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Myanmar's forgotten Naga
Sep 16, 2020
Written by
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Former headhunters engaged in a decades-long struggle for independence, the Naga tribes live in remote mountains on the Indo-Myanmar border. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent travels to Myanmar’s Naga Self-Administered Zone as part of a two-month expedition across the Naga Hills
Young geographer: biodiversity expert in the making, Bonnie Ray
Sep 15, 2020
Written by
Geographical
Bonnie Ray is a biodiversity expert in the making. By exploring the nature on her doorstep, she has shown that vital UK biodiversity hotspots can come in all shapes and sizes
Race continues to influence cardiovascular health in America
Sep 07, 2020
Written by
Jacob Dykes
Across nearly every metric of cardiovascular health, US African Americans fare worse than non-Hispanic whites
Jade mine collapses in Myanmar, exposing a lucrative industry with a deadly record
Sep 07, 2020
Written by
Katie Burton
The recent collapse of a jade mine in Myanmar has shone a light on a deadly industry
Can the tourism industry recover from the Covid-19 pandemic?
Sep 03, 2020
Written by
Katie Burton
The sudden cessation of international tourism as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world's largest employer to a standstill, with widespread hardship following in its wake. Can the sector recover?
Storing water: Ladakh's ice engineers
Sep 02, 2020
Written by
Words by Nishant Tiku and Nick Dudley Ward
Hulking ice stupas dot the arid landscapes of northern India's Ladakh region. Villagers of the region have turned to natural engineering solutions to preserve water – an increasingly scarce resource due to accelerating glacier shrinkages
Britain’s mascot debate reignites over Exeter Chiefs’ refusal to renounce Native American paraphernalia
Aug 26, 2020
Written by
Abigail Spink
Exeter’s rugby team continues to find itself in the middle of a global dispute about the use of Native American mascots in sport – will a rebrand ever be on the cards?
The river of life: paddleboarding the Ganges
Aug 19, 2020
Written by
Spike Reid
Setting off from the glacial source of the Ganges, where raging white-water rapids carve a path through the Himalayas, Spike Reid and a team of adventurers became the first people to navigate the Ganges by stand-up paddleboard, a feat never…
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Profile: George Meegan – the man who completed the longest walk in the world
Aug 17, 2020
Written by
Matt Maynard
In 1977, British adventurer George Meegan set out to attempt the world’s longest unbroken journey by foot, walking from Ushuaia at the southern tip of Argentina to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The world would wait until 2018, some 35 years later,…
No net loss: can development projects offset damage to biodiversity by boosting nature elsewhere?
Aug 13, 2020
Written by
Jacob Dykes
'No Net Loss' policies aim to offset ecological damage caused by development projects, but trade-offs are not always successful
Anjana Khatwa: earth scientist, presenter and advocate for diversity in science
Aug 07, 2020
Written by
as told to Katie Burton
Anjana Khatwa is an earth scientist, presenter and advocate for diversity in the geographical, geoscience and nature conservation sectors. As part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site team, she helped to setup a sustainable education programme to engage the…
Genome sequencing can help scientists track Covid-19
Jul 30, 2020
Written by
Jacob Dykes
Genome sequencing has become one of the main methods for tracking how coronavirus is moving through communities. The technique identifies subtle differences called mutations that a virus picks up over time. Despite facing criticism for its handling of the pandemic,…
Sand: is the extraction of the world’s most-mined commodity sustainable?
Jul 28, 2020
Written by
Laura Cole
Sand is the single most mined commodity. Used to make concrete, its extraction eclipses other metals and minerals by a huge margin. Yet while it is abundant, it is not infinite. Fears that some sand deposits are being overused, combined…
New report reveals risk of links between Sudanese conflict gold and major companies
Jul 22, 2020
Written by
Katie Burton
A report by Global Witness has revealed that conflict gold could be entering the products of major household brands
Battling locust swarms in East Africa
Jul 07, 2020
Written by
Jacob Dykes
Control and relief action in Eastern Africa and the Greater Horn of Africa steps up to face the double threat of desert locusts and the Covid-19 pandemic
Rosemary Brown: freelance journalist, humanitarian worker and explorer
Jul 03, 2020
Written by
As told to Katie Burton
Rosemary Brown is a freelance journalist. In 2014, she followed in the footsteps of American journalist and adventurer Nellie Bly, who carried out a record-breaking 72-day trip around the world in 1889. A book about Rosemary's trip is due out…
Rodrigo Medellín: co-chair of IUCN Bat Specialist Group and former president of the Society for Conservation Biology
Jun 25, 2020
Written by
as told to Jacob Dykes
Rodrigo Medellín is a senior professor of ecology at the University of Mexico. A specialist in bats, he is co-chair of the Bat Specialist Group of the IUCN
Remembering Selma Huxley Barkham: historian and geographer specialising in Basque connections to Canada
Jun 18, 2020
Written by
Oriana and Serena Barkham
Selma Huxley Barkham (March 8, 1927 – May 3, 2020), was a historian and geographer of international standing in the fields of the maritime history of Canada and of the Basque Country
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