Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Logan Gourlay

What happens to the climate crisis if Trump wins in November?

4 minutes

Marco Magrini ponders the impact on tackling the climate crisis if Trump regains the presidency Political elections shape the destiny of a country, sometimes of an entire region. But none can influence the fate of the entire world more than the US presidential election. The raison d’être of this column is that there is a climate crisis underway. It’s a crisis because it … [Read more...] about What happens to the climate crisis if Trump wins in November?

Discovering Britain: The Cotswold Olympick

3 minutes

Rory Walsh visits an unusual British sports stadium home to the Cotswold Olympick View • Rural • South West England • Guide From the Gloucestershire market town of Chipping Campden, the Cotswold Way winds west for 164 kilometres to the Roman city of Bath. Its elevated route provides vast views across the surrounding countryside. At Dover’s Hill, 230 metres above sea … [Read more...] about Discovering Britain: The Cotswold Olympick

The dramatic growth of data centres

4 minutes

As much as 70% of the world's internet traffic flows through a band of rural counties I'm the American northeast In the southwestern outskirts of Washington DC, the capital’s residential suburbs slowly give way to historic towns, a protected Civil War battlefield, rolling hills and the green pastures of Northern Virginia. For residents, however, the sounds of the … [Read more...] about The dramatic growth of data centres

Does summit fever hinder our understanding and love of mountains?

8 minutes

Are mountains to be conquered or feared, revered or enjoyed? Dawn Hollis wonders whether 'slow mountaineering' is the best way to appreciate our highlands Climbing mountains with small children gives you a different perspective on things. To start with, one’s definition of a ‘mountain’ becomes very much qualified. Last summer, I took my small humans up Latrigg, a 386-metre … [Read more...] about Does summit fever hinder our understanding and love of mountains?

Aral Sea: an environmental disaster to rival Chernobyl

16 minutes

The Aral Sea was once the world's fourth biggest inland sea, now it has dried up to reveal a secret biological weapons facility We left the last cotton fields behind hours ago, but as for their toxic legacy, the worst still lies ahead of us. We bounce along a rutted road with nothing around us but desert. There’s a little scrub – just enough grazing for the occasional … [Read more...] about Aral Sea: an environmental disaster to rival Chernobyl