PLACES
The Wild Spaces
Jan 23, 2016
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Where are the world's remaining wild spaces? Benjamin Hennig explores these remaining spots of isolation
Rock unsolid
Jan 20, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Falling rocks and unstable cliff faces are always a hazard for mountain climbers, however, could climate change be adding to the danger?
Back from the dead
Jan 16, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Declared biologically dead in 1950s, the Thames is now home to hundreds of species of fish, seals, porpoises and more
The Bristol Method
Jan 15, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Not content with simply being European Green Capital for 2015, Bristol has unleashed a digital toolkit to help educate other cities around the world on urban sustainability and green living
Finally, a digital map for Alaska
Jan 13, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
A long-awaited, somewhat delayed, digital geologic map of Alaska has been released, made from a ‘treasure trove’ of geological information
Park life
Jan 05, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
New York’s latest environmental initiative aims to break open the city’s green spaces
Protecting the corridor
Jan 02, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
National Park status has been granted to a new Peruvian national park, Sierra del Divisor, the final piece in a chain of protected Amazonian rainforest
Medellín: The City of Eternal Spring
Jan 01, 2016
Written by
Sarah Gilbert
Sarah Gilbert encounters a city once known only for drugs and violence that is being successfully reinvented as a social and artistic haven
Snow bound
Dec 23, 2015
Written by
Graeme Gourlay
Travelling in the tiny and relatively new nation of Slovenia, Graeme Gourlay finds it impossible not to notice the connection its residents have with their landscape
Species at risk
Dec 19, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps endangered wildlife species around the world
Why Chinese cities are different
Dec 08, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Urban design and sustainable infrastructure will play a huge role in building a low-carbon global economy. But cities in one key player – China – have some significant differences to the rest of the world
COP21 Diaries: Building lung capacity
Dec 02, 2015
Written by
Marco Magrini
Marco Magrini reports for Geographical on daily events at the COP21 UN climate change conference in Paris
Mapping rewilding
Nov 23, 2015
Written by
Stephen Carver
Definitions of rewilding vary but it can be defined loosely as the process of giving space within human-dominated landscapes back to nature with associated benefits for both wildlife and humans
Rock around the block
Nov 20, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
The British Geological Survey is using Minecraft to create huge maps of Great Britain
Indonesia’s burning issue
Nov 20, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Extreme forest and peat burning in Indonesia has released over three times the annual fossil fuel emissions of the United Kingdom
Earth’s hidden groundwater
Nov 18, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
For the first time, scientists have been able to calculate the quantity of groundwater up to two kilometres beneath Earth’s crust. They found that less than six per cent of it is renewable within a human lifetime
Dimensions of poverty
Nov 14, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
With poverty and global development on the agenda, Benjamin Hennig maps out where in the world poverty still persists
Mapping Ebola in hindsight
Nov 11, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
A team of researchers have mapped the course of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. They hope it will aid disease response in the future
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