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15 July 2025Shetland Islands plan to build underground tunnel network
The new project has been inspired by the success of underground tunnels …

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A photo of a performance by Seenaryo
Briefing

Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

How the power of theatre and performance can transform lives across Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria Over the past decade, Seenaryo has reached 195,000 people through theatre and play. Working in Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria, the company supports people…

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Better World Video Awards 2025: A River Sings

Find out more about how Evenlode Catchment Partnership are utilising natural flood management measures to protect local UK villages Since landlord Archie Orr-Ewing took management of The King’s Head pub…

The UK Tree of the Year 2025 shortlist

Discover the trees that made the cut – from a lonely tree in Glasgow to an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf You might think organisations and individuals are…

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

Welcome to our extreme USA State Capitals challenge! Can you correctly guess thirty of the United States’ capital cities? Good luck!

Time for Britain to show some sisu

Tim Marshall argues it’s time for the UK to consider Finland’s model for national preparedness The UK needs to rediscover its inner sisu. That is, assuming it still has it.…

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Flooding in Florida caused by tropical storm from hurricane Debby.
Science & Environment

How is extreme weather impacting the US – and where is it getting worse?

Victoria HeathJul 14, 20258 min read

From Florida to Texas, discover the US states where extreme weather – floods, droughts and high temperatures – is wreaking…

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Grace GourlayJul 13, 2025
A photo of a performance by Seenaryo
Briefing

Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

Victoria HeathJul 11, 2025
A photo of a performance by Seenaryo
Briefing

Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

Victoria HeathJul 11, 20252 min read

How the power of theatre and performance can transform lives across Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria Over the past decade, Seenaryo has reached 195,000 people through theatre and play. Working in Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria, the company supports people…

Scenic summer landscape and the river Thames

Better World Video Awards 2025: A River Sings

Victoria HeathJul 11, 20253 min read

Find out more about how Evenlode Catchment Partnership are utilising natural flood management measures to protect local UK villages Since landlord Archie Orr-Ewing took management of The King’s Head pub…

The Argyle Street Ash in Glasgow

The UK Tree of the Year 2025 shortlist

Victoria HeathJul 11, 20256 min read

Discover the trees that made the cut – from a lonely tree in Glasgow to an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf You might think organisations and individuals are…

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

Grace GourlayJul 11, 20251 min read

Welcome to our extreme USA State Capitals challenge! Can you correctly guess thirty of the United States’ capital cities? Good luck!

Eighty per cent of Finns say that they are happy to help with national defence

Time for Britain to show some sisu

Tim MarshallJul 10, 20255 min read

Tim Marshall argues it’s time for the UK to consider Finland’s model for national preparedness The UK needs to rediscover its inner sisu. That is, assuming it still has it.…

A photo of a performance by Seenaryo
Briefing

Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

Victoria HeathJul 11, 20252 min read

How the power of theatre and performance can transform lives across Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria Over the past decade,…

Better World Video Awards 2025: A River Sings

Victoria HeathJul 11, 2025

The UK Tree of the Year 2025 shortlist

Victoria HeathJul 11, 2025

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

Grace GourlayJul 11, 2025

Time for Britain to show some sisu

Tim MarshallJul 10, 2025
Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

How the power of theatre and performance can transform lives across Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria Over the past decade, Seenaryo has reached 195,000…

Better World Video Awards 2025: A River Sings

Better World Video Awards 2025: A River Sings

The UK Tree of the Year 2025 shortlist

The UK Tree of the Year 2025 shortlist

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

Time for Britain to show some sisu

Time for Britain to show some sisu

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Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

Better World Video Awards 2025: 10 Years of Seenaryo

Better World Video Awards 2025: A River Sings

Better World Video Awards 2025: A River Sings

The UK Tree of the Year 2025 shortlist

The UK Tree of the Year 2025 shortlist

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

QUIZ: Extreme US State Capitals

Time for Britain to show some sisu

Time for Britain to show some sisu

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Worldview

nespresso machine

Business models that aren’t fit for every purpose

A forgotten kitchen gadget prompts Andrew Brooks to reflect on how an often lauded business model, while good for profit, might not benefit us all
The rush for rare earth elements

