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Reaching sky high
Mar 12, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
The world continued surging upwards in 2015, breaking records for the number of new tall buildings built in a single year
Mapping Britain's ‘euroscepticism’
Mar 11, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Instead of just focusing on the overall swinging back and forth of British support for EU membership, a new map shows where levels of ‘euroscepticisim’ and ‘europhilia’ are at their greatest
Bolivia has lost an entire lake
Mar 02, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Lake Poopó in Bolivia, has rapidly dried up, decimating local communities. Where did the water go, and will it ever return?
Wet Lands: Where does the Earth’s rain fall?
Feb 20, 2016
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Geographical’s monthly alternative look at the world through the eyes of cartograms
Mapping Greenland’s ice sheet
Feb 12, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
New findings into the world’s second largest ice body show it’s both melting and growing
That sinking feeling: Saving Jakarta from going under
Feb 09, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Can a vast waterfront development save Jakarta from the many perils of subsidence?
The invention of nature
Feb 05, 2016
Written by
Andrea Wulf
Ahead of a talk at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), author Andrea Wulf sheds light on the extraordinary Alexander von Humboldt – the forgotten father of environmentalism
Ostrava: In the Shadow of History
Feb 03, 2016
Written by
Dan Griliopoulos
Ostrava is the Czech Republic’s ‘third city’, a former iron town striving to turn its story around by mining its industrial heritage and proximity to Russia for tourist gold
The Wild Spaces
Jan 23, 2016
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Where are the world's remaining wild spaces? Benjamin Hennig explores these remaining spots of isolation
Rock unsolid
Jan 20, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Falling rocks and unstable cliff faces are always a hazard for mountain climbers, however, could climate change be adding to the danger?
Back from the dead
Jan 16, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Declared biologically dead in 1950s, the Thames is now home to hundreds of species of fish, seals, porpoises and more
The Bristol Method
Jan 15, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Not content with simply being European Green Capital for 2015, Bristol has unleashed a digital toolkit to help educate other cities around the world on urban sustainability and green living
Finally, a digital map for Alaska
Jan 13, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
A long-awaited, somewhat delayed, digital geologic map of Alaska has been released, made from a ‘treasure trove’ of geological information
Park life
Jan 05, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
New York’s latest environmental initiative aims to break open the city’s green spaces
Protecting the corridor
Jan 02, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
National Park status has been granted to a new Peruvian national park, Sierra del Divisor, the final piece in a chain of protected Amazonian rainforest
Medellín: The City of Eternal Spring
Jan 01, 2016
Written by
Sarah Gilbert
Sarah Gilbert encounters a city once known only for drugs and violence that is being successfully reinvented as a social and artistic haven
Snow bound
Dec 23, 2015
Written by
Graeme Gourlay
Travelling in the tiny and relatively new nation of Slovenia, Graeme Gourlay finds it impossible not to notice the connection its residents have with their landscape
Species at risk
Dec 19, 2015
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig maps endangered wildlife species around the world
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