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Ariel view of Peru Cloud Forest

Geo Explainer: Cloud Forests

Cloud Forests are a spectacular type of rainforest found at high altitudes, spanning 4 continents from Costa Rica to Australia
Rory Alexander sitting down, Inland movie still

Inland: A modern folktale film set in a dreamlike English forest

ByVictoria HeathJun 14, 2023
Writer-director Fridtjof Ryder shares inspiration and process behind Inland (2022), a folktale film starring Rory Alexander & Mark Rylance
Salvage vessel arrives at damaged supertanker off Yemen’s coast

Salvage vessel arrives at damaged supertanker off Yemen’s coast

ByVictoria HeathJun 11, 2023
Removal of more than 1 million oil barrels on Yemen supertanker now underway, but project requires more funding to complete
Hjalmar, his shirt stained with blood from the sheep he has been slaughtering on a farm in the village of Kaldbaksbotnur on the east coast of the island of Streymoy

Geophotographer – Andrea Gjestvang

Photojournalist Andrea Gjestvang documents the ‘atlantic cowboy’, men on the Faroe Islands where there is a shortage of women I’m…

Aerial view of Kariba Dam in Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi River basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe

Dams damned – is the age of vast hydroelectric plants over?

ByVictoria HeathJun 9, 2023
With weakening efficiency and significant ecological impact, it's time to reconsider dams as a crucial source of renewable energy.
A juvenile shore crab perched on eelgrass

Protecting Orkney Islands seagrass

The seagrass meadows of the Orkney Islands are some of the healthiest in the UK, supporting an abundant and vital diversity of marine life 
Wild forest fire in Canada

Canada wildfires continue to rage, affecting air quality in the USA

ByVictoria HeathJun 8, 2023
400 wildfires in Canada lead to dangerously smoky conditions in several provinces, diminishing air quality across northern USA
A hawksbill turtle glides over one of Wakatobi’s pristine coral reefs

The business of conservation: Wakatobi Dive Resort

Lorenz Mäder, founder of Wakatobi Dive Resort, outlines his vision for how to create and sustain a successful tourist venture that protects the ocean
Salt marshes such as Pegwell Bay in Kent could be underwater by 2040

Salt marshes could disappear by the end of the century

Scientists warn that saltmarshes will soon be underwater worldwide, despite widespread restoration work
Drought in China heatwave

China swelters through an extreme heatwave

ByChloe SmithJun 2, 2023
China has seen record temperatures in May, reaching over 40 degrees before the summer has started
Winners of the 2022 Young Geographer of the Year competition

Young Geographer of the Year 2023

ByGeographical StaffJun 1, 2023

This year’s Young Geographer of the Year competition is now open for entries The national competition encourages pupils to engage…

A boy looks on with his horse as the Phelophepa healthcare train arrives in Thaba Nchu in South Africa’s Free State province

The Phelophepa: South Africa’s train of hope

ByTommy TrenchardMay 31, 2023
This unique hospital train provides much-needed affordable medical care in South Africa's most remote areas
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