NET LOSS
Kit Gillet reports from the Gulf of Thailand, whose fisheries have been ravaged by the commercialisation of the Thai fishing industry
MANCHESTER IS MY ORCHARD
Hazel Southam visits Moss Side, where a thriving cider business is helping to build a community spirit
In the Nepalese Himalaya, a time-honoured trade route still favours the bold. Daniel Allen reports
PHOTOSTORY: ON THE ROAD AGAIN
A selection of images from an exhibition opening this month at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) that pairs M Aurel Stein’s early 20th century photographs of the Silk Road with their modern counterparts
AT A CROSSROADS IN THE ATLANTIC
As the population of Ascension Island gears up to mark the 200th anniversary of British rule, Fred Pearce ponders what the future might hold for this strange vestige of empire
GOING UNDERGROUND
Mark Rowe discusses the role that carbon capture and storage can play in the global effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Alastair Humphreys recalls the trials and tribulations of his 1,600-kilometre desert walk from Salalah in Oman to Dubai