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Gritty drama: America’s lakes are getting saltier
May 12, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
Last winter’s cold conditions contributed a further influx of road salt into the USA’s lakes. New evidence suggests that these environments are suffering from increased salinity
Against the flow: halting invasive carp
May 06, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
As one of America’s biggest cities, supplying clean drinking water to Chicago has been a top priority. But the grand infrastructure visions are providing opportunities for invasive Asian carp
Fixing South Africa’s highway to nowhere
May 04, 2017
Written by
Tess McKain
Cape Town’s Foreshore Freeway Bridge has been left unfinished for over 40 years. Now, competing plans are underway to make use of this iconic piece of infrastructure
Mapping the world at war
May 03, 2017
Written by
Freddie Stewart
An interactive map highlights the shocking number of ongoing conflicts around the world
New maps of racial diversity in the United States
Apr 27, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
Repurposed NASA maps show the racial diversity (and segregation) of the United States in more detail than ever before
Train spotting
Apr 23, 2017
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps Europe's public train networks
The extreme inequality of landslides
Apr 20, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
A new map of global landslide susceptibility reveals vast geographical discrepancies over where landslide deaths occur
Desert discs: solving the mystery of Namibia’s ‘fairy circles’
Apr 11, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
For decades, scientists have been divided over how these eerily perfect circle arrangements are formed in the Namibian desert
Seeing the wood for the trees: how many tree species are there?
Apr 05, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
The first count of global tree species reveals how many are in existence... and how many are threatened
The long haul: are the world’s cities getting closer?
Mar 28, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
The new ‘world’s longest flight’ now spans a distance of more than 9,000 miles, from Doha to Auckland. But is there any limit to aviation’s global connectivity?
The many faces of the Swiss postbus
Mar 27, 2017
Written by
Vitali Vitaliev
For the Swiss, the iconic yellow postbuses are much more than just a means of public transportation. Vitali Vitaliev hops on board for a journey of discovery
Cleaning Venice
Mar 25, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
After years of inaction, could the clean-up of the Venice lagoon finally be underway?
India’s Ganges and Yamuna rivers recognised as living entities
Mar 21, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
Following the recent success of New Zealand’s Whanganui river, India’s Ganges river and Yamuna river become the second and third in the world to be granted the legal rights of human beings
REDD+ or dead?
Mar 21, 2017
Written by
Mark Rowe
The UN-backed REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) scheme, under which developing nations would be paid not to cut down trees, is being hailed as the saviour of the world’s forests. But is it too focused on quantity…
Danger zones: mapping Europe’s earthquakes
Mar 18, 2017
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Where are Europe's earthquakes located? Benjamin Hennig maps the answer
Research Blog: the Tropics and El Niño
Mar 14, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
Was last year’s El Niño a practice run for future climate change? In this introduction to an upcoming series of online blogs for Geographical, Laura Cole shadows the University of Oxford’s Global Ecosystem Monitoring Network and its work to discover…
Logged off: can deforestation be controlled?
Mar 09, 2017
Written by
Marco Magrini
Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks at deforestation
Famine returns to the Horn of Africa
Mar 02, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
Drought in the region is turning to full famine – with catastrophic humanitarian consequences
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