Laura Cole
Iceland Invaders: coping with the numbers
Aug 05, 2017
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Cities
An increase in visitors is putting severe strain on Iceland’s ability to cope
NOBODY LEAVES: Impressions of Poland by Ryszard Kapuscinksi
Jul 02, 2017
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Books
Ryszard Kapuściński was a journalist who was dangerously good at his job. Detained 40 times and escaping a death sentence four times, he wrote inflammatory but incandescent dispatches from conflicts across the world
FLATNESS by BW Higman
Jul 02, 2017
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Books
BW Higman has a sixth sense: he sees flat surfaces. Be they screens, furniture, walls, streets, railways, or even level playing sports fields, he notes that ‘flatness is at the centre of the everyday experience’ even to the point where ‘we hardly notice’ it anymore, and see such surfaces as ‘inevitable’ or even ‘natural’
A Museum of Modern Nature
Jun 22, 2017
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Exhibitions
The Wellcome Collection continues with its year-long exploration of our human relationship with nature – and this time it’s personal
Dust up: storms and illness in North America
Jul 19, 2017
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Climate
A dramatic increase in dust storms across the western United States has occurred alongside an upsurge of valley fever. New research is exploring possible links between the two, and looking at the complex causes of both
Bug’s Life: the demise of insects
Jul 08, 2017
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Wildlife
It’s not just the bees that are disappearing. Insects across the board are showing dramatic drops in population levels, leading to a serious knock-on effect for ecosystems everywhere
Glacier country
Jul 14, 2017
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Discovering Britain
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits a glacier’s graveyard in Northern Ireland that is still defying explanation
National Clean Air Day
Jun 15, 2017
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Development
For National Clean Air Day, Geographical brings together stories about air pollution and the kind of solutions needed to tackle it
Common by DC Moore
Jun 14, 2017
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Reviews
From the National Theatre, a trickster play that misses a trick
Future of the Paris Climate Agreement – the expert view
Jun 07, 2017
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Climate
Five experts weigh-in on the future of the Paris Agreement now that the United States federal government is no longer involved
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