Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Book extracts
The subterranean secrets of the Pyrenees
Colin Duncan Taylor reveals how human history is woven into the landscape, from the present day back to its very first inhabitants
The growing threat of space junk around Earth
Alastair Bonnett's forthcoming book New Ruins looks at how the debris of our disposable culture is changing the world. In this extract, he focuses on space junk
The desert that fed the world
A journey through Chile’s far north reveals how the Atacama shaped global agriculture, redrew borders and left a political legacy that continues to resonate
Why we need to get smarter about adaptation
In this extract from her new book Sink or Swim, Susannah Fisher unpacks ten reasons why efforts to adapt are proving so difficult to deliver
Who Will Tell My Story: A Gaza Diary
An edited extract from ‘Who Will Tell My Story: A Gaza Diary - by an anonymous Gazan manwho has fled his home and is living in exile’
Hope and memory in Hiroshima: A journey from Mount Fuji to global zero
Beneath the cherry blossoms of Hiroshima, memories of devastation linger — but so does hope. This exclusive extract from Six Minutes to Winter, Mark Lynas’s urgent new book on the threat of nuclear war, reflects on survival, remembrance and the future we must fight for
Unpacking Putin’s gangster state with Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall analyses the limits of Vladimir Putin's global ambitions from an extract of Prisoners of Geography
Inside Russia: a family forever changed by war
The story of a family ripped apart by the war in Ukraine - a harrowing & revealing insight into what Russians really feel about the conflict
The myth of Russian expansionism
Paul Richardson on why the warm-water myth and expansionist urges are no guide to Russia today
The mapping of Mount Everest
New and innovative techniques were used to produce detailed and beautiful maps of the region around Everest prior to attempts…
Finding a Shangri-la in modern China
Alec Ash on why he, and many others, are opting out of the rat race of modern China to find a Shangri-la in a rural backwater
Exploring close to home: discovering nature on your suburban doorstep
Extract from Alastair Humphrey's latest book Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness
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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.
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