Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

November 23

Geographical December 2023

Geographical December 2023

ByGeographical StaffNov 23, 2023
Geographical's December 2023 issue covers fireflies, the humanitarian crisis in Abyei, the Aral Sea and Notre Dame's reconstruction
There are nearly 2,000 kilometres of levees in the Joaquin River delta in northern California

US levee failures much more likely to affect vulnerable communities

ByBryony CottamNov 20, 2023
Disadvantaged US populations are most likely to live behind ageing levee networks and are at the greatest risk from levee failures
A production line for wheat flour. Global trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined

How we feed the 9 million people on our warming planet

ByMark RoweNov 16, 2023
What we grow where is changing dramatically as global warming causes more and more disruption to food production
Macro, runner up: Blue by Mary Gudgeon. Starfish shrimp are always found in association with a starfish, in this case a species of Echinaster

Antipodean delights from the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition

ByGeographical StaffNov 15, 2023
A selection of images from the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition 2023
Lewis-Jones (in red) drives a zodiac off the west coast of Greenland

Huw Lewis-Jones: Antarctic Tourism

ByBryony CottamNov 12, 2023
Polar expert Huw Lewis-Jones talks about travelling to the world’s geographical extremes and the importance of citizen science
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
A road snakes through a pine forest in Canada

Review: We Are Forests by Jean-Baptiste Vidalou

ByGeographical ContributorNov 9, 2023
Jean-Baptiste Vidalou presents an unusual but interesting read on the capitalist notions of conservation
COP28’s president, Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, is also CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Climatewatch: COP28 predictions and fears

ByMarco MagriniNov 8, 2023
Marco Magrini fears the only success of the forthcoming COP28 is going to be in obfuscation and diplomatic double talk
Where in the world November 2023

Where in the world has about 70 per cent of its population living in urban areas?

ByGeographical StaffNov 7, 2023
Can you solve our quick quiz for November and identify this country using the following clues?
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
Heinrich Berann’s 1977 painting of the Heezen-Tharp ‘World Ocean Floor’ map

Review: The Deepest Map by Laura Trethewey

ByMark RoweNov 2, 2023
Laura Trethewey charts the fascinating history and pursuit of mapping the ocean floor
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
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