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Canada's Indigenous People are using art to confront the country's legacy of abuse
Jan 20, 2022
Written by
Hadani Ditmars
Following the shocking discovery of thousands of unmarked graves at former residential schools in Canada, the country’s Indigenous people are using art to find truth and reconciliation
Adapt to survive: the places on the front line of climate change
Jan 12, 2022
Written by
Bryony Cottam
While the world debates the best ways to reduce emissions and hold global temperature rise below 2°C, the heat is already on for countries facing the greatest threats from climate change.
The Ganges – river of life, religion and waste
Jan 07, 2022
Written by
Stuart Butler
The Ganges is one of the most polluted rivers on Earth, but such is its religious importance that there are those willing to make enormous sacrifices to see that it’s cleaned up
Inside Thailand's first caviar farm
Jan 04, 2022
Written by
Words by Ron Gluckman, Images by Luke Duggleby
A new caviar-production venture could transform Thailand into a major source of the highly prized foodstuff
Sexuality and the city: the changing geography of LGBTQ spaces
Dec 17, 2021
Written by
Katie Burton
In cities around the world, the geography of homosexuality is shifting. As historic bars and clubs close down, or where they never existed, queer people are finding other ways to gather
The fading days of Morocco's Grand Taxis
Dec 17, 2021
Written by
Words: John Silcox Images: Sam Christmas
In Morocco, people don’t Uber. Instead, they pile into so-called grand taxis – battered but colourful old diesel Mercedes cars. These ancient vehicles, which the government is trying to force off the streets, tell a wider story about the suffocating…
Restoring the oyster reefs of old to protect English waters
Dec 16, 2021
Written by
Jacob Dykes
Oysters play a hugely important role in ecosystems by filtering water and providing habitat for other creatures, but overfishing has decimated their populations. Jacob Dykes visits an ambitious project to restore oyster reefs in Essex waters
Geographical Christmas Gift Guide 2021
Dec 13, 2021
Written by
Geographical
Our Christmas Gift Guide is back for 2021, featuring eco-friendly, ethically-made, sustainable presents for your geography-loving family and friends
Spotlight on... Montreuil-sur-Mer: a feast for all the senses
Dec 08, 2021
Written by
Vitali Vitaliev
Vitali Vitaliev takes a tour of the small town of Montreuil-sur-Mer in northern France
The rise of halal tourism
Dec 08, 2021
Written by
Katie Burton
With the market for Muslim travellers growing at pace, holiday-makers and travellers are broadening their horizons
Spotlight on...Trentino: Saving the wood and the trees
Dec 01, 2021
Written by
Chris Fitch
Three years ago, a violent storm devastated northern Italy’s iconic forests. Chris Fitch investigates what makes these trees so special and how people from around the world are helping to bring them back to life
Hunting for carnivorous plants on Mount Roraima
Nov 26, 2021
Written by
Mateusz Wrazidlo
Carnivorous-plant expert Mateusz Wrazidlo set out to fulfil his dearest ambition by ascending South America’s remote Mount Roraima
The UK's plan to sequence the genomes of 200,000 newborn babies
Nov 24, 2021
Written by
Jacob Dykes
Genomics England are poised to a launch a pilot project which will see the genomes of newborn babies sequenced on their very first day of life
Sub-Saharan Africa has a huge electricity problem – but with challenge comes opportunity
Oct 22, 2021
Written by
Katie Burton
Access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa is the worst in the world, a fact that touches every facet of people’s lives there. But change can happen with the right policies in place
Africa's most ambitious idea: The Great Green Wall
Oct 11, 2021
Written by
Words by Eleonora Vio, images by Patrick Tombola
In 2007, the African Union announced a hugely ambitious project – to plant the Great Green Wall, a band of trees that would stretch the length of the Sahel. Progress has been slow, but as a trip to Burkina Faso…
Jamie Hawkesworth explores the British Isles with his camera
Sep 15, 2021
Written by
Images by Jamie Hawkesworth, words by Jacob Dykes
'The British Isles' by Jamie Hawkesworth is a celebration of free adventure in modern Britain
Bioleaching: Using bacteria to recycle precious metals from electronic waste
Sep 09, 2021
Written by
Jacob Dykes
A technique that uses bacteria to leach precious metals from electronic waste could help to create a circular economy
Dossier: Could opening up the UK to meat from other continents end the Great British farm?
Sep 09, 2021
Written by
Mark Rowe
Mark Rowe asks whether opening up the UK to meat from other continents will spell the end of British farming as we know it
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