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Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

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Better World Video Awards 2025 – Mantas of the Mexican Caribbean

Better World Video Awards 2025 – Mantas of the Mexican Caribbean

Exporting extinction: How the Rich World Is Driving Global Biodiversity Loss

Exporting extinction: How the Rich World Is Driving Global Biodiversity Loss

Following in the footsteps of explorers: The Royal Geographical Society Collection

Following in the footsteps of explorers: The Royal Geographical Society Collection

QUIZ: Capital Cities

QUIZ: Capital Cities

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia

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QUIZ: Geography Trivia
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QUIZ: Geography Trivia

Put your knowledge to the test with this fun geography quiz. Discover trivia from around the globe and challenge yourself!
QUIZ: True or False – Borders
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QUIZ: True or False – Borders

Test your knowledge with our borders quiz and explore the fascinating quirks of the world’s borders.
QUIZ: Geography Trivia
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QUIZ: Geography Trivia

Test your knowledge with our geography quiz filled with trivia from around the globe. How well do you know the world?
QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Malta
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QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Malta

Challenge your knowledge with our quiz on Malta geography. Discover fascinating facts about this stunning island country.
QUIZ: Capital Cities
Quizzes

QUIZ: Capital Cities

Test your knowledge with our capital cities quiz. Discover which capitals you know and challenge yourself today!

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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.
Aerial view of Los Angeles skyline.
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Could earthquake activity rise in California?

Highest number of mini-quakes reported in California since 1988, sparking fears that a major earthquake could occur in the near future.
St elmos fire at night
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Phenomena: St Elmo’s fire explained

Learn about the captivating phenomenon of St Elmo’s fire: a crackling display of atmospheric electricity that occurs during thunderstorms.

Worldview – opinion, comment & campaigns

Don’t care about the Arctic because it’s empty and distant – care because it’s busy and close

Don’t care about the Arctic because it’s empty and distant – care because it’s busy and close

An Arctic resident’s view of the row about Camilla Hempleman-Adams’ trek across Baffin Island
Concept art of an eagle with the american flag in its talons

The end of Pax Americana? A new era of great power politics

Tim Marshall asks whether it’s the end of an era, or just America’s Orange Period
How a global universal income could help poverty & the planet

How a global universal income could help poverty & the planet

Campaigns and Operations Director at Equal Right Patrick Brown on how a global universal income could be help extreme poverty
The need for scientific thinking

The need for scientific thinking

Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees argues for the need for rigorous, scientific minds & science in our complex, rapidly changing world
How quickly can ecosystems evolve to meet new challenges?

How quickly can ecosystems evolve to meet new challenges?

The world’s ecosystems are in danger – leading evolutionary biologist Christopher Wills suggests their complexity could help save them

Discovering Britain

London's East End with a train

Discovering Britain: The vanished communities of London’s East End

Group of students overlook Edinburgh at sunset from Arthur's Seat.

Discovering Britain: Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat

Roman Wall near Caw Gap, or Hadrian's Wall, a World Heritage Site in the beautiful Northumberland National Park.

Discovering Britain: Exploring Hadrian’s Wall

The view from Dover’s Hill

Discovering Britain: The Cotswold Olympick

The view from Dover’s Hill

Migrant workers in the UK fishing industry face the same English tests that barristers or chief executives need for entry

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Long reads

The Zealandia reserve, with the suburbs of Wellington in the background

Into the urban jungle: how Zealandia became Wellington’s wild heart

A man paddles his water taxi down the Buriganga River, which flows through the heart of Dhaka

Turning the tide on Bangladesh’s plastic pollution

Lynmouth Power Station on the Northumberland coast

Can wood-burning power stations ever be sustainable?

People walking in a busy street

Depopulation: the dramatic change facing humanity

Beautiful view of the El Capitan rock formation in the evening, seen from the loop road.

US national parks: where are the oldest, largest and most visited?

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Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

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