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20 May 2025Quintin Lake: on foot around Britain’s coast
Quintin’s drone selfie on Seathorne Beach, Lincolnshire, 2020 In 2015, photographer Quintin …

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A woman with a red jacket and backpack standing in woods on a sunny day
Briefing

Equipment matters: The best kit for spring walks

Tristan Kennedy on observing nature as the world wakes up after winter There are few places in the world that take springtime as seriously as Japan. As the season approaches, the Japan Meteorological Corporation – the country’s equivalent of the…

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

When James Lynch first trespassed into an overgrown Wellington valley in 1990, he discovered a forgotten reservoir. Three decades later, Zealandia is reshaping the city’s relationship with nature On a…

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

How well do you know your flags? From bold stripes to curious colours, flags reveal a lot about a country’s identity. Put your knowledge to the test and see how…

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

Marco Magrini considers the climate consequences of a dimming planet The Earth is slowly losing its shine. Its reflectivity – or albedo – is declining, mostly due to vanishing ice…

The tourist trap paradox

With Airbnb invasions and Instagram mobs, author Geoff Dyer charts how paradise can quickly feel overcrowded – and explains why he still finds the world worth wandering Geoff Dyer, the…

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UK against trawling in protected seas in wake of Attenborough film
Science & Environment

UK against trawling in protected seas in wake of Attenborough film

Bryony CottamMay 13, 20253 min read

Poll reveals overwhelming public demand for a ban on destructive bottom trawling in UK marine protected areas, following graphic new…

Scrabo Tower, overlooking Strangford Lough
Culture

Discovering Britain: Strangford Loch

Rory WalshMay 12, 2025
Everest: climbing into crisis
Briefing

Everest: climbing into crisis

Graeme GourlayMay 12, 2025
A woman with a red jacket and backpack standing in woods on a sunny day
Briefing

Equipment matters: The best kit for spring walks

Victoria HeathMay 8, 20257 min read

Tristan Kennedy on observing nature as the world wakes up after winter There are few places in the world that take springtime as seriously as Japan. As the season approaches, the Japan Meteorological Corporation – the country’s equivalent of the…

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

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

Chris FitchMay 7, 20259 min read

When James Lynch first trespassed into an overgrown Wellington valley in 1990, he discovered a forgotten reservoir. Three decades later, Zealandia is reshaping the city’s relationship with nature On a…

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Grace GourlayMay 7, 20251 min read

How well do you know your flags? From bold stripes to curious colours, flags reveal a lot about a country’s identity. Put your knowledge to the test and see how…

Glowing clouds below sun during sunrise

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

Victoria HeathMay 5, 20254 min read

Marco Magrini considers the climate consequences of a dimming planet The Earth is slowly losing its shine. Its reflectivity – or albedo – is declining, mostly due to vanishing ice…

New Oreans is one of the many cities in which Dyer has lived

The tourist trap paradox

Victoria HeathMay 2, 20258 min read

With Airbnb invasions and Instagram mobs, author Geoff Dyer charts how paradise can quickly feel overcrowded – and explains why he still finds the world worth wandering Geoff Dyer, the…

A woman with a red jacket and backpack standing in woods on a sunny day
Briefing

Equipment matters: The best kit for spring walks

Victoria HeathMay 8, 20257 min read

Tristan Kennedy on observing nature as the world wakes up after winter There are few places in the world that…

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

Chris FitchMay 7, 2025

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

Grace GourlayMay 7, 2025

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

Victoria HeathMay 5, 2025

The tourist trap paradox

Victoria HeathMay 2, 2025
Equipment matters: The best kit for spring walks

Equipment matters: The best kit for spring walks

Tristan Kennedy on observing nature as the world wakes up after winter There are few places in the world that take springtime as seriously…

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

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

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

The tourist trap paradox

The tourist trap paradox

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Equipment matters: The best kit for spring walks

Equipment matters: The best kit for spring walks

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

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

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Hard

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

A fading shine: why earth’s dimming glow spells climate trouble

The tourist trap paradox

The tourist trap paradox

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entrance to Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone

African hospitals are not stuck in the past, they’re struggling in the present

Andrew Brooks examines the false comparisons that distort our understanding of developing countries and their healthcare
concept art of a wooden door in a barren field opening up to a lush green landscape

Doors are closing on solutions, argues the Climate Crisis Advisory Group

The four Rs – reduce, resilience, repair & remove – are now considered to be the keys to tackling the climate crisis, reports Marco Magrini
Controlled fires are now part of land management in many countries

Fires, forest and our lands – an Indigenous ecological perspective

Western science has a lot to learn from Indigenous perspectives on how to manage fire says Hillary Renick, President of the California Indian Land Institute
Wind turbines, Xinjiang, China

Climatewatch: The politics of net zero needs to move as fast as the technology changes

Marco Magrini points out that climate technology is racing ahead of climate politics in finding much-needed solutions
Women wait to vote in India geopolitics

Geopolitics: Modi heading for a third term

Tim Marshall looks to the Indian elections, in which more than 900 million people are eligible to vote

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QUIZ: US State Shapes
Quizzes

QUIZ: US State Shapes

Challenge yourself with our US states quiz and see how well you know each state’s shape. Test your knowledge today!
QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Sri Lanka
Quizzes

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Sri Lanka

Challenge your knowledge with a fun Sri Lanka quiz. Discover interesting facts about this beautiful island’s geography.
QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Test your knowledge with our physical geography quiz. Challenge yourself on landscapes, climates, and natural wonders.
QUIZ: Flags of the World
Quizzes

QUIZ: Flags of the World

Challenge yourself with our flags quiz and see if you can score 75% or higher. Are you ready to test your knowledge?
QUIZ: Rainforests
Quizzes

QUIZ: Rainforests

Challenge yourself with the rainforest quiz and discover fascinating facts about the world’s diverse ecosystems.

Geo explainers

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Ship in the Panama Canal
Climate Change

Geo Explainer: Can the Panama Canal survive drought?

After the driest 2 years on record, with hundreds of ships waiting, drought is affecting this vital shipping route
Hoh Rain Forest, one of the largest temperate rainforests in the USA. Olympic National Park, Washington state, USA
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: Why are temperate rainforests so important?

Covering around 10 million square km of the Earth, discover more about temperate rainforests and the importance of protecting them
Humans walking on a buay street
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: What is Human Geography?

To simