June 23


Tourism visitor numbers in Antarctica have risen to over 100,000 a year

Tourism visitor numbers in Antarctica have risen to over 100,000 a year

ByGeographical StaffAug 6, 2023
The rapidly growing number of tourists visiting Antarctica is raising concerns
The Dragonfly cable gondola, which takes tourists through the cloud forest

Protecting Ecuador’s cloud forests

Ecuador’s cloud forests are a unique biodiversity hotspot. In the face of threats from mining and logging, the creation of private and community- owned reserves offers growing hope for their future
July 2023 Geographical crossword

July 2023 Geographical crossword

ByGeographical StaffJun 20, 2023
The first correctly completed crossword selected at random wins a hardback copy of the comprehensive Philip’s Essential World Atlas worth £25
Digital image of the landforms beneath Antarctica’s ice

Review – The Land Beneath the Ice

David Drewry reccounts his radar mapping expeditions of Antartica in meticulous detail
Anna on a photo shoot in Greenland

Freediver Anna von Boetticher’s travel insights

ByBryony CottamJun 13, 2023
Anna von Boetticher talks about how to get the most out of travelling and shares her top travel tips
Documenting the marine animal forest discovered in the waters of Svalbard

Diving into the twilight zone

ByBryony CottamJun 12, 2023
Scientists are searching the ocean floor for strange new deep-sea forests, hoping to safeguard them before it’s too late
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…

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 
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
Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Where in the world – Crater lakes

ByGeographical StaffJun 5, 2023
Can you solve our Where In the World quick quiz for June? Just identify the location of these crater lakes
Sea bean against dark background with book cover

Review: Sea Bean by Sally Huband

In this bright and blustering book, Sally Huband reminds us of the wonder of the sea and her quest to find a 'magic' sea bean
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