Laura Cole

Earth’s hidden groundwater

Nov 18, 2015

Published in Mapping

For the first time, scientists have been able to calculate the quantity of groundwater up to two kilometres beneath Earth’s crust. They found that less than six per cent of it is renewable within a human lifetime

White out

Nov 28, 2015

Published in Oceans

Since 2014, a global bleaching event has threatened corals. This season’s El Niño could make it worse

Beyond the pipeline: Keystone XL

Nov 17, 2015

Published in Energy

Obama speaking at a pipe yard in Oklahoma, 2012

President Obama has rejected the controversial oil pipeline, Keystone XL, once and for all. Geographical explores how the pipeline became symbolic of US climate conflict and what it could mean for big oil

Mapping Ebola in hindsight

Nov 11, 2015

Published in Mapping

A team of researchers have mapped the course of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. They hope it will aid disease response in the future

Mysterious die-off of Saiga antelopes

Nov 10, 2015

Published in Wildlife

Saiga antelopes used to roam much of the Eurasian steppe

In one of the worst mammal die-offs in recent history, more than half the world’s population of saiga antelopes were found dead in Kazakhstan over the course of two weeks

Pollution in Delhi

Nov 06, 2015

Published in Development

Delhi is the fifth largest megacity in the world and the most polluted, according to the WHO

Could the geography of Delhi be exacerbating its life-threatening air pollution?

Watching carbon dioxide from space

Nov 05, 2015

Published in Mapping

In June, a patch of green develops over Eurasia where carbon dioxide is being stored by plants

Observing the Earth’s atmosphere from space, a NASA satellite illustrates changes in the abundance of carbon dioxide

Drones for the deep

Oct 30, 2015

Published in Oceans

A pumpkin-shaped drone is as close as we’re going to get to a Halloween story

A start-up is developing ‘EVE’, a sea drone to map and explore the oceans

First field observation of elusive whale species

Oct 28, 2015

Published in Oceans

Omura’s whales were studied in the Ankivonjy Marine Protected Area, Madagascar

Omura’s whales are one of the least known and most elusive species of whale. A team of biologists have made the first ever field observations of a population just off the coast of Madagascar

A bigger Britain for birds

Oct 27, 2015

Published in Wildlife

Nuthatches have been moving into Scotland, giving them a greater range over the UK

The outer margins of British bird ranges have been moving further north at an average rate of 3.3km a year, research says. As climate change is predicted to shrink bird ranges in the long-term, Geographical investigates why this anomaly is happening

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