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Geo explainer: What are ghost forests?

Geo explainer: What are ghost forests?

The world’s first officially-named kelp forest

The world’s first officially-named kelp forest

Air pollution alerts deliver big health benefits for Chinese cities

Air pollution alerts deliver big health benefits for Chinese cities

A Ukrainian mother’s search for real winter

A Ukrainian mother’s search for real winter

Review: Shine Your Eye by Adéwálé Májà–Pearce

Review: Shine Your Eye by Adéwálé Májà–Pearce

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Artwork of Russian flag and stocks and stacks of money

Russian sanctions backfire as Putin profits from war economy

Designed to topple a regime, sanctions have helped build a fortress economy where loyalty is rewarded and dissent crushed – consolidating Putin’s power.Antonio Graceffo reports
The bias of balance: net zero, denial and political spin

The bias of balance: net zero, denial and political spin

From climate change to Gaza, the pursuit of ‘balance’ often misleads rather than informs, warns Andrew Brooks
Eighty per cent of Finns say that they are happy to help with national defence

Time for Britain to show some sisu

Tim Marshall argues it’s time for the UK to consider Finland’s model for national preparedness The UK needs to rediscover its inner sisu. That is, assuming it still has it.…

We need a Global Climate Club – and we need it now

We need a Global Climate Club – and we need it now

Patrick Brown lays out a vision for a Global Climate Club – and why the world can no longer afford to wait for the USA to catch up
An elderly woman rides a tractor in the countryside

Beyond the farmer’s wife: unpacking gendered spaces

From Scottish tractors to Senegalese rice fields, Andrew Brooks traces how outdated labels still frame women’s work and men’s status across global landscapes
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Cape Town city and table mountain in the background during sunset
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Geo explainer: Exploring Africa’s economy and GDP

Five countries account for half of Africa’s total GDP, playing crucial roles in the continent’s economy – but where exactly are they?
Train of Phosphate in Sahara of Tunisia
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Geo explainer: What is phosphate mining – and why is it important?

Phosphate rock is an essential element for life on Earth. Discover its applications and why its mining threatens planetary health…
Google Earth image of Point Nemo.
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Geo explainer: Point Nemo – the planet’s most isolated place

Discover more about Point Nemo, the place furthest from land on the entire planet. What exactly lives there and can it be explored?
Band-e Amir National Park, in Bamiyan Province, central Afghanistan's Band-e Amir National Park, in Bamiyan Province, central Afghanistan
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Geo explainer: Why does Afghanistan have a high risk of natural disasters?

Afghanistan is the world’s second-most prone country to natural disasters. Discover which natural hazards it is threatened by and why…
Close up of seed bombs used in guerrilla gardening.
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Geo explainer: Is guerrilla gardening the way to a greener planet?

Discover what exactly guerrilla gardening is, and why the act is taking local residents across the world by storm.
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Geo explainers

Cape Town city and table mountain in the background during sunset
Briefing

Geo explainer: Exploring Africa’s economy and GDP

Five countries account for half of Africa’s total GDP, playing crucial roles in the continent’s economy – but where exactly are they?
Train of Phosphate in Sahara of Tunisia
Briefing

Geo explainer: What is phosphate mining – and why is it important?

Phosphate rock is an essential element for life on Earth. Discover its applications and why its mining threatens planetary health…
Google Earth image of Point Nemo.
Briefing

Geo explainer: Point Nemo – the planet’s most isolated place

Discover more about Point Nemo, the place furthest from land on the entire planet. What exactly lives there and can it be explored?
Band-e Amir National Park, in Bamiyan Province, central Afghanistan's Band-e Amir National Park, in Bamiyan Province, central Afghanistan
Briefing

Geo explainer: Why does Afghanistan have a high risk of natural disasters?

Afghanistan is the world’s second-most prone country to natural disasters. Discover which natural hazards it is threatened by and why…
Close up of seed bombs used in guerrilla gardening.
Briefing

Geo explainer: Is guerrilla gardening the way to a greener planet?

Discover what exactly guerrilla gardening is, and why the act is taking local residents across the world by storm.
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Book reviews

The Biodiversity Gardener: Establishing a Legacy for the Natural World, by Paul Sterry
The Future of Geography: How Politics in Space will Change Our World, by Tim Marshall
The Last Drop: Solving the World’s Water Crisis, by Tim Smedley
The Half Known Life: Finding Paradise in a Divided World, by Pico Iyer
The Explorer and the Journalist: Frederick Cook, Philip Gibbs and the Scandal that Shocked the World, by Richard Evans
Flying Green: On the New Frontiers of Aviation, by Christopher de Bellaigue
Sea Bean: A Beachcomber’s search for a magical charm, by Sally Huband
The Land Beneath the Ice: The Pioneering Years of Radar Exploration in Antarctica, by David J Drewry
Explorer: The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown, by Benedict Allen
Home Waters: Discovering the Submerged Science of Britain’s Coast, by David Bowers
Time on Rock: A Climber’s Route into the Mountains, by Anna Fleming
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation, by Leon McCarron

Discovering Britain

The Preseli Mountains at sunrise

Discovering Britain: the stone age secrets of Craig Rhos-y-felin

The lavender fields at Castle Farm

Discovering Britain: Darent Valley, earthly paradise

Scrabo Tower, overlooking Strangford Lough

Discovering Britain: Strangford Loch

The city grid of Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes: Soulless suburb or urban utopia?

Worcester Cathedral with Watergate in foreground

Discovering Britain: the watery tale of Worcester

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Long reads

A minke whale, entangled in fishing gear, found dead on a beach on Sanday in Orkney

Why are whales stranding along Scotland’s coast?

A globe full of grain

How control over crops may decide who holds power in a warming world

Village chief Issa Ousmane Tcharaba with elders of Barkadroussou in Kanem province, Chad. The Great Green Wall initiative helped stop the dunes from swamping their oasis

Is the Great Green Wall a mirage of hope?

Romania has seen a dramatic growth in brown bear populations in recent years

We’re going on a bear hunt in Romania

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How can we make expeditions more planet-friendly?

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