Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

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Country profile: Brazil

15 minutes

Katie Burton reports on the complex challenges facing South America's largest country, Brazil, in a rapidly changing world The world’s fourth-largest democracy has had a turbulent decade. In 2016, thirteen years of left-leaning rule under the Workers’ Party came to a bruising end. Then-president Dilma Rousseff was impeached for breaking budget laws, while former- president … [Read more...] about Country profile: Brazil

North Korea marches us nearer to a bipolar conflict

4 minutes

Sending troops to fight in Ukraine is yet another step in dividing the world into two bitterly opposed camps, warns Tim Marshall North Korean troops facing off against the Ukrainian Army didn’t seem a likely scenario in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – but it has come to pass. This tells us several things: Russia is clearly in desperate need of manpower … [Read more...] about North Korea marches us nearer to a bipolar conflict

‘The Wolf Within’: co-existing with nature’s misunderstood creatures

4 minutes

Co-existence with wolves has been marred by negative cultural biases, but WaterBear's documentary 'The Wolf Within' advocates to change that It can be easy to forget, but humans are still animals. Despite the distance that is often placed between us and the lives of other creatures that roam around ecosystems, we too are just another species who call our planet … [Read more...] about ‘The Wolf Within’: co-existing with nature’s misunderstood creatures

What would happen if the Arctic thawed?

5 minutes

Discover the reality of life on Earth with a melted Arctic - which could be coming sooner than you think The Arctic is one of the most sensitive regions in the world to climate change, seeing drastic changes in ice cover over the last number of decades. Continued thawing of the landscape's ice is expected to have substantial impacts on not only the environment but also … [Read more...] about What would happen if the Arctic thawed?