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.

Cargo ship emitting large amount of black smoke

Nations agree on world-first global tax for shipping emissions

Apr 11, 2025
New agreement to tax carbon in shipping industry comes after more than ten years of negotiations between countries
Donya, 38, a former policewoman and single mother, fled from Afghanistan because she wanted her daughter to have a chance at education. ‘I just want a bright future for my children with education opportunities. This is my first hope,’ she says.

The perilous future for Afghan women in Pakistan

Apr 11, 2025

Afghani women fleeing from the Taliban for refuge in Pakistan are facing an uncertain future As many as 3.5 million…

Xiluodu Dam and Hydropower Plant on Yangtze River in China - ( also Three Gorges Dam and Baihetan Dam built by China Three Gorge Corporation CTGC )

Why China’s new dam will cast ripple effects far beyond the country

Apr 10, 2025
Hydropower dams in China lead to downstream environmental repercussions in several major countries, such as India & Bangladesh
Forest fire. Dry undergrowth with burning gray smoke in the air,

New online tool can identify climate misinformation

Apr 10, 2025
'Hot Air' tool collates data from more than 300 individuals & organisations online to track the spread of climate misinformation
Forest industry. Wheel-mounted loader, timber grab. Felling of trees,cut trees , forest cutting area, forest protection concept. Lumberjack with modern harvester working in a forest.

Trump orders for increased logging in national forests

Apr 9, 2025
More than 50 per cent of US's previously-protected national forests now open to logging due to Trump executive order
Thermometer in green pharmacy screen sign displays extremely hot temperature of 42 degrees Celsius during heatwave in summer in Belgium

How ice melt and ‘double jet streams’ are making Europe hotter…

Apr 8, 2025
As Europe records its hottest-ever March, discover several reasons behind the continent's rising temperatures and its heatwaves...
How the world is using humour to deal with Trump & his tariffs

How the world is using humour to deal with Trump & his tariffs

Apr 7, 2025
A global phenomenon of humour - from cartoons to AI-generared songs - are being used to respond to Trump trade tariffs
Aerial Of Mine In Northern Ontario Canada In Autumn

Geo explainer: Why is cobalt mining so controversial?

Apr 7, 2025
Discover more about the practice of cobalt mining in the DRC & the vast repercussions such activities have...
Outstretched hands

The end of international development?

Apr 3, 2025
Andrew Brooks argues that long-term development aid was failing those it meant to help. But scrapping it without systemic changes will be disastrous
North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal on a satellite image taken in April 10, 2020

Tourist arrested after attempted contact with Sentinelese tribe

Apr 3, 2025
Most isolated Indigenous community in world, the Sentinelese, has lived in near-isolation for thousands of years
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

How will Trump’s tariffs impact international trade?

Apr 3, 2025
Trump's announcement of tariffs hitting 180 countries has raised major questions over the future of global trade
People pass through the rising air pollution on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway. Gurgaon, Haryana, India. november 12, 2021

The fight for clean air around the world

Apr 2, 2025
From EV uptake to AI monitoring of New York's traffic, discover how air pollution is being tackled globally
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