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Al Monteith

@almonteith.bsky.social
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Father, climber, runner, lover of mountains. HoD Geography, FRGS, ML(S) and RCI, Senior Examiner OCR.

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Dave Petley @davepetley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Some initial thoughts on the catastrophic debris flow in Nepal and Tibet in Nepal and Tibet today:- eos.org/thelandslide... This draws on the initial analysis of @planet.com images by @watershedlab.bsky.social
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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It can sound like wishful thinking to say that 90% of students can reach grade 4 in English and maths. But it's definitely wishful thinking to assume reindustrialisation will create mass employment for school leavers with few quals. So what do we do? substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-shoul...
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hebridean weather jackpot win
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🚨New paper about the second largest tsunami ever recorded, just published in @science.org A short 🧪⚒️🌊 thread #EGU26 @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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A 481-meter-high landslide-tsunami in a cruise ship–frequented Alaska fjord
Early in the morning of 10 August 2025, a >64 × 106 m3 landslide struck Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska. The landslide was preconditioned by glacial retreat caused by climate change. The resulting 481 m run...
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
NEW: “The SNP manifesto pledges additional spending – costing an estimated £1.4 billion a year by 2031–32 – without credibly saying how it would pay for this.” 📗 Read our response to the SNP’s manifesto here: ifs.org.uk/articles/ifs...
Quote from IFS Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance David Phillips: "In a pattern familiar by now from several other manifestos in the devolved elections, the SNP manifesto pledges additional spending – costing an estimated £1.4 billion a year by 2031–32 – without credibly saying how it would pay for this. A large proportion is from assumed efficiencies – on top of the substantial savings already assumed in existing Scottish Government spending plans. More likely in reality, paying for these plans would require further tax rises or deeper cuts to lower-priority spending."
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 26/03/2026
Some large powerful waves are likely to affect the north and west coast of Scotland and north coast of Northern Ireland at times over the next few days Wave heights of more than eight metres are possible 🌊
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 25/03/2026
Dear HBO, please dump the Harry Potter show and instead spend a vast fortune on serialising the Aubrey-Maturin novels. Thank you for your kind attention to this matter.
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 27/01/2026
Strong, moist southeasterly flow giving an unusual and spectacular example of orographic enhancement, leeward rain shadow, and a standing wave pattern. We’ve been stuck in this pattern for an unusually long time now — the January-total rainfall map will be an unusual one!
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Sam Taylor @staylorish.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This is significant. Mairi Spowage of @fraserofallander.org has spoken to BBC More Or Less about Scot Gov’s “more than half of taxpayers in Scotland pay less income tax than if they lived elsewhere in UK” claim. Mairi is quite clear: the claim has been false for the last two financial years.
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Geography of deprivation in England, 2025 www.gov.uk/government/s...
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English indices of deprivation 2025: statistical release
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 04/10/2025
Evolution of #StormAmy from 18 UTC 1 October through 12 UTC 4 October per Met Office analyses. The initial disturbance was perfectly phased with a wave in the jet, undergoing explosive cyclogenesis & evolving into a powerful Shapiro–Keyser cyclone, setting low pressure records for the time of year.
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Weather NEEDS to be included in the revised A level Geography curriculum (whenever that happens). There's lots of chat about climate change as a topic, but weather is as important for people's day today lives.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 02/10/2025
#StormAmy will bring very windy and wet weather across northern parts in particular through Friday into Saturday. Find out more in this weekend’s weather forecast with Alex Burkill www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rdz...
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Weekend weather 02/10/2025 – Windy & showery after Storm Amy – Met Office weather forecast UK
YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather
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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 30/09/2025
What's new in the science of learning? Your monthly round-up with new studies on retrieval practice, explicit instruction, interleaving, sleep, erroneous examples, AI, worked examples, print vs digital, adaptive learning. 👉 carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The river Findhorn in spate, 8th October 2023, taken from Randolph's Leap The Findhorn after months of drought, same spot, Thursday 25th September 2025. #geographyteacher
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Brilliant news! BBC News - Outdoor learning law for Scottish children to reach next stage www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Outdoor learning law for Scottish children to reach next stage
The Scottish government has confirmed that the bill promising residential outdoor learning can move to stage two.
