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Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

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Extended seabed geology map of the Bristol Channel published

Extended seabed geology map of the Bristol Channel published

Renewable energy production surpasses coal for first time

Renewable energy production surpasses coal for first time

Africa’s wildest elephants caught on camera

Africa’s wildest elephants caught on camera

New hope for hidden wildlife of the Democratic Republic of Congo

New hope for hidden wildlife of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Sharks, rays & chimaeras face threats from deep-sea mining

Sharks, rays & chimaeras face threats from deep-sea mining

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QUIZ: What River Am I?
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QUIZ: What River Am I?

Test your geography skills with our challenging river quiz. Can you identify all the rivers from cryptic clues?
QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia

Test your knowledge with our human geography quiz. Discover fascinating facts about people and places around the globe.
QUIZ: Capital Cities – Hard
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QUIZ: Capital Cities – Hard

Test your knowledge with the capital cities quiz. Can you name all the capitals? Challenge yourself now!
QUIZ: The Flags of Europe
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QUIZ: The Flags of Europe

Discover the various Europe flags and challenge yourself to identify the unique symbols and colours of each nation.
QUIZ: Geography Trivia
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QUIZ: Geography Trivia

Think you know geography? Challenge yourself with geography trivia and uncover surprises about our world.

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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
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.
Aerial view of Los Angeles skyline.
Briefing

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

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
digital art of the world on a cliff edge

Not just climate: the threats combining to destroy our planet

Marco Magrini argues we’re not facing multiple crises – just a single, dangerously interlinked emergency

Discovering Britain

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

Spurn Point Lighthouse East Riding Yorkshire

Discovering Britain: Spurn Point in the Humber Estuary

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

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Long reads

The Alqueva dam is nearly 100 metres high, creating a reservoir that can hold 4,150 million cubic metres of water

Western Europe’s largest artificial lake was meant to save southern Portugal. It may be doing the opposite

Cedar Breaks International Dark Sky Park

Darkness falls, stars rise in Utah’s national parks

A woman sits outside the ruins of houses destroyed in Cairo’s historic City of the Dead

Living among the graves: Cairo’s City of the Dead faces an uncertain future

Small ship cruise lines such as Swan Hellenic are taking the lead on sustainability

Can the cruise industry navigate a sustainable future?

Workers unload a cargo of smoked fish at the train station in Luena, Angola, more than 700 kilometres from Lobito on the coast

The Lobito Corridor: the new scramble for critical minerals

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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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