Laura Cole
Beavers create nitrogen sinks
Oct 23, 2015
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Wildlife
Already known as a keystone species, research shows that beavers in North America can also sink excess nitrogen in the watershed
Canada and the climate
Oct 22, 2015
Published in
Climate
Canada has voted in a new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, showing what some call a ‘desire for change’. Geographical takes a look at the new Canadian leader’s climate and environmental plans
South Sudan’s failing peace deal
Oct 20, 2015
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Geopolitics
One month after signing a peace deal between South Sudan’s two warring sides, President Salva Kiir Mayardit announces he wants to split the new country into 28 separate states
West Africa: Word, symbol, song
Oct 16, 2015
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Exhibitions
The British Library presents West Africa as you should have seen it before
ROCKALL SOLO by Nick Hancock
Nov 01, 2015
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Books
For 45 days, Nick Hancock lived on a rough tooth of granite so remote that it sits in a different time zone to the rest of the UK
Sound argument
Oct 15, 2015
Published in
Oceans
Designating quiet marine areas could help protect sea ecosystems and broaden our understanding of them, research says
Could ‘the Day After Tomorrow’ really happen?
Oct 13, 2015
Published in
Climate
In the film The Day After Tomorrow, one of the world’s vital ocean currents suddenly collapses, sending the northern hemisphere into a new ice age. New climate models show the repercussions that may occur following such an event
Pound for pound
Nov 03, 2015
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UK
Exeter has joined the likes of Brixton, Stroud, Lewes, Totnes and Bristol by launching its own spending alternative to Sterling
What’s in a name?
Oct 28, 2015
Published in
Mountains
The highest mountain in North America’s has been renamed ‘Denali’ after 98 years of being called ‘Mount McKinley’
Thought for food: Provence’s new identity
Oct 09, 2015
Published in
Cultures
French food is formally recognised by UNESCO as World Intangible Heritage. However, the southern region of Provence is using gastronomy to bolster its own identity
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