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James Peacock @peacockreports.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Here we see the true spatial scale of the developing La Niña event in the Pacific Ocean. Contrasting with the anomalous warmth further north & south, it makes for a striking visual. pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Today marks 60th anniversary of the Mattmark catastrophe, one of the deadliest glacier-related disaster in the Alps and largest catastrophe in Swiss modern history! 🧊🌊 30th Aug 1965: 2 Mm3 of Allalin Gl. broke off on Mattmark dam construction site, killing 88, many of whom were Italian immigrants 😭
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 28/08/2025
🍂 Have you noticed leaves already starting to fall or berries ripening early? As we come to the end of one of the UK's warmest summers on record, the country is experiencing what experts call a ‘false autumn’. Find out about this phenomenon and why it's been happening 👇
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False autumn: Why leaves are falling before summer officially ends?
As the UK looks back on one of its warmest summers on record, many have noticed a surprising change in the landscape.
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
youtu.be/4SLJ2dltqpQ?... Brilliant explainer from @metoffice.gov.uk on how hurricanes can fire up the jet stream. #geographyteacher
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Deep Dive 19/08/2025 – Could autumn start early? – Met Office weekly weather forecast UK
YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather
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Philippe Papin @pppapin.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
#Hurricane #Erin has just become a Category 5 hurricane (140 kt / 917 mb). Earliest known occurrence of Cat 5 in open Atlantic (outside Caribbean & Gulf). Rapid Intensification (+75 kt in 24h!) To illustrate how remarkable this period of #RI has been check out this WV 18 hour animation below ⤵️
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Geography matters: Alaska was Russian territory until it was sold to the USA in 1867. Trump to meet Putin in Alaska as he signals Ukraine may need to cede land - on.ft.com/40Tp29u via @FT
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Trump to meet Putin in Alaska as he signals Ukraine may need to cede land
Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects proposal and insists Ukrainians ‘will not gift their land to the occupier’
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This is why weather should be back on the A level geography syllabus, people are interested in it. BBC News - Why weather forecasters often get it wrong - or appear to - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why weather forecasters often get it wrong - or appear to
The accuracy of forecasting has improved enormously - and AI promises further advances. But there are certain challenges in finding ways to share that mass of data with viewers
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James Peacock @peacockreports.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Based on the above & this here from roostweather.com, summer reason record high wind gusts are being set across much of the northern half of Scotland today, but not in northern Ireland or Northern Ireland, where it's been a close shave from #StormFloris.
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Chinese kindergartens in crisis as enrolments plunge 25% in 4 years - on.ft.com/3IJui9m via @FT Turning kindergartens into nursing homes. The reality of a rapidly ageing demographic hits China.
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The Ukraine war will shape the world - on.ft.com/452f4Un via @FT
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The Ukraine war will shape the world
We must not repeat the mistakes of the appeasers in the 1930s
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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 20/07/2025
*NEW POST* The Enduring Persistence of Neuromyths in Education A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date. Fantastic work from @juanfernandez.bsky.social @ferreromar.bsky.social and colleagues open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
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Beyond Neuromyths: Why Teachers Still Embrace Ideas That Don't Work
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of educational misconceptions in the wild.
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
pca.st/episode/95ea... A v.interesting episode of the @theifs.bsky.social zooms in on the problems facing the UK's economy. Lots about growth, demographics, tax and spend covered so suitable for A level #geographyteacher I will miss hearing @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social wise words on the economy.
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Paul Johnson’s final episode: big challenges ahead for the UK economy
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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Britain is living beyond its means
[FREE TO READ] No party looks truly ready to confront tax-resistant voters with some hard questions
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A quiet education revolution in England’s secondary cities www.economist.com/britain/2025... From The Economist
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A quiet education revolution in England’s secondary cities
Not just a London effect
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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
*** NEW POST *** It is hard to judge the impact of CPD, but it is important to set out a success criteria with clear milestones along the way. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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How can you tell if your CPD is working?
