• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to footer
Geographical

Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

  • Geographical Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Opinion
    • Climatewatch
    • Front Lines
  • Podcast
  • Travel
    • Discovering Britain
    • Passport
  • Culture
    • Book reviews
  • Quizzes
    • Crosswords
  • Choose Geography
    • University directory
    • Masters courses
    • Course guides
      • Climate change
      • Environmental science
      • Human geography
      • Physical geography
    • University pages
      • Aberystwyth University
      • Brunel University
      • Cardiff University
      • University of Chester
      • Edge Hill University
      • The University of Edinburgh
      • Newcastle University
      • Nottingham Trent University
      • Oxford Brookes University
      • The University of Plymouth
      • Queen Mary University of London
    • Geography careers
      • Charity/non-profit
      • Education & research
      • Environment
      • Finance & consulting
      • Government and Local Government
    • Applications and advice
  • Magazine
    • Issue previews
    • Subscribe
    • Manage My Subscription
    • Special Editions
    • Geographical Archive
    • Advertise with us
  • Subscribe
    • Direct Debit Changes

Our free weekly briefing delivered straight to your inbox

Sign Me Up

Our free weekly briefing delivered straight to your inbox

Sign Me Up
Danube in Budapest, Hungary
News

The vast impacts of a dry Danube

As the Danube’s water levels fall, power plants, cargo shipping and passenger vessels are feeling the effects
Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.
News

A tale of two quakes

Wildfire in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, January 8, 2025, towards Getty Center and Brentwood. Images showcase dense smoke clouds, burning hillsides, and urban areas at risk. 2pm - 3pm.
News

Climate disasters and recovery inequality: who gets protected?

Humpback Whale in Blue ocean close to Water surface underwater in Tahiti
Wildlife

How a humpback whale’s dive shapes its song

Sean Sutton with landmine victim Oo Hpar and son David
News

Inside Myanmar’s civil war and its deadly landmine crisis

The subterranean secrets of the Pyrenees
Culture

The subterranean secrets of the Pyrenees

QUIZ: True or False – Maps
Quizzes

QUIZ: True or False – Maps

Mosquito close-up
News

Droughts are reshaping the spread of infectious diseases

Baby Jisan, who has spent 22 days in the Bangladesh Neonatal Hospital, Dhaka, is showing signs of recovery
News

Bangladesh measles crisis overwhelms hospitals

OUT NOW – September 2026 Geographical Magazine

  • Outsourcing the state: Mark Rowe explores the UK’s changing public services
  • Ukraine’s trauma of war: Boštjan Videmšek reports on the scars of conflict
  • Egypt’s equestrian tradition: Claire Thomas explores the centuries-old Mermah
  • …and plenty more!
See the full issue preview
Geo Cover September 2026

OUT NOW – September 2026 Geographical Magazine

Geo Cover September 2026
See the full issue preview
September issue covers
Magazine previews

Out now: September 2026’s Geographical Magazine

Raincloud over a landscape
News

Could cloud seeding make it rain and help fight wildfires?

The tram up the Great Orme headland
News

Discovering Britain: Llandudno’s grand designs

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Where to watch next year’s ‘Eclipse of the Century’
News

Where to watch next year’s ‘Eclipse of the Century’

flags
Quizzes

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Svalbard, Arctic landscape
News

Trump administration ends support for Arctic environment report

Mangroves in Indonesia
Science & Environment

The high cost of disappearing mangroves

Electric car factory in China
News

Why Chinese cars such as the Jaecoo 7 are booming in the UK

Peter Beard’s photographs of Africa’s disappearing wildlife
Wildlife

Peter Beard’s photographs of Africa’s disappearing wildlife

Dominica has a resident population of more than 200 sperm whales
Travel

On the wild side in Dominica

Arctic winter sea ice has returned to significant decline
News

Arctic winter sea ice has returned to significant decline

QUIZ: Population Demographics
Quizzes

QUIZ: Population Demographics

Plastic pellets
News

‘Environmental disaster’ as one billion plastic pellets enter River Tyne

Independent journalism, striking photography and expert insight on the people, places and forces shaping our world.
  • Monthly, quarterly or yearly plans, cancel any time
  • Print magazine delivered to your door, monthly
  • Full digital access plus the complete archive of 1,000+ issues back to 1935
  • The official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society

Choose your subscription


Choose your subscription


Quizzes

  • Previous
  • Next
QUIZ: True or False – Maps

QUIZ: True or False – Maps

Test your cartography skills with our interactive map quiz. Can you pass the True or False challenge?
QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia

Challenge your knowledge with the Asia country shapes quiz. Test your map skills with this engaging True or False quiz.
QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Test your knowledge with a challenging physical geography quiz that will push your understanding of the Earth to the limit.
flags

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Test your knowledge with our flags quiz and discover how well you know world flags. Challenge yourself today!

