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.

arctic tern, sterna paradisaea Iceland

The longest animal migrations in the world

Feb 7, 2025
From birds travelling non-stop for 11 days, to the incredible feats of caribou, discover some of the longest migrations animals make…
Geo explainer: What is a heat dome, and does it differ from a heat wave?

Geo explainer: What is a heat dome, and does it differ from a heat wave?

Feb 7, 2025
Heat domes cropped up across the world in 2024, but what exactly are these weather phenomena & how are they formed?
Shadow of the plane on the agricultural field.

Geo explainer: Can sustainable aviation fuel make plane travel green?

Feb 7, 2025
Some tout sustainable aviation fuel as the key to greener flights, but high prices and environmental concerns may hamper rollout
World Map of Grain on Plate

Food for thought in a warming climate

Feb 6, 2025
Radical new ideas are going to be needed to feed ten billion people on a warming planet, argues Marco Magrini
Textile industry with knitting machines in factory. Textile industry with a loom on the production of kapron tights.

How AI is making the textiles industry more environmentally-friendly

Feb 5, 2025
New AI tech used by textile company helps detect fabric defects, reducing water consumption during production
n ambling Eurasian badger appears to glance up at badger graffiti on a quiet road in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, UK. Residents had been leaving food scraps on the pavement for foxes. But Ian noticed that badgers from a nearby sett were also coming to forage. After seeing a badger walking along the pavement by this wall late one night, he decided to photograph it. He set up a small hide on the edge of the road to take his picture. Only the light from a lamppost illuminated the creature as it ambled along, seemingly glancing up at the badger graffiti just in front of it.

The winner & runners-up of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

Feb 5, 2025
From ambling badgers to stoats in snow, discover the winner and runners-up of this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award
Wellington, New Zealand - December 24 2019: BP Retail Gas Station sign with blue cloudy sky in the background. BP is One of the World's Leading Integrated Oil and Gas

What green investments could BP cull?

Feb 4, 2025
BP is scaling back its clean energy investment, with plans to increase oil barrel production and potentially sell its solar development company
Aerial view to the iluminated city center of Doha, Qatar during evening time

The most productive countries in the world

Feb 4, 2025
Where in the world are the most productive countries? Discover the places with the highest GDP per capita, and why exactly their economies are booming...
Coloured section illustrates the extent of the IBCAO gridded depth compilation.

New Arctic Ocean map marks key milestone in global seafloor mapping project ‘Seabed 2030’

Feb 3, 2025
A new area equivalent in size to Sweden has been mapped in the Arctic Ocean, contributing to the project's aim to map global seafloor by 2030
Crevasses at Store Glacier, a marine-terminating outlet glacier of the western Greenland Ice Sheet.

Greenland Ice Sheet cracking more amid climate change, new study reveals

Feb 3, 2025
Large-scale study finds crevasse sizes on Greenland ice sheet increasing in size and depth – and may cause more rapid loss of ice from region
Andorra La Vella, Andorra : 2019 August 22 : People Walk in the Comercial Street named Meritxell. Andorra la Vella, Andorra

The top five European countries with the largest population increases

Feb 3, 2025
Discover the European countries with the largest population increases between 1990 and 2023, according to latest UN data
Gulf of Mexico marked on map with red pin

What’s in a name? The biggest disputes of naming territories across the world

Jan 31, 2025
Following Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, find out more about naming disputes across the world…
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