Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Chris Fitch

Chris grew up in the Solomon Islands, with a pet cockatoo and a habit of wandering off into the forests of Guadalcanal. Upon returning to the UK he studied geography at Royal Holloway University of London. Since joining Geographical in 2014, he has travelled the world reporting on important geographical stories, from forest restoration in Italy to preserving ancient rock art in Australia, tortoise conservation in the Galápagos Islands to protecting raptor migrations in Georgia. He is the author of three books: Atlas of Untamed Places (nominated for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award), Globalography and Subterranea.

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No Planet B climate change sign

Review: There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Year

Aug 16, 2023
Mike Berners-Lee addresses fossil fuels, carbon footprints, urban transport and other daunting questions about protecting the planet, making this complicated subject feel a little more manageable in 'THERE IS NO PLANET B'
Migrating bar-tailed godwits are capable of flying staggering distances

Review: Flight Paths by Rebecca Heisman

Jul 25, 2023
Rebecca Heisman presents an engaging and unashamedly focused book on the intricate science behind migratory bird tracking
a paintbrush painting an airplane green, artist concept art

Review: Flying Green by Christopher de Bellaigue

Jun 3, 2023
Can flying been green? Christopher de Bellaigue gets the reader up to speed with the challenges aviation faces in a world trying to go green in this snappy book
Bear in mind: The return of Spain’s brown bear population

Bear in mind: The return of Spain’s brown bear population

Oct 26, 2022
Once near extinction, northern Spain's brown bear population is growing. How are local communities are responding to their new neighbours
Review: Lost in the Valley of Death by Harley Rustad

Review: Lost in the Valley of Death by Harley Rustad

May 18, 2022
Review of Harley Rustad's book Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, published Harper Collins India
Review: Wild City, by Florence Wilkinson

Review: Wild City, by Florence Wilkinson

May 13, 2022
Chris Fitch reviews Florence Wilkinson's book Wild City: Encounters with Urban Wildlife, published by Orion Spring
Syrian refugees in a migrant camp outside Aleppo

Predictions of mass-migration due to climate change are rife, but not necessarily accurate

Dec 27, 2020
Climate change is forecast to trigger the mass migration of millions of people in the coming years, but are these predictions really accurate?
Why Australia’s Uluru is closing to climbers

Why Australia’s Uluru is closing to climbers

Oct 24, 2019
From October 2019, tourists will no longer be able to climb Uluru, so what does this mean for Aboriginal people?
Why the Sahara desert is growing

Why the Sahara desert is growing

Jun 16, 2018
Long-term studies reveal the Sahara desert has grown substantially in area over the past century