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A planet eating planet

A planet eating planet

ByStuart ButlerNov 11, 2023
New study says parts of an ancient planet are buried deep within the core of the Earth after the two planets collided billions of years ago.
A farmer’s child sits on a tobacco bale on the floor of a tobacco auction house in Periyapatna, India.

Tobacco: the world’s most deadly industry

ByGeographical StaffNov 9, 2023
The global impacts of the tobacco industry on the young, on workers, on the economy, on health services and one crime
Excessive wildlife tourism poses a threat to Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve

Gone wild: is wildlife tourism out of control?

ByBryony CottamNov 6, 2023
Poor regulation and management of wildlife safaris is putting undue pressure on the animals and even placing tourists at risk
A bird’s banquet: top tips for feeding birds in your garden

A bird’s banquet: top tips for feeding birds in your garden

ByStuart ButlerNov 5, 2023
Feeding wild birds: Our top tips for how best to attract flocks of colourful wild birds to your garden this winter.
The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

Glen Roy: the high road and the low road

ByRory WalshNov 1, 2023
Rory Walsh investigates a trio of strange ‘roads’ in the Scottish Highlands
An artisinal gold mine in Uganda

Artisanal mining is leaving a trail of devastation

ByBryony CottamOct 27, 2023
Artisanal mining is booming in the tropics – and it’s leaving destruction and environmental degradation in its wake 
WWF calls for world-wide action to save forests by 2030 with new global blueprint

WWF calls for world-wide action to save forests by 2030 with new global blueprint

ByCharlotte HallOct 24, 2023
The world is failing our forests, according to the wildlife charity, which has laid out a blueprint for the conservation rescue mission.
Ice halo around the sun in the sky in snowy lanscape

What is an Ice halo or the 22° halo

ByGrace GourlayOct 23, 2023
Geographical Phenomena #1: Optical atmospheric phenomena such as ice halos, sun dogs and ice pillars caused by ice crystals
Disappearing ice of the Pyrenees

Disappearing ice of the Pyrenees

ByStuart ButlerOct 19, 2023
Vanishing waterfalls and glacier free summits. The Pyrenees mountains are on the frontline of climate change.
Robot wolf keeps bears away

Robot wolf keeps bears away

ByStuart ButlerOct 19, 2023
It's a story that should a fairytale: Robot wolves are being used to scare hungry bears away from Japanese towns and villages.
Geo Explainer: The many Chinas

Geo Explainer: The many Chinas

ByGraeme GourlayOct 18, 2023
A primer to the physical and cultural diversity of the second-most populous country in the world
A Marsican brown bear in Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park

How Marsican brown bears and humans can coexist

ByGeographical StaffOct 11, 2023
Opinions are divided on the Marsican brown bears living close to people in Italy, a new project aims to change that
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