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Department of Geography, Environment and Development Studies at Birkbeck, University…
WORLDWATCH
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Sharkwater Extinction by Rob StewartIt makes you angry - extremely. It makes you sad - desperately. And, Rob Stewart’s third and last film, Sharkwater Extinction, also manages to leave you feeling empowered and keen to keep his fight going, no mean feat for a campaigning documentary whose 37-year-old star, director and driving force was… -
April RGS-IBG EventsA selection of RGS-IBG events including lectures and exhibitions around the UK for April 2019 -
Walls of mud: Tailings dam cartogramsFollowing the collapse of the upstream tailings dam in Brumadinho, Brazil, Benjamin Hennig maps tailings dams around the world -
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[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Danger in storeIn October 1985, consultant mining engineer Chandra Durve and Dr Edward Ferrett, then head of the Faculty of Technology at Cornwall Technical College wrote an article for Geographical about tailings dams and some of the dangers they pose. The article, reproduced below, is especially prescient given the string of tailings dam disasters in… -
Brumadinho dam collapse: mining industry needs radical change to avoid future disastersReprinted with permission from The Conversation -
Why the Brumadinho dam collapse wasn’t surprisingThe recent dam collapse in Brazil could just be the beginning of a series of disasters due to inadequate dam technology and monitoring
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OPINIONS
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[FROM THE ARCHIVE] Danger in storeIn October 1985, consultant mining engineer Chandra Durve and Dr Edward Ferrett, then head of the Faculty of Technology at Cornwall Technical College wrote an article for Geographical about tailings dams and some of the dangers they pose. The article, reproduced below, is especially prescient given the string of tailings dam disasters in…
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Brumadinho dam collapse: mining industry needs radical change to avoid future disastersReprinted with permission from The Conversation
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Young people schooling ‘old guard’ on climate changeInnovative efforts and passionate activism by tomorrow’s generations are making real differences around the world -
Agricultural practices contribute to global air pollution, the industry must adaptGary Fuller is an air pollution scientist at King’s College London. His new book, The Invisible Killer: The Rising Global Threat of Air Pollution – and How We Can Fight Back, is published by Melville House
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Explorers
Charles Roberts reccounts the story of George Melville Boynton, perhaps the world's worst…
PARTNER CONTENT – SIGMA
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A vanishing idyllFew sights encapsulate the essence of summer better than a hay meadow in full bloom, and the season is when many wild flowers are at their peak and perfect for capturing with your camera -
Rock art recording in southern ArmeniaRecording ancient rock art 3,300m above sea levels with the SIGMA dp0 Quattro. Professor Dominic Powlesland, Director of the The Landscape Research Centre, describes these amazing finds -
Bringing the Mary Rose back to lifeHow the SIGMA dp2 Quattro camera is adding an extra dimension to our understanding of life on the Mary Rose during the 16th century -
The Wider ViewWide-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
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Discovering Britain
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits a sandy beach…
Discovering Britain
For this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole visits Chester, following the…
