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Borneo Wildlife Warriors: Episode 3 [video]
Wildlife

Borneo Wildlife Warriors: Episode 3 [video]

Apr 07, 2017
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The latest episode sees ‘Bertie’ enlisting in wildlife rescue boot camp
Belly of the beast: energy from the earth
Energy

Belly of the beast: energy from the earth

Apr 01, 2017
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Icelandic engineers are attempting to harness the powerful geothermal energy of magma
Borneo Wildlife Warriors: new web series launches [video]
Wildlife

Borneo Wildlife Warriors: new web series launches [video]

Mar 31, 2017
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New video series tracks the journey of Aaron Gekoski as he joins Borneo’s Wildlife Rescue Unit to get on conservation’s front lines – watch new episodes each week on Geographical
Prototype of rubber produced using food waste-sourced filler
Energy

Rubber stamp: turning food waste into tyres

Mar 31, 2017
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Newly-developed ‘sustainable rubber’, produced using recycled food waste, could one day be used to make car tyres
Sunrise at a very low tide at Old Harry Rocks on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, a popular location for photographers looking to capture the effects of erosion on natural landscapes
Geophoto

A Constant Changing Shore

Mar 20, 2017
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This winter has seen frequent storms and flooding hitting many coastal areas of the British Isles. While some will feel these are less than ideal conditions for stepping out with the camera, in fact there are many creative possibilities for photography
Europe’s ‘Black Rhino’: The culling of Poland’s wild bison
Wildlife

Europe’s ‘Black Rhino’: The culling of Poland’s wild bison

Mar 17, 2017
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The bison, Poland’s symbol of nature conservation, already faces controversial annual culling. But recently, the Polish government announced plans to increase culling of this last remnant of legendary megafauna, causing outrage among conservationists
Wild European Grey wolves in Hungary
Wildlife

Wolf cubs arrive in Devon as part of rewilding strategy

Mar 16, 2017
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Wolves have arrived at a wildlife park in Devon as part of ongoing campaign to rewild parts of the United Kingdom
Record bay: Denmark’s amazing sea grass
Climate

Record bay: Denmark’s amazing sea grass

Mar 11, 2017
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An unassuming beach in Denmark is absorbing record-breaking levels of carbon dioxide
An environmentally-friendly bullet should, leave less polluting munitions behind on military firing ranges
Energy

Eco Warriors: creating an environmentally-friendly bullet

Mar 04, 2017
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The environmental cost of military activities is significant. Could new ‘eco-bullets’ be an effective solution?
Wild horse numbers are expected to reach over 100,000 in the next four years across the western states of America
Wildlife

Nowhere to run: the wild horses of the USA

Feb 28, 2017
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Latest figures suggest that there are more than twice as many feral horses roaming across the plains of the American West than the land is capable of sustaining
Simplified map of Earth’s tectonic plates and continents, including Zealandia
Tectonics

Zealandia: what is a continent?

Feb 22, 2017
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How does the proposed allocation of ‘Zealandia’ as an independent continent affect our understanding of the planet’s continental organisation?
It’s being suggested that 2018 could see the start of efforts to reproduce the long-dead woolly mammoth, using Asian elephants as surrogates
Wildlife

Back to life: the world of de-extinction

Feb 17, 2017
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Is extinction forever? While most would assume that yes, extinction is the ultimate end-point, a fate from which no species can return, Chris Fitch investigates the small but growing movement that dares to disagree
Tim Laman's winning shot in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was as much a study of the orang-utan climbing the tree as it was of the surrounding landscape
Geophoto

The Wider View

Feb 15, 2017
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Wide-angle photography is perhaps the best way to recreate the natural human eye’s field-of-vision. But you’ll need specialist equipment and expertise to really do the images justice
Remembering Rhinos
Wildlife

Remembering Rhinos

Feb 13, 2017
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New book aims to follow in the success of last year's Remembering Elephants, and raise funds to protect critically endangered rhinos across Africa and Asia
Saving the Day: koalas in crisis
Wildlife

Saving the Day: koalas in crisis

Feb 11, 2017
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With Queensland koala numbers in free-fall, a novel idea suggests using daylight savings time to protect the species
Cows matter: methane, the forgotten emission
Climate

Cows matter: methane, the forgotten emission

Feb 08, 2017
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Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks at the rise of methane
Studies show an average 44-year gap between Icelandic eruptions such as at Eyjafjallajökull
Tectonics

Boom time: predicting Iceland's volcanoes

Feb 04, 2017
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Fears that volcano eruptions in Iceland are set to regularly disrupt air travel are being tempered by a new study into the frequency of such events
Trieste test dive, San Diego
Oceans

An interactive journey to the bottom of the sea

Jan 24, 2017
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Now we can all experience diving to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench, nearly 11,000m down into the depths of the ocean
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