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Eurovision redefines Europe’s geography... again
May 21, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Australia’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest may be an extreme geographic anomaly, but it’s another example of Europe’s continuing expansion
Geological secrets behind eternal flames
May 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
‘Eternal flames’ from ancient times should interest modern geologists
Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos
May 11, 2015
Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos is a UK-based medical doctor and extreme environment physiologist. His latest endeavour, part of his ‘Ice, Water, Fire’ challenge, is running the 250km Marathon des Sables across the Sahara, in support of biodiversity charity, the Opwall Trust
Report from Dark Mountain
May 11, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
The Dark Mountain project aims to change how people think about the environment. Completely...
Weather and wages: the strain on India’s tea tribes
May 06, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Climate change has become the most recent explanation for the low wages of tea labourers in Assam, India, causing yet more tensions between the government, the tea growers and those campaigning on behalf of the poor workers caught in the…
On a rock and a hard place
May 04, 2015
Written by
Nick Hancock
Spending two months alone in a pod in the middle of the North Atlantic might not sound like everyone’s idea of a perfect summer holiday, but for Nick Hancock, single-minded determination to break a record took him to a guano-covered…
Stone cold in Sitka
Apr 25, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A devastating landslide near the city of Sitka in Alaska last September has unearthed evidence of early human occupation in the region – a prehistoric hammer or ‘handmaul’
Blazing Trowels
Apr 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Dinosaur shoes, gender equality and geography combine in a unique archival project
Beeline Britain
Apr 06, 2015
Written by
Tori James
Last June, a four-man team became the first people to complete a straight-line journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, by kayaking, cycling and hiking. Tori James recounts the harrowing first leg of the journey - paddling across the Bristol…
Andrew Gorman-Murray
Apr 03, 2015
Andrew Gorman-Murray is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Western Sydney. His work examines how domestic life has changed in Australia, and explores how natural disasters impact sexual minorities and Australia’s cultural response to climate change
From Makkah to Madinah
Mar 31, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A new book uses GPS and GIS to trace the Prophet Muhammad’s route from Makkah to Madinah with increased accuracy
Climate tones
Mar 22, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Geography can change the way you speak, and not just through the use of jargon
Man on ice
Mar 17, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
What would it be like to live on an iceberg for a year? Alex Bellini intends to find out
Owen Hatherley
Mar 16, 2015
Owen Haterley is a writer and journalist specialising in architecture, politics and culture. In A New Kind of Bleak, he looks at how the recession changed Britain’s urban landscape
Videogames for volcanoes
Mar 10, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A videogame may help prepare a small Caribbean island for a potential disaster
Call of the wild
Mar 09, 2015
Written by
Pete Coombs
Geographical has teamed up with Ray Mears and Ontario Tourism to offer a prize of a guided wilderness holiday with the wilderness expert himself. Pete Coombs couldn’t believe his luck when he got to try it first
Cave culture
Mar 05, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Geographical takes a look at a geological formation that’s close to being humankind’s oldest home
Dossier: Dealing with drugs
Mar 02, 2015
Written by
Mark Rowe
While Ebola makes the headlines, a raft of unreported and under-researched diseases are responsible for far more deaths across Africa every year. But without adequate financial rewards for the West, too little is being done to help
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