Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Katie Burton

Against the advice of, well, pretty much everyone, Katie Burton left a lucrative career in corporate law to pursue her dream of working in environmental journalism. Having completed a Master's degree in magazine journalism at City University, she joined Geographical in 2018 as production editor and then staff writer. She took over as editor in 2020 but still enjoys writing features when she's not editing other people's.

Patience puts on a brace, part of the treatment that has transformed her life

The Geographical Podcast: Editor’s Picks

Apr 16, 2024
In our new podcast, tune-in to articles from the magazine and website read aloud
Derwent village and ladybower resevoir

Review: Time and Tide by Fiona Stafford

Apr 15, 2024
Fiona Stafford explores the history of British landscape and the human impact of recent changes
Lake Toba

Geo Explainer: Toba supervolcano, the biggest eruption in human history

Apr 9, 2024
The Toba supervolcano eruption was the most explosive in human history, but debates about its impact on human life are ongoing
Conceptual art of painting a factory green

Does carbon offsetting really work and can we rely on it?

Feb 29, 2024
Carbon offsetting allows companies to claim ‘net zero’ emissions, but this unregulated practice is marred by scandal
Peru Andes

Rolex announces its 2023 laureates, dedicated to protecting the planet

Feb 28, 2024
The five winners of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise will now receive funding to implement their pioneering projects
anaconda with open mouth

Legless wonders: why snakes are one of evolution’s great success stories

Feb 26, 2024
New research is uncovering how and why snakes diversified so rapidly and successfully
How lack of volcanic activity turned Earth into a gigantic snowball

How lack of volcanic activity turned Earth into a gigantic snowball

Feb 20, 2024
A new study links an all-time low in volcanic carbon dioxide emissions to the 57-million-year-long global 'Sturtian' ice age
An unknown patch of land, teeming with stories and the local book cover by alastair humphries

Review: Local – a search for nearby nature and wildness

Feb 20, 2024
Alastair Humphreys finds wonder in the area he calls home and explains we all have a local area worth exploring
At a protest in London on 19 October 2021 people hold signs and wave the Tigrayan flag outside 10 Downing Street

Tigray: the war the world forgot

Jan 11, 2024

At a protest in London on 19 October 2021 people hold signs and wave the Tigrayan flag outside 10 Downing…

Audrey Osler, author of Where are you from? in a garden

Review: Where Are You From? by Audrey Osler

Dec 20, 2023
Audrey Osler reflects on her own heritage and the question that people of colour in the UK are all too familiar with
A nurse’s aide checks Arop Alore in the MSF-run hospital in Abyei

Abyei: A land stuck in the middle

Dec 7, 2023
In Abyei, a land sandwiched between Sudan and South Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières are working hard to bring life-saving treatment to desperate communities 
Geo Explainer: What is COP?

Geo Explainer: What is COP?

Dec 4, 2023

Participants of COP21 pose for a photo in Paris. Image: Presidencia de la República Mexicana via Flickr From COP1 to…

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