CPD comes with an opportunity cost, so it’s important to check that the sessions you plan and deliver are worth everyone’s time, says Mark Enser
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The illegal killing of Hen Harriers has hit a devastating new high. ⚠️ A new RSPB report reveals 102 incidents in just five years - with the majority on, or near, grouse moors. A thread…
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David Didau @didau.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Why intellectual preparation is more important than lesson planning open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
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ChatGPT can plan lessons but it can’t think for you
How generative AI is transforming lesson planning and why teaching still depends on what happens inside teachers' heads
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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Technology is banned in chess matches but players can still use it when they train. We should copy this in education. Banning tech in exams will promote better use of it in the classroom. Latest on our Substack - what education can learn from chess. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/three-thin...
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Bruce Robertson @brucenextlevel.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I’m delighted so many people have found my latest @TES article so useful👇 Thanks for all the great comments about it 😊 www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Why can’t we agree on what great teaching looks like?
Given all the research evidence that we now have on effective teaching practice, all teachers should share the same pedagogical principles, writes Bruce Robertson
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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 14/06/2025
NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Spectacular encounter of the Arve and Rhône rivers at Geneva today! 🌊 The former is heavily laden with sediment from melting snow and heavy thunderstorms over the last few hours 🎥 Loic Francon
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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 29/05/2025
The thing about learning is that it’s incredibly elusive and deceptive. Even when it feels like it’s happening, it often isn’t. And that’s what the science of learning offers us: some signal among the noise.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Why Birch Glacier collapsed, with comments from me, and from @mathieu-ice.bsky.social & Sridhar Anandakrishnan abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town
The landslide flattened homes in the Alpine town of Blatten.
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The extent of the deposit from the Birch Glacier collapse over Blatten as seen by newly available high-resolution satellite imagery collected by Maxar! 🛰️ Processed by @wxnb.bsky.social
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
eos.org/thelandslide... #geographyteacher Excellent analysis and video links on the collapse of the Birch glacier from @davepetley.bsky.social
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The 28 May 2025 catastrophic failure of the Birch Glacier
On 28 May 2025, catastrophic failure occurred on the Birch Glacier in Switzerland, partially burying Blatten in Switzerland.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 28/05/2025
☀️ The UK has already recorded its sunniest spring on record, according to provisional Met Office figures ☀️ Read all the details here 👇
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2025 is already the UK's sunniest spring on record
The UK has already recorded its sunniest spring on record, according to provisional Met Office figures.
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
BBC News - Dry heat to torrential rain - enter the age of 'weather whiplash' www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Dry heat to torrential rain - why Scotland is experiencing 'weather whiplash'
Our weather is likely to see wild swings from one extreme to another over short periods of time because of climate change.
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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Sea surface temperature anomalies Markedly warmer than normal around UK and European waters
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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Gone is the high pressure and settled weather now In its place the jetstream has moved south delivering unsettled weather to much of Europe in the days ahead..the UK sitting in cooler air north of the elongated meridional jet, dominated by a slow 🐌 moving low pressure pattern
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
George Parker's interview in the FT with Theresa May is worth a read #geographyteacher. They are both Geography graduates.
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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
NEW: A catastrophic magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Southeast Asia today, devastating entire neighbourhoods in cities throughout Myanmar—and the damage even extended as far as Thailand. What caused it? Why was it so powerful? Me for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
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Enormous Fault Rupture Causes Devastating Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings built to withstand temblors
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Al Monteith @almonteith.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A conversation is needed in Scotland as to whether £900 million (at least) to maintain free university tuition is the best use of tax payers cash in this time of squeezed public spending. BBC News - 'We will stand by free tuition fees' - Gilruth www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'We will stand by free tuition fees' - Jenny Gilruth
Scotland's education minister has vowed the SNP will "stand by" free tuition fees despite the funding crisis facing the country's universities.
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Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Column on the crisis in our universities. In Scotland, the rocks are going to have to melt with the sun eventually. (Free to read as the paywall is down this weekend). www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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