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Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

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Funding failures undermine global nature protection efforts

Funding failures undermine global nature protection efforts

QUIZ: Capital Cities

QUIZ: Capital Cities

China: Debt, demographics and a manufacturing slowdown

China: Debt, demographics and a manufacturing slowdown

QUIZ: Weather

QUIZ: Weather

Paddle-Out Protests: UK water users take to the waves in sewage outrage

Paddle-Out Protests: UK water users take to the waves in sewage outrage

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Opinion

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
Don’t care about the Arctic because it’s empty and distant – care because it’s busy and close

Don’t care about the Arctic because it’s empty and distant – care because it’s busy and close

An Arctic resident’s view of the row about Camilla Hempleman-Adams’ trek across Baffin Island
Concept art of an eagle with the american flag in its talons

The end of Pax Americana? A new era of great power politics

Tim Marshall asks whether it’s the end of an era, or just America’s Orange Period
How a global universal income could help poverty & the planet

How a global universal income could help poverty & the planet

Campaigns and Operations Director at Equal Right Patrick Brown on how a global universal income could be help extreme poverty
The need for scientific thinking

The need for scientific thinking

Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees argues for the need for rigorous, scientific minds & science in our complex, rapidly changing world

Quizzes

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QUIZ: Capital Cities
Quizzes

QUIZ: Capital Cities

Test your knowledge with our capital cities quiz. Discover which capitals you know and challenge yourself today!
QUIZ: Weather
Quizzes

QUIZ: Weather

Test your knowledge with our weather quiz and explore the planet’s most fascinating meteorological moments.
QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia

Test your knowledge with our human geography quiz. Challenge yourself and learn about people, places, and patterns.
QUIZ: Name The Island!
Quizzes

QUIZ: Name The Island!

Challenge yourself with our quiz on remote islands. Discover how much you know about the world’s most isolated locations.
QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard
Quizzes

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Test your knowledge with our flag quiz and discover how well you know the flags of different nations.

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…

Book reviews

The Biodiversity Gardener: Establishing a Legacy for the Natural World, by Paul Sterry
The Future of Geography: How Politics in Space will Change Our World, by Tim Marshall
The Last Drop: Solving the World’s Water Crisis, by Tim Smedley
The Half Known Life: Finding Paradise in a Divided World, by Pico Iyer
The Explorer and the Journalist: Frederick Cook, Philip Gibbs and the Scandal that Shocked the World, by Richard Evans
Flying Green: On the New Frontiers of Aviation, by Christopher de Bellaigue
Sea Bean: A Beachcomber’s search for a magical charm, by Sally Huband
The Land Beneath the Ice: The Pioneering Years of Radar Exploration in Antarctica, by David J Drewry
Explorer: The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown, by Benedict Allen
Home Waters: Discovering the Submerged Science of Britain’s Coast, by David Bowers
Time on Rock: A Climber’s Route into the Mountains, by Anna Fleming
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation, by Leon McCarron

Discovering Britain

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

London's East End with a train

Discovering Britain: The vanished communities of London’s East End

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Long reads

The Zealandia reserve, with the suburbs of Wellington in the background

Into the urban jungle: how Zealandia became Wellington’s wild heart

A man paddles his water taxi down the Buriganga River, which flows through the heart of Dhaka

Turning the tide on Bangladesh’s plastic pollution

Lynmouth Power Station on the Northumberland coast

Can wood-burning power stations ever be sustainable?

People walking in a busy street

Depopulation: the dramatic change facing humanity

Beautiful view of the El Capitan rock formation in the evening, seen from the loop road.

US national parks: where are the oldest, largest and most visited?

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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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