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Plight of the Scottish salmon

Plight of the Scottish salmon

ByGeographical StaffAug 6, 2022
With Scotland's salmon under threat, environmental groups are planting trees along riverbanks to help save them
The cashmere crisis of the Changthang Plateau

The cashmere crisis of the Changthang Plateau

Andrew Newey visits the world's highest permanently inhabited plateau, where farmers produce pashmina wool
Lighthouses: the solitary guards of the sea

Lighthouses: the solitary guards of the sea

Lighthouses are special places. Quietly suspended between the sea surface and the sky, solidly implanted on the edges of the…

The rise of life-changing social circuses

The rise of life-changing social circuses

ByTommy TrenchardMay 30, 2022
Zip zap circus in South Africa is one of a growing number of 'social circuses' that is transforming the lives of marginalised youths
Roseberry Topping: the Yorkshire Matterhorn

Roseberry Topping: the Yorkshire Matterhorn

ByRory WalshMay 18, 2022
Rory Walsh follows in the footsteps of a famous explorer for views over the North York Moors and an adventure-inspiring climb
Tourist ship antarctica

Pollution in Antarctica is accelerating snowmelt

ByGeographical StaffMay 17, 2022
Soot pollution caused by tourism and scientific research stations on Antarctica is a growing problem speeding up snowmelt
Boat on the Amazon

People from these Bolivian tribes hardly ever get dementia

ByGeographical StaffMay 17, 2022
The Tsimane and Moseten people of the Bolivian Amazon may hold the key to avoiding the onset of dementia
sand dunes gobi desert

Desert dunes breathe as they ‘inhale’ air

ByGeographical StaffMay 17, 2022
Study into how deserts form shows how microbes can live deep inside arid sand dunes as air seeps deep inside them
Conservation success for green turtles in Seychelles

Conservation success for green turtles in Seychelles

ByGeographical StaffMay 16, 2022
Strict conservation measures in the Seychelles have allowed over-fished and endangered green turtles to recover
Photographing Poland’s changing landscapes from the sky

Photographing Poland’s changing landscapes from the sky

ByBryony CottamMay 12, 2022
Pilot and photographer Kacper Kowalski takes photos from the sky in his home city of Gdynia on Poland's baltic coast
Review: Sounds Wild and Broken by David George Haskell

Review: Sounds Wild and Broken by David George Haskell

Sounds Wild and Broken is a rich and poetic call to rediscover communion with the wonder of sound, and with the wonder of the world.
Man filling up tank with diesel

Photographing the hunt for oil and gas in Russia’s frozen north

In the frozen north of Russia, people prospect and extract natural gas on energy politics' coldest battlefront
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