Geographical

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Holidaymakers queue at Dalaman Airport, Turkey.

Have we had enough of travel?

ByMark RoweOct 31, 2024
Crowds, queues, disgruntled locals, fractured communities, soaring prices... can the problems of overtourism ever be solved?
The Caspian Sea is shrinking – but why?

The Caspian Sea is shrinking – but why?

ByVictoria HeathOct 30, 2024
The world’s largest inland body of water, the Caspian Sea, faces water level decline, threatening ecosystems, economies & regional stability
Lenin’s bust peers down on the Russian mining town of Barentsburg in Svalbard

Arctic geopolitics: the Red Flag flying in Svalbard

ByVictoria HeathSep 27, 2024

Tensions are mounting in Svalbard, where a Russian mining town is goading the Norwegian authorities We are heading to the…

A vast liquefied natural gas plant outside Doha

Country profile: Qatar

ByKatie BurtonSep 23, 2024

The small country with more migrant workers than citizens plays a complex geopolitical game On 9 January 2024, US Secretary…

The rufous hare-wallaby, or mala, is one of the smallest marsupials

Return of the mala – Australia’s minature marsupial

ByGeographical ContributorAug 19, 2024
This tiny marsupial was declared extinct but is now being returned to the wilds of the outback where the region’s First Nations people believe it first appeared on Earth
Yaks on their summer pastures high in the Pamir Mountains

Yaks, yurts and adventures in Tajikistan

ByGeographical ContributorAug 2, 2024
Chris Aslan tells the story of his scheme to help the nomads high in the Pamir Mountains make some much-needed money from the yak down that they previously discarded
Protesters at the route of the Tren Maya being carved through the jungle

Mexico’s cenotes at risk from new train line

ByMark 'Crowley' RussellJul 22, 2024
Conservationists fear that a train line looping around the Yucatán Peninsula is going to wreak havoc on the fragile cenotes
3d topographic map of Rwanda

Country profile: Rwanda

ByGeographical StaffJul 18, 2024

Geographical in-depth guide to Rwanda Rwanda’s urban cemeteries are running out of space. Many of the country’s 1,500 cemeteries, having…

Conservation measures in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands have done much to improve hyacinth macaw populations

Study reveals conservation’s positive impact on biodiversity worldwide

ByMark RoweJul 15, 2024
New study offers hope and suggests that our efforts to protect nature can turn the tide on biodiversity loss
A local farmer sprays the herbicide Roundup among the oil palms in the small plot of land she and her family owns. She also routinely sprays Gramoxone, without protection

Paraquat: banned in Europe, on sale in Indonesia

ByGeographical ContributorJun 28, 2024
The dangerous pesticides destroying the lives of palm oil plantation workers in Borneo
One of the many narrow gullies on the island known as chines

Isle of Wight: From Victorian Seaside to Eco-Conscious Paradise?

ByMark RoweJun 20, 2024
Long known as a bucket-and-spade destination steeped in Victoriana, the Isle of Wight is looking to the future with environmental tourism
A poignant drawing by a child at a nursery situated in Varanasi’s red light district

The dark side to India’s City of Light: people trafficking in Varanasi

ByStuart ButlerJun 7, 2024
A charity trying to help those often kidnapped young women forced into prostitution in India's holiest city
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