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Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

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Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Mount Everest Climbing Crisis: Overcrowding, Deaths and Danger at the Summit

Mount Everest Climbing Crisis: Overcrowding, Deaths and Danger at the Summit

Top 10 Countries Leading the Way in Sustainable Tourism

Top 10 Countries Leading the Way in Sustainable Tourism

QUIZ: US State Capitals

QUIZ: US State Capitals

Vanishing Saltmarshes Threaten Climate Progress

Vanishing Saltmarshes Threaten Climate Progress

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Check out the Better World Video Awards 2025

Better World Video Awards 2025: Linda’s Story

Better World Video Awards 2025: Linda’s Story

Linda’s story of violence, cruelty and exploitation spans more than 20 years. In a powerful short film, she bravely shares her experience
Better World Video Awards 2025: Bricks

Better World Video Awards 2025: Bricks

One year later, actor and animal activist Peter Egan returns to the brick kilns of Egypt with Safe Haven 4 Donkeys
Better World Video Awards 2025

Better World Video Awards 2025

The Geographical and Aggressor Adventures 2025 Better World Video Awards are now open

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QUIZ: US State Capitals
Quizzes

QUIZ: US State Capitals

How well do you know the capitals of the 50 US states? This quiz is your chance to find out!

QUIZ: Capital Cities
Quizzes

QUIZ: Capital Cities

Think you know your world capitals? This quiz will put your global geography knowledge to the test!

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia

Test your global knowledge with fascinating human geography trivia that covers population patterns and cultural insights.
QUIZ: Urban Geography
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QUIZ: Urban Geography

Challenge yourself with a quiz on urban geography. Discover interesting facts about city trends and their unique landscapes.
QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard
Quizzes

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Test your knowledge with our flag quiz. Discover which flags belong to which countries and enhance your geographical skills.

Geo explainers

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Eagle Creek Wildfire in Columbia River Gorge forest, Oregon
Science & Environment

Geo explainer: Why are wildfires getting worse?

Discover the several reasons behind increasingly common wildfires around the world, including those in California
After the heavy rains and floods of last week in Merzouga, beautiful lakes have formed along the edges of Erg Chebbi.
Science & Environment

Geo explainer: Will the Sahara flood again?

Discover the Sahara Desert’s fascinating past – and why climate change may make flooding a likely part of its future.
Container cargo ship at industrial port
Briefing

Geo explainer: Where in the world are the busiest shipping lanes?

Take a deep dive into the world’s busiest shipping lanes according to the number of vessels passing through them each day.
Cape Town city and table mountain in the background during sunset
Briefing

Geo explainer: Exploring Africa’s economy and GDP

Five countries account for half of Africa’s total GDP, playing crucial roles in the continent’s economy – but where exactly are they?
Train of Phosphate in Sahara of Tunisia
Briefing

Geo explainer: What is phosphate mining – and why is it important?

Phosphate rock is an essential element for life on Earth. Discover its applications and why its mining threatens planetary health…

Worldview – opinion, comment & campaigns

nespresso machine

Business models that aren’t fit for every purpose

A forgotten kitchen gadget prompts Andrew Brooks to reflect on how an often lauded business model, while good for profit, might not benefit us all
The rush for rare earth elements

The rush for rare earth elements

Rare earths are the world’s most in-demand elements. Marco Magrini reports on the battle for their future — and ours
Pakistan is extremely water-stressed

When water becomes a weapon: The rise of global water tensions

Tim Marshall examines why water is fast becoming a trigger for conflict, from South Asia to the Middle East – and why climate change is raising the stakes
Map of Gulf of Mexico

Digital cartography on trial: Mexico sues Google for ‘Gulf of America’ label

Mexico sues Google over renaming the Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’, raising concerns about digital sovereignty and cartographic power
Glowing clouds below sun during sunrise

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

Marco Magrini considers the climate consequences of a dimming planet

Discovering Britain

The lavender fields at Castle Farm

Discovering Britain: Darent Valley, earthly paradise

Scrabo Tower, overlooking Strangford Lough

Discovering Britain: Strangford Loch

The city grid of Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes: Soulless suburb or urban utopia?

Worcester Cathedral with Watergate in foreground

Discovering Britain: the watery tale of Worcester

Spurn Point Lighthouse East Riding Yorkshire

Discovering Britain: Spurn Point in the Humber Estuary

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Long reads

Joey Apachee’s family stands in front of the house he started building for himself and his two children before his death. From left to right: Joe’s mother, Virginia Apachee, daughter, Ashton, and son, Julian

Missing, murdered and forgotten: The Navajo families fight for justice

Concept art of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion

Hope and memory in Hiroshima: A journey from Mount Fuji to global zero

Marauiá mountain range. Yanomami Indigenous Territory, state of Amazonas, Brazil, 2018

Remembering Sebastião Salgado

Glaciologist Ricardo Jaña of the Chilean Antarctica Institute, research chief at the Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station

Life, science and climate urgency on Antarctica’s Union Glacier

Odysseus tied to the mast. Image from an ancient vase found in the Black Sea

Mapping the myth: In search of Homer’s enchanted islands

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Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

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