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Watching carbon dioxide from space
Nov 05, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Observing the Earth’s atmosphere from space, a NASA satellite illustrates changes in the abundance of carbon dioxide
A billion for Brazil
Oct 31, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
The Norwegian government is set to complete the transfer of US$1billion to Brazil’s Amazon Fund, in recognition of the South American country’s efforts to tackle deforestation
Urban security
Oct 30, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Preparing for a seemingly limitless number of future threats has become a major challenge for the world’s cities, and helping to build resilience into their infrastructure is their ultimate goal
What’s in a name?
Oct 28, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
The highest mountain in North America’s has been renamed ‘Denali’ after 98 years of being called ‘Mount McKinley’
Ecological footprints
Oct 20, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps humanity’s ecological footprints
Israel, Palestine and the environment
Oct 08, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
The Arava Institute brings together Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian and international students to talk about a shared issue – the environment
Rainbow nation
Sep 21, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Riding the new fad for adult colouring books, the Ordnance Survey has a produced a set of labyrinthian city maps to get your felt tips into
People and the sea
Sep 15, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig illustrates how our world would look if proportionally represented by population
Aerosols affecting West Africa
Aug 28, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Unchecked pollution from West African cities could harm health, affect food production, and even change the monsoon season warn scientists
The start of the Pyrenees
Aug 26, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A ride up La Rhune, on the French-Spanish border, gives an insight into a unique regional Basque landscape
Drying out
Aug 22, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Chile’s government is taking urgent action to prevent a water crisis after continuing low rainfall leaves no end in sight for the drought which has afflicted the country
Earth at Night
Aug 08, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps our illuminated earth by night
Eye on Scotland
Aug 05, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
The Scottish extension to a nationwide census mapping project is now live, enabling anyone to view Scotland’s demographics with unprecedented detail
Damaging droughts
Jul 30, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Drought is having a much more detrimental impact on forest recovery than previously believed, with many trees taking up to four years to return to pre-drought levels of growth
London's new underground
Jul 23, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Geographical heads beneath the surface to see how the Crossrail project is adding to London's historic subterranean transport network
Tackling US wildfires
Jul 17, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
What can be done to control the wildfire risk in the US?
Storm spaces
Jul 12, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps the cyclones and typhoons created by the world's weather systems
UK land becoming more urban
Jul 07, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A new map shows how UK land use is continuing the trend of converting forest and agricultural land to artificial surfaces
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