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.

A screenshot from the video Trump posted on Instagram

‘Trump Gaza’: Trump shares AI video of vision for Gaza

Feb 26, 2025
President Trump shared bizarre AI-generated video of imagining of Gaza under Trump rule, with golden Trump statues and Teslas driving through streets...
Planet Earth and big asteroid in the space.

From asteroids to climate change: what are the risks threatening Earth?

Feb 25, 2025
The latest 2024 YR4 asteroid is likely to pass Earth by. However, the planet faces other risks in its future - here we explore them & their potential impacts...
Fishing boats sailing near the Chinese coast.

Chinese tuna vessels used North Korean forced labour, new investigation finds

Feb 25, 2025
New report finds North Korean crew members onboard 12 Chinese fishing vessels between 2019 and 2024 were subject to forced labour and a range of abuses
A person studying with a pen and book

What is the world studying?

Feb 24, 2025
From humanities degrees booming in Bangladesh to Russia producing the world's largest number of medical graduates, discover global education trends...
The new study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that as our springs and summers get hotter and drier, the UK wildfire season is being stretched and intensified.

Geo explainer: The growing problem of UK wildfires

Feb 24, 2025
New research shows wildfire season is becoming more intense in the UK. Discover more about where - and why - wildfires happen in the country
PATTAYA, THAILAND - DECEMBER 9 : Burning garbage heap of smoke from a burning pile of garbage on December 9, 2015 in Pattaya, Thailand.

Burning plastic for cooking and heating is an emerging crisis, study finds

Feb 22, 2025
13 per cent of Nigerian households use garbage as cooking fuel, while Indonesian soil and food samples have dangerous toxin levels linked to burning plastic
Climate action now placard raised at the Global Climate Strike Rally and March in downtown San Francisco;

64 per cent of Americans are worried about global warming, survey finds

Feb 21, 2025
Find out more about what exactly is worrying Americans about global warming - from air pollution in local areas to extreme weather
Onboard the ocean adventurer sailing out into the Drake Passage

Geo explainer: Why is the Drake Passage so feared?

Feb 20, 2025
Discover more about the Drake Passage that leads to Antarctica, and why its waters can be some of the roughest in the world...
Study author, Maëlan Tomasek, with a “volunteer” in the experiment conducted in the Mediterranean Sea

Wild fish able to recognise individual humans, study finds

Feb 20, 2025
Wild fish can use visual differences between humans to recognise individuals which have previously rewarded them, new research shows
Blue mussel

Animals in cities are adapting to climate change, new study finds

Feb 20, 2025
New study indicates animal populations living in urban areas show elevated resilience to stressful environmental conditions caused by climate change
Against a backdrop of blue sky and sea, female hands squeeze sunscreen onto the palm

Sunscreen’s impact on marine life needs urgent investigation, new study reveals

Feb 18, 2025
A single beach with 1,000 visitors can accumulate more than 35kg of sunscreen deposits each day - scientists call for more research into sunscreen's impacts
Ghost nets and their effects

AI is helping to clear out ‘ghost gear’ from oceans – here’s how

Feb 17, 2025
New platform uses AI to detect where abandoned fishing gear is likely to be found on seabed floor, replacing time-consuming manual searching
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