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We need a Global Climate Club – and we need it now

We need a Global Climate Club – and we need it now

More than 4,200 chemicals of concern found in plastic, new study finds

More than 4,200 chemicals of concern found in plastic, new study finds

Geo explainer: What is palm oil – and how does sustainable palm oil stack up?

Geo explainer: What is palm oil – and how does sustainable palm oil stack up?

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Discovering Britain: the stone age secrets of Craig Rhos-y-felin

Discovering Britain: the stone age secrets of Craig Rhos-y-felin

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Geo Explainer: How are tsunamis detected?

Tsunamis can be devastating for coastal communities, particularly when they hit without warning. So how do scientists detect them in good time?
Lenticular cloud during sunrise in Bursa, Türkiye
Briefing

What are leticular clouds and how they are formed

High altitude clouds which have often been mistaken for UFOs
Geo Explainer: How common are tornadoes in the UK?
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: How common are tornadoes in the UK?

Tornadoes are a surprisingly common occurrence in the UK, and are most likely to form in three ‘tornado hotspots’
Lake Toba
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: Toba supervolcano, the biggest eruption in human history

The Toba supervolcano eruption was the most explosive in human history, but debates about its impact on human life are ongoing
One of the paths at Ohio State University
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Phenomena: What desire paths reveal about human nature

The shared shortcuts that defy the planners Navigating beyond the organised pavements and parks of our urban spaces, desire paths…

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Geo explainers

Banda Aceh in Indonesia
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: How are tsunamis detected?

Tsunamis can be devastating for coastal communities, particularly when they hit without warning. So how do scientists detect them in good time?
Lenticular cloud during sunrise in Bursa, Türkiye
Briefing

What are leticular clouds and how they are formed

High altitude clouds which have often been mistaken for UFOs
Geo Explainer: How common are tornadoes in the UK?
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: How common are tornadoes in the UK?

Tornadoes are a surprisingly common occurrence in the UK, and are most likely to form in three ‘tornado hotspots’
Lake Toba
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: Toba supervolcano, the biggest eruption in human history

The Toba supervolcano eruption was the most explosive in human history, but debates about its impact on human life are ongoing
One of the paths at Ohio State University
Briefing

Phenomena: What desire paths reveal about human nature

The shared shortcuts that defy the planners Navigating beyond the organised pavements and parks of our urban spaces, desire paths…

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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

The view from Dover’s Hill

Migrant workers in the UK fishing industry face the same English tests that barristers or chief executives need for entry

Scottish Highlands

Explore the UK’s Geoparks this summer

The Lowry, Salford Quay’s theatre, gallery and arts centre

Discovering Britain: Exploring Salford Quays

Sunrise at Ness Point, Britain’s most easterly place

Discovering Britain: the eastern most point of the UK

Looking down on the abandoned mines in the Ystwyth Valley

Ceredigion: the geographical centre of Wales

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Long reads

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?

The Merlion, with the head of a lion and tail of a fish, is Singapore’s official mascot

Country profile: Singapore

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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