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Vietnam’s ‘boat people’
Jun 20, 2015
Written by
Mark Rowe
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and the current Mediterranean and south-east Asia migrations in many ways echo the extraordinary migration of the Vietnamese and other peoples who fled the city as North Vietnamese troops…
Where are Syria's refugees in Europe?
Jun 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
An estimated nine million Syrians have fled their homes since March 2011. Around 150,000 have sought asylum within the European Union
By the numbers
Jun 20, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
On Thursday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees released its most recent report of global refugee trends for 2014. It found worldwide displacement was at the highest level ever recorded
Libya’s fragmented politics
Jun 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
With up to 500,000 refugees in the country, many hoping to make the hazardous journey across the Mediterranean, Geographical looks at Libya’s politics
Australia: no way
Jun 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Australia has met asylum seekers trying to reach the country by boat with a simple ‘No’. As the EU struggles with a similar problem, Geographical looks at Australia’s policies
The lasting impact of Canada’s truth and reconciliation
Jun 16, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Now that the final report has been announced, Geographical looks at the key debates around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada and how important it has been to indigenous cultural resurgence
David Warrell
Jun 14, 2015
David Warrell is a professor and International Director of the Royal College of Physicians and Tropical Medicine. A long-standing member of the RGS-IBG medical cell, he co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
The future of Arctic exploration
Jun 09, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Arctic exploration is changing. Polar explorer Pen Hadow discusses the new directions with Geographical
In the footsteps of Darwin
Jun 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Allen
When novice horse rider Tom Allen attempted to follow Charles Darwin's route to explore the length of the Santa Cruz river in Patagonia, he discovered that the immediate future of this near-pristine wilderness is far from certain
Drought media: does it help?
May 28, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Although California gets all the current headlines, there are numerous significant drought events occurring elsewhere in the world. Geographical explores why you are not hearing about them
Eurovision redefines Europe’s geography... again
May 21, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Australia’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest may be an extreme geographic anomaly, but it’s another example of Europe’s continuing expansion
Geological secrets behind eternal flames
May 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
‘Eternal flames’ from ancient times should interest modern geologists
Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos
May 11, 2015
Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos is a UK-based medical doctor and extreme environment physiologist. His latest endeavour, part of his ‘Ice, Water, Fire’ challenge, is running the 250km Marathon des Sables across the Sahara, in support of biodiversity charity, the Opwall Trust
Report from Dark Mountain
May 11, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
The Dark Mountain project aims to change how people think about the environment. Completely...
Weather and wages: the strain on India’s tea tribes
May 06, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Climate change has become the most recent explanation for the low wages of tea labourers in Assam, India, causing yet more tensions between the government, the tea growers and those campaigning on behalf of the poor workers caught in the…
On a rock and a hard place
May 04, 2015
Written by
Nick Hancock
Spending two months alone in a pod in the middle of the North Atlantic might not sound like everyone’s idea of a perfect summer holiday, but for Nick Hancock, single-minded determination to break a record took him to a guano-covered…
Stone cold in Sitka
Apr 25, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A devastating landslide near the city of Sitka in Alaska last September has unearthed evidence of early human occupation in the region – a prehistoric hammer or ‘handmaul’
Blazing Trowels
Apr 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Dinosaur shoes, gender equality and geography combine in a unique archival project
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