Long Reads

  • Previous
  • Next
Sean Sutton with landmine victim Oo Hpar and son David
News

Inside Myanmar’s civil war and its deadly landmine crisis

Few journalists have reached Myanmar’s Karenni State since the 2021 coup. Sean Sutton reports on the communities determined to return home
Dominica has a resident population of more than 200 sperm whales
Travel

On the wild side in Dominica

From hot sand and bubbling bays to sperm whales and rainforest trails, Bryony Cottam discovers how community-led tourism is shaping a different kind of Caribbean escape
A breeding pair of northern gannets
Wildlife

Inside Scotland’s controversial guga hunt

Amid avian flu and mounting animal-welfare pressure, one of Britain’s most controversial traditions faces an uncertain future
Forty per cent of the cut flowers sold in the EU come from Kenya
News

How Kenya’s flower industry is becoming more sustainable

After years of criticism over water use, pollution and working conditions, the cut flower industry in Kenya is trying to show it can have a greener future

Discovering Britain

  • Previous
  • Next
The tram up the Great Orme headland
News

Discovering Britain: Llandudno’s grand designs

Rory Walsh pays homage to ‘the Queen of Welsh resorts’ on a walk through Llandudno’s Victorian past
Three Bridges
Culture

Discovering Britain: the Three Bridges of West London

Rory Walsh visits the curious last legacy of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Kenilworth Castle
News

Discovering Britain: Kenilworth Castle

Rory Walsh sets off on a meandering walk to trace the lost defence of Kenilworth Castle
Dartmoor Tor
News

Dartmoor: where geology meets legend

Discover Dartmoor, a land of beauty and mystery with its famous tors and breathtaking views that inspire legends and myths.

Front Lines

  • Previous
  • Next
Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.
News

A tale of two quakes

Two earthquakes struck neighbouring countries, but geology alone doesn’t explain the vastly different death tolls
Raincloud over a landscape
News

Could cloud seeding make it rain and help fight wildfires?

Could controlling the weather and ‘rainmaking’ become one of our most powerful weapons against devastating wildfires?
Mangroves in Indonesia
Science & Environment

The high cost of disappearing mangroves

As shrimp farming expands, the world’s mangroves disappear, leaving coastal communities, wildlife and climate increasingly vulnerable
Electric car factory in China
News

Why Chinese cars such as the Jaecoo 7 are booming in the UK

The Jaecoo 7’s UK success reveals a striking reversal: Chinese car brands are no longer catching up with Europe – they’re selling aspiration back to it

Quizzes

  • Previous
  • Next
QUIZ: True or False – Maps

QUIZ: True or False – Maps

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

flags

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Long Reads

  • Previous
  • Next
Sean Sutton with landmine victim Oo Hpar and son David
News

Inside Myanmar’s civil war and its deadly landmine crisis

Dominica has a resident population of more than 200 sperm whales
Travel

On the wild side in Dominica

A breeding pair of northern gannets
Wildlife

Inside Scotland’s controversial guga hunt

Forty per cent of the cut flowers sold in the EU come from Kenya
News

How Kenya’s flower industry is becoming more sustainable

Discovering Britain

  • Previous
  • Next
The tram up the Great Orme headland
News

Discovering Britain: Llandudno’s grand designs

Three Bridges
Culture

Discovering Britain: the Three Bridges of West London

Kenilworth Castle
News

Discovering Britain: Kenilworth Castle

Dartmoor Tor
News

Dartmoor: where geology meets legend

Front Lines

  • Previous
  • Next
Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.
News

A tale of two quakes

Raincloud over a landscape
News

Could cloud seeding make it rain and help fight wildfires?

Mangroves in Indonesia
Science & Environment

The high cost of disappearing mangroves

Electric car factory in China
News

Why Chinese cars such as the Jaecoo 7 are booming in the UK

Danube in Budapest, Hungary

The vast impacts of a dry Danube

As the Danube’s water levels fall, power plants, cargo shipping and passenger vessels are feeling the effects
Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.

A tale of two quakes

Wildfire in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, January 8, 2025, towards Getty Center and Brentwood. Images showcase dense smoke clouds, burning hillsides, and urban areas at risk. 2pm - 3pm.

Climate disasters and recovery inequality: who gets protected?

Humpback Whale in Blue ocean close to Water surface underwater in Tahiti

How a humpback whale’s dive shapes its song

Sean Sutton with landmine victim Oo Hpar and son David

Inside Myanmar’s civil war and its deadly landmine crisis

The subterranean secrets of the Pyrenees

The subterranean secrets of the Pyrenees

QUIZ: True or False – Maps

QUIZ: True or False – Maps

Mosquito close-up

Droughts are reshaping the spread of infectious diseases

Baby Jisan, who has spent 22 days in the Bangladesh Neonatal Hospital, Dhaka, is showing signs of recovery

Bangladesh measles crisis overwhelms hospitals

September issue covers

Out now: September 2026’s Geographical Magazine

September 2026 issue – OUT NOW
Geo Cover September 2026
Click for preview
Raincloud over a landscape

Could cloud seeding make it rain and help fight wildfires?

The tram up the Great Orme headland

Discovering Britain: Llandudno’s grand designs

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Asia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Where to watch next year’s ‘Eclipse of the Century’

Where to watch next year’s ‘Eclipse of the Century’

flags

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Svalbard, Arctic landscape

Trump administration ends support for Arctic environment report

Mangroves in Indonesia

The high cost of disappearing mangroves

Electric car factory in China

Why Chinese cars such as the Jaecoo 7 are booming in the UK

Peter Beard’s photographs of Africa’s disappearing wildlife

Peter Beard’s photographs of Africa’s disappearing wildlife

Dominica has a resident population of more than 200 sperm whales

On the wild side in Dominica

Arctic winter sea ice has returned to significant decline

Arctic winter sea ice has returned to significant decline

QUIZ: Population Demographics

QUIZ: Population Demographics

Plastic pellets

‘Environmental disaster’ as one billion plastic pellets enter River Tyne

The Kelvin River in Glasgow has the highest recorded concentration of toxic TFA of any river in the UK

Forever chemicals and the toxic legacy of CFC replacements

Washington tourists on steps

The top countries gaining and losing tourists

Nicaragua flag

The words that went missing in Nicaragua

Solar eclipse in the sky

How do solar eclipses affect the weather?

Andrea Wulf

Writer’s Reads: Andrea Wulf

Gunung Mulu National Park

Back to base in Borneo

Orange oil barrels

Oil firms reap billions in profit amid Iran war and climate crisis, new analysis finds

Country outline quiz

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Easy

Mosquito

How climate change is changing the map of malaria in Africa

Scorched grass in Nottingham

England and Wales see driest July on record

Wasps flying around close-up

Why insects are disappearing and what it means for our future

Wildfires in northern Australia have been reduced by half since traditional land management has been introduced

Geo explainer: What is hydroclimate whiplash?

AI concept

China’s AI push raises the stakes

QUIZ: Glaciation

QUIZ: Glaciation

Physical Geography Quiz

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

The new study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that as our springs and summers get hotter and drier, the UK wildfire season is being stretched and intensified.

Geo explainer: The growing problem of UK wildfires

Load More
Load More

Footer

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • TikTok
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Geographical print magazine cover

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

Informative, authoritative and educational, this site’s content covers a wide range of subject areas, including geography, culture, wildlife and exploration, illustrated with superb photography.

Click Here for SUBSCRIPTION details

Want to access Geographical on your tablet or smartphone? Press the Apple, Android or PC/Mac image below to download the app for your device

Footer Apple Footer Android Footer Mac-PC

More from Geographical

  • Subscriptions
  • Get our Newsletter
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with us
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Copyright © 2026 · Site by Syon Media