Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Geographical Contributors

Fathi, 47, fills water containers from a canal in the city of N’Kob. Due to the drought, the Moroccan government has banned the irrigation of flowerbeds and golf courses, and in many villages at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, the use of wells has been restricted to once a week, leading to long queues of those needing water.

The lost oases of Morocco

Mar 7, 2025
Once thriving centres of life, Morocco’s oases are drying up due to high temperatures, prolonged droughts and unsustainable water management
How outer space can be the solution to cheap power

How outer space can be the solution to cheap power

Mar 4, 2025
Robin Hanbury-Tenison is inspired by a radical idea to generate cheap power in space
Writer’s Reads: Jane Dismore

Writer’s Reads: Jane Dismore

Mar 3, 2025
Writer of history and heritage Jane Dismore recommends some of her favourite reads. Her latest book, No Country For A Woman, is out now
Lenin statue in central Pskov in front of the cupolas of the Trinity Cathedral

Inside Russia: a family forever changed by war

Feb 26, 2025
The story of a family ripped apart by the war in Ukraine - a harrowing & revealing insight into what Russians really feel about the conflict
Burgdorf, Lower Saxony, Germany - June 30, 2023: Paper flags with the logo of the right-wing political party Alternative for Germany, AfD

How media has contributed to the rise of the AfD

Feb 26, 2025
Doug Specht examines how forms of media - and public figures - have helped to bolster support for Germany's AfD party
El Salvador has become the first country in the whole world to make bitcoin as legal tender. Bitcoin assist in monetary system more than currencies like US dollar

Why is El Salvador turning away from Bitcoin?

Feb 17, 2025
El Salvador's attitudes to Bitcoin are changing. Doug Specht explores why and considers how other nations are sizing up cryptocurrency
Translucent Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) are illuminated by artificial light in an aquarium.

Are heartless imbeciles really taking over the world?

Feb 12, 2025
Sam Wells believes we may have been too quick to jump to conclusions about the proliferation of jellyfish blooms
SIOUX CITY, IOWA, USA - NOVEMBER 6, 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking to his supporters at the “Make America Great Again” rally in the Sioux City Iowa convention center

The global impact of Trump’s foreign aid realignment

Feb 5, 2025
Trump's executive order to halt much of the US's foreign aid is likely to have ripple effects across the world, as Dr Doug Specht explains
Writer’s reads: Martin Goodman

Writer’s reads: Martin Goodman

Feb 1, 2025
Writer and conservationist Martin Goodman selects from his library some of his favourite reads. His latest book, My Head For A Tree, is out now
A girl carries freshly baked bread through the streets of Cairo’s ‘Garbage City’, where the Zabbaleen, Cairo’s informal garbage collectors, sort and recycle the city’s waste

The coptic recyclers of Cairo’s ‘Garbage City’

Jan 29, 2025
The remarkable story of Cairo's Zabbaleen, who turn the city's rubbish into valuable resources in a stunning example of sustainability
Dervla at her home in Lismore, Co. Waterford

Dervla Murphy: a life in books

Jan 24, 2025
The life and legacy of travel writer Dervla Murphy, whose indomitable journeys by bike, donkey and foot inspired a generation
In eastern Ukraine, near the frontlines, villagers such as Alice (pictured) face the daily dangers of landmines. ‘I was with my husband working in the field when there was an explosion. I don’t remember anything else.’

Caught between the lines: Ukraine’s health crisis

Jan 3, 2025
As the conflict in Ukraine rages on, vulnerable communities caught in crossfire are struggling to access basic health services
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