Education Partners
Department of Geography, Environment and Development Studies at Birkbeck, University…
WORLDWATCH
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Turkey’s slow-motion earthquakeThe discovery of a slow-motion earthquake near Istanbul, which took place in 2016, raises the question of how these lesser-known events interact with more deadly natural disasters -
Donbass by Sergei LoznitsaA brutally realistic film about a cruel and pointless confrontation -
California’s marine heatwave saw animals move north, and some are there to stayThe 2014 to 2016 marine heatwave, which took place off the coast of California, saw an unprecedented number of southern tropical species migrate north -
Is hydrogen fuel the future of transport?Marco Magrini discovers that hydrogen is back, but hopefully not with a bang -
Dossier: Tobacco's big child labour problemDespite cigarette consumption dropping globally, their manufacture is still one of the world’s most profitable industries. For many farmers, tobacco cultivation is a vital source of income. One big problem – much of the labour is carried out by children -
Artifishal by Josh MurphyIn our attempt to control the natural world, humans have made many mistakes. But so too have our attempts to remedy those errors resulted in yet more damage. Such is the case with our treatment of salmon and trout, as Artifishal reveals, a film released by the clothing company Patagonia in tandem…
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Floating Deep Farms to feed a growing populationProfessor Saffa Riffat explains the potential of Floating Deep Farms to feed the world’s ever-increasing population -
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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
PEOPLE
I’m a Geographer
Sean Sutton is a photojournalist and international communications manager for the Mines…
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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UK
Discovering Britain
For this month’s Discovering Britain, Laura Cole visits Cuckmere Haven in Sussex,…
