Laura Cole
Research blog: the Tropics and El Niño part 3
Jul 13, 2017
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Forests
Was last year’s El Niño a practice run for future climate change? In part three of a blog series for Geographical, Laura Cole shadows the University of Oxford’s Global Ecosystem Monitoring Network and its work to discover the impact of the world’s most well-known weather phenomenon on the planet’s tropical forests
The Celtic rainforest
Jun 12, 2017
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Discovering Britain
In this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole explores Coed Felinrhyd, an ancient rainforest hidden in North Wales
Food for Thought
Jun 24, 2017
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Development
Almost two billion people around the world depend on imported produce to combat local scarcity
Tunnel Vision: Norway’s shipping proposals
May 27, 2017
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Mountains
Norway is to undercut a mountainous peninsula to create the world’s first sea shipping tunnel
More must-see documentaries on Netflix
May 24, 2017
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Films
Craving some non-fiction? Here are some of the best documentaries streaming on Netflix right now
Arctic environment ‘on verge of major shift’
May 17, 2017
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Polar
Recent observations of Arctic flora and fauna indicate major changes to ecosystems in the area
AFTERSHOCK: One Man’s Quest and the Quake on Everest
May 08, 2017
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Books
Jules Mountain was working as guide in the Alps until, over a few drinks at a pub in Chamonix, the prospect of conquering Everest presented itself
THE WILD AND THE WICKED: On Nature and Human Nature by Benjamin Hale
May 08, 2017
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Books
Many of us will be familiar with this run of emotions: the thrill of going to some faraway outcrop for the weekend, setting up camp, smug and self-sufficient, only then to spend two days inhaling mosquitoes or waiting out an unforeseen storm
Research Blog: the Tropics and El Niño part 2
Apr 28, 2017
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Climate
Was last year’s El Niño a practice run for future climate change? In part two of a blog series for Geographical, Laura Cole shadows the University of Oxford’s Global Ecosystem Monitoring Network and its work to discover the impact of the world’s most well-known weather phenomenon on the planet’s tropical forests
New maps of racial diversity in the United States
Apr 27, 2017
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Mapping
Repurposed NASA maps show the racial diversity (and segregation) of the United States in more detail than ever before
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