542.stm
http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/World_Outlook/europe_-_major_water_problems.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/contamination-fears-after-leak-from-french-nuclear-waste-plant-863928.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11498884

Year 13 Cold Environments - ANWR (becareful of bias in each site)

http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/habitat_conservation/federal_lands/national_wildlife_refuges/threats/arctic/index.php

http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4542853/ns/us_news-environment

Yellow River Resources

These links will help!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3937403.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6172360.stm
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/one-third-of-fish-species-in-yellow-river-dead-432776.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/25/water-china