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1. Dossier: Could opening up the UK to meat from other continents end the Great British farm?: (Development); Mark Rowe asks whether opening up the UK to meat from other continents will spell the end of British farming as we know it The year is 2035 and, with the final removal of all tariffs on Australian ...; Created on 09 September 2021
2. As the desert encroaches, the Republic of Kalmykia sits at the forefront of climate change: (Deserts); ... of everyday life here, marked as it is by the perpetual task of finding suitable pasture and an increasing awareness of environmental issues. This is a daily life common to many inhabitants of this ...; Created on 21 July 2021
3. CRIMINAL CONTAGION: How Mafias, Gangsters and Scammers Profit from a Pandemic by Tuesday Reitano and Mark Shaw book review ...: (Books); by Tuesday Reitano and Mark Shaw • Hurst & Co. In a world inundated with abbreviations, GIATOC may not resonate. But it’s directly linked to another that has become common parlance in the past year ...; Created on 02 July 2021
4. Riding the California Zephyr: (Places); ... longer while the tunnel cleared of fumes. With a length of ten kilometres, this is the second-longest passenger rail tunnel in the USA – and marks the highest point of the Zephyr’s journey at 2,816 metres. ...; Created on 04 June 2021
5. Return of the elm: The plot to reintroduce the beloved tree to Britain: (Nature); By the late 1980s, almost all mature specimens of the once-iconic elm tree had died in the UK as a result of Dutch elm disease. Mark Rowe investigates attempts to reintroduce elms to Britain As a ...; Created on 27 May 2021
6. A country divided: Why England's North–South divide is getting worse: (UK); ... Loughborough, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes and Great Grimsby. Other attempts to draw similar lines have been more controversial. Mark Tewdwr-Jones, a professor at Newcastle University, caused some consternation ...; Created on 05 May 2021
7. The Geographical Podcast – The storms to come: What a new US administration means for the climate: (Podcasts); ... The storms to come: What a new US administration means for the climate This month, our long-read is Mark Rowe’s dossier about climate change in the USA. Mark looks at the Trump years, and the hug ...; Created on 15 March 2021
8. UK Gold: The hunt for the precious metal has returned: (UK); ... gold locked under the UK will become available to buy. What then? Richard Gray, CEO of Scotgold, stands before the Grampian Mountains SAFE HAVENS On 24 July 2020 the gold market had an extraordinary ...; Created on 05 March 2021
9. Searching for the source of Papua New Guinea’s longest river: (Explorers); ... a few specks of gold dust, which they sell for around £10 per gram; roughly a quarter of the global market rate. They said their wives could manage without them in the village and their camp had the feeling ...; Created on 04 February 2021
10. Geographical’s top features of 2020: (Places); ... published in our monthly print magazine. To stay connected to the world and the stories that matter subscribe and join the Geographical community Confronting the global rubbish crisis, Mark Rowe, ...; Created on 27 December 2020
11. For the Christmas tree pickers of Georgia, a two-week period is make or break: (Cultures); Every autumn in the Caucasus Mountains, men climb to the top of Nordmann firs to harvest pine cones whose seeds will feed the lucrative European Christmas tree market. But this activity generates very ...; Created on 09 December 2020
12. Dossier: the silent chorus – declines in the bird world: (Wildlife); ... to the extent that the bird trade is now recognised as the primary threat to many of the region’s species. A 2015 survey of Jakarta’s three main bird markets by the organisation TRAFFIC counted 19,000 ...; Created on 14 October 2020
13. The delays, postponements and cancellations of Covid-19: (Cultures); ... also suspended its 5p plastic bag fee – introduced in 2015 – for online supermarket deliveries during the pandemic. Tesco said online sales for delivery rose by 48.5 per cent in the three months to 30 ...; Created on 18 September 2020
14. Myanmar's forgotten Naga: (Cultures); ... checking the boundary markers and looking for insurgents,’ he says, fiddling with his walkie talkie. Above him, a rack of rifles glints in the firelight and an old headhunting basket gathers dust. ‘We’v ...; Created on 16 September 2020
15. Dossier: carbon offsetting: (Climate); The IPCC embraced the notion of carbon offset schemes in the landmark Paris Agreement, but projects have faced criticism that they lack effectiveness and transparency. Mark Rowe investigates the world ...; Created on 24 July 2020
16. Fangs and skin: Illegal wildlife trade endangers Latin America’s jaguars: (Wildlife); ... and conservationists are concerned that a formal market for trafficked jaguar parts could reverse critical conservation progress Rodrigo Medellin, chief advisor to the Convention of International Trade ...; Created on 02 July 2020
17. Geographical July 2020: (Magazine Issues); ... As relations between Latin America and Asia strengthen, criminologists and conservationists are concerned that a formal market for trafficked jaguar parts could reverse conservation progress. SAN ...; Created on 25 June 2020
18. Remembering Selma Huxley Barkham: historian and geographer specialising in Basque connections to Canada: (People); ... society in Ottawa, where she had maps with Xs marking where exactly she thought the shipwrecks she had found in documents had sunk. It was there that Parks Canada archaeologists got all excited and asked ...; Created on 18 June 2020
19. Dossier: hunting and human-wildlife conflict: (Wildlife); Hunting is a topic that attracts polarised viewpoints. But as Mark Rowe demonstrates, when it comes to limiting human-wildlife conflict and to wider conservation measures, it’s not always so simple Mention ...; Created on 22 May 2020
20. Geographical May 2020: (Magazine Issues); ... that attracts polarised viewpoints – you’re either for or against it. But as Mark Rowe demonstrates, when it comes to limiting human-wildlife conflict and to wider conservation measures, it’s not always ...; Created on 24 April 2020

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