Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
August 22
Surf’s up: discovering the secrets of Widemouth Bay
Rory Walsh visits a Cornish Bay where as much as a quarter of the world's internet traffic is routed through underwater cables
Exploring birdlife on the Calf of Man
Rory Walsh visits the once rat-infested islet which today is back as a vital breeding spot for the Manx shearwater
Human activity is pushing red pandas towards extinction
Forests fragmented by new infrastructure and roads are leaving red pandas with nowhere to go, making it harder for them to survive
The last traditions of human-wildlife cooperation could soon be lost
Human-wildlife cooperation, like the bond between honey hunters and greater honeyguides, is threatened by ecological and cultural change
A rise in space tourism poses serious risks to Earth
Soot from space tourism is 500 times more damaging for the climate than soot from all other sources combined
Southend Pier: a lengthy icon of the Victorian British seaside
Rory Walsh visits the longest of the seaside piers and wonders if these tourist attractions from another era can survive
Keystone species: rewilding by numbers
A major new study has identified 20 species whose reintroduction would ensure that an additional 54 per cent of the planet's land area regains its full complement of large mammals – but how practical is such an idea?
The future is fungi
An appreciation of mushrooms and other fungi that are used for food, medicine and their psychotropic effects
The twin peaks of the Berkshire Downs
Rory Walsh explores the Wittenham Clumps – the twin peaks of the Berkshire Downs
Writer’s reads: Suad Aldarra
Suad Aldarra, a Syrian/Irish data scientist and author of 'I Don't Want to Talk About Home', selects some of her favourite reads
The resolute widows of Punjab farmers driven to suicide by relentless debt
The resolute widows of Punjabi farmers who were driven to suicide by relentless debt fight for a better future
The future of desalination
The world's drinking water supply is at risk and desalination plants are set to make more saltwater potable
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