Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Victoria Heath

After graduating from Warwick University in 2024 with a First Class BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing with a Study Year Abroad, Victoria now works as the Digital Editor for Geographical.

She loves to travel and regularly seeks out new adventures and experiences abroad and in the UK. Outside of journalism, Victoria is an avid creative writer and is currently working on her first novel.

Victoria is the published author of two books, and her work features in publications including Business Insider, DIVE Magazine, I Am BeYoutiful, as well as her Instagram @byvictoriaheath.

Thermometer displaying a high temperature in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit with a radiant sun on a background of blue sky. Concepts of summer, hot weather, excessive temperatures and heat waves

This year ‘virtually certain’ to exceed 1.5°C, Copernicus warns

Nov 10, 2026
October 2026 was the warmest October on record globally, with average global surface air temperature 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels
Planet Earth, view from space. Our planet with world ocean and clouds on a starry sky. Earth Observation. England, France, La Manche or English Channel and sun glint. Elements of furnished by NASA.

A hole in Earth’s ozone layer is officially the largest recorded in a decade

Nov 10, 2026

Average extent of the hole covered an area more than twice the size of the US, but long-term recovery is…

A close-up shot of a large, hairy brown tarantula walking on a white surface.

More than 3,000 tarantulas concealed in socks seized at Peru Airport

Nov 6, 2026
Hidden spiders – in various stages of development from eggs to adults – were discovered by customs agents before the arachnids could be smuggled to Germany
Rainwater flooded the streets and tents of displaced Palestinians, who are suffering from the bitter cold and torrential rain in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip ,on Nov 25, 2025 .Rainwater flooded the streets and tents of displaced Palestinians, who are suffering from the bitter cold and torrential rain in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip ,on Nov 25, 2025 .

Nearly 90 million displaced people face severe climate risks, UN report finds

Nov 6, 2026

By mid-2026, three in four forcibly displaced people worldwide were living in countries facing high to extreme exposure to climate-related…

Antarctica iceberg

CCAMLR fails to establish a new marine protected area in Antarctica for the tenth consecutive year

Nov 5, 2026
Despite strong leadership from many members, the conservation body has failed to agree on protections for the western Antarctic Peninsula
A family from Samre, in south-western Tigray, walked for two days to reach a camp for displaced people in Mekelle (file photo).

Conflict in northern Ethiopia pushing health systems to brink, WHO chief warns

Nov 5, 2026

Fighting between Ethiopian government forces and rebel groups has renewed, almost four years after a peace deal The head of…

Somalia on map

Ugandan troops to withdraw from Somalia by end of 2027

Nov 5, 2026
Ugandan military have not confirmed why troops are leaving immediately, but some cite funding shortages as possible reason
Powerful ocean wave breaking along the coast of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dramatic seascape showing raw energy of the Pacific Ocean.

Australia approves seabed site for Japanese carbon capture project

Nov 5, 2026
Environmental groups remain concerned over the project which overlaps with habitats used by many species from turtles to seabirds
Met Office warning on computer

New Met Office supercomputing service can process more than 50 billion weather observations each day

Nov 4, 2026
The programme is set to deliver £11.3billion in socioeconomic benefits to the UK and will transform the UK's national weather and climate capabilities
Vehicles wait to cross a security checkpoint in southern Lebanon as displaced families return homeward in June 2026.

More than 300,000 people internally displaced in Lebanon since early March

Nov 3, 2026

Continued Israeli military activity and presence in south of the country are making it difficult for civilians to return home…

Displaced persons living at the Ngunga Resettlement Centre in Cabo Delgado Province. The center is among those hosting families displaced by the conflict in Northern Mozambique.

Fresh violence forces more than 7,000 people to flee their homes in northern Mozambique

Nov 3, 2026
Women and children comprise nearly 80 per cent of those displaced, with some being forced to flee more than once
Greenpeace UK successfully place giant boulders onto the seabed in the Southern North Sea - the UK’s most bottom-trawled Marine Protected Area - forming an underwater barrier to prevent this destructive fishing method. Located off England's east coast, the targeted stretch sits within a so-called Marine Protected Area (MPA), which was created specifically to protect harbour porpoises.

‘Boulder barrier’ deployed by activists to protect porpoises in UK waters

Nov 2, 2026
Greenpeace activists place giant boulders – each weighing up to two tonnes – onto seabed to create a barrier preventing bottom trawling
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