The rush for rare earth elements

Rare earths are the world’s most in-demand elements. Marco Magrini reports on the battle for their future — and ours
Pakistan is extremely water-stressed

When water becomes a weapon: The rise of global water tensions

Tim Marshall examines why water is fast becoming a trigger for conflict, from South Asia to the Middle East – and why climate change is raising the stakes
Map of Gulf of Mexico

Digital cartography on trial: Mexico sues Google for ‘Gulf of America’ label

Mexico sues Google over renaming the Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’, raising concerns about digital sovereignty and cartographic power
A rotting apple on a white background

Nimble fingers to shrinking apples: Unlearning the junk science of school geography

Andrew Brooks on how geographers must keep challenging false ideas and develop new, truthful theories

Quizzes

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QUIZ: Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Geography Trivia

Test your global smarts with this random mix of geographical brain-teasers from every corner of the map. Good luck!

QUIZ: Capital Cities – Europe
Quizzes

QUIZ: Capital Cities – Europe

How well do you know Europe’s capitals? Put your geography skills to the test with this quiz on the political…

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Papua New Guinea
Quizzes

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Papua New Guinea

Test your knowledge of Papua New Guinea, a country rich in cultures, languages, and dramatic landscapes. Good luck!

QUIZ: Forgotten Countries
Quizzes

QUIZ: Forgotten Countries

Think you know your world map? Test your knowledge of countries that have changed names, identities or simply slipped off…

QUIZ: Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Geography Trivia

Test your global smarts with this random mix of geographical brain-teasers from every corner of the map. Good luck!

Geo explainers

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Google Earth image of Point Nemo.
Briefing

Geo explainer: Point Nemo – the planet’s most isolated place

Discover more about Point Nemo, the place furthest from land on the entire planet. What exactly lives there and can it be explored?
Band-e Amir National Park, in Bamiyan Province, central Afghanistan's Band-e Amir National Park, in Bamiyan Province, central Afghanistan
Briefing

Geo explainer: Why does Afghanistan have a high risk of natural disasters?

Afghanistan is the world’s second-most prone country to natural disasters. Discover which natural hazards it is threatened by and why…
Close up of seed bombs used in guerrilla gardening.
Briefing

Geo explainer: Is guerrilla gardening the way to a greener planet?

Discover what exactly guerrilla gardening is, and why the act is taking local residents across the world by storm.
Aerial view of Los Angeles skyline.
Briefing

Could earthquake activity rise in California?

Highest number of mini-quakes reported in California since 1988, sparking fears that a major earthquake could occur in the near future.
St elmos fire at night
Briefing

Phenomena: St Elmo’s fire explained

Learn about the captivating phenomenon of St Elmo’s fire: a crackling display of atmospheric electricity that occurs during thunderstorms.

Discovering Britain

Spurn Point Lighthouse East Riding Yorkshire

Discovering Britain: Spurn Point in the Humber Estuary

London's East End with a train

Discovering Britain: The vanished communities of London’s East End

Group of students overlook Edinburgh at sunset from Arthur's Seat.

Discovering Britain: Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat

Roman Wall near Caw Gap, or Hadrian's Wall, a World Heritage Site in the beautiful Northumberland National Park.

Discovering Britain: Exploring Hadrian’s Wall

The view from Dover’s Hill

Discovering Britain: The Cotswold Olympick

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Long reads

Concept art of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion

Hope and memory in Hiroshima: A journey from Mount Fuji to global zero

Marauiá mountain range. Yanomami Indigenous Territory, state of Amazonas, Brazil, 2018

Remembering Sebastião Salgado

Glaciologist Ricardo Jaña of the Chilean Antarctica Institute, research chief at the Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station

Life, science and climate urgency on Antarctica’s Union Glacier

Odysseus tied to the mast. Image from an ancient vase found in the Black Sea

Mapping the myth: In search of Homer’s enchanted islands

The Zealandia reserve, with the suburbs of Wellington in the background

Into the urban jungle: how Zealandia became Wellington’s wild heart

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