Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Discover our top gifts for the water sports enthusiast in your life – from floating sunglasses to beach parkas and kayak Christmas is drawing nearer, and you might be in a kerfuffle about what to get that avid water sports fan in your life. Or maybe you're a keen kayaker or water adventurer yourself, eager to upgrade some bits in your kit. Here we round-up our … [Read more...] about The must-buy water sports gifts this Christmas
Find out more about the world's oldest and deepest river, Lake Baikal – and why bubbles under its surface threaten to harm the planet Holding 23 per cent of the world's supply of freshwater – more than all of the US's five Great Lakes combined – Lake Baikal is a leviathan in the watery world. Its depth, too, tops the charts at a staggering 1,642m at its deepest point, … [Read more...] about Geo explainer: Lake Baikal – the lake the same size as Belgium
Discover why Americans are more likely to take to the road this Thanksgiving – and other key travel trends across the holiday period Ninety-one per cent of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving – and this year, projections suggest that nearly 80 million people will travel for the holiday, up by 1.7 million compared to 2023. In general, the majority of those who plan … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving 2024: how do Americans travel during the holiday?
£75 million city-wide heat network in Bradford set to reduce city carbon emissions from heat by 80 per cent and tackle air pollution Thirty-seven per cent of Britain's total carbon emissions come from heating. And as cities, town councils, universities and other organisations grapple with net-zero targets –which often include stipulations to shift away from traditional … [Read more...] about How Bradford is tackling carbon emissions through new heat network
Campaigns and Operations Director at Equal Right Patrick Brown on how a global universal income could help extreme poverty Poverty has reached alarming levels globally, with more than 700 million people living on less than US$1.90 a day. And the wealth gap continues to widen; the richest one per cent now holds more than twice as much wealth as the bottom 6.9 billion … [Read more...] about How a global universal income could help poverty & the planet
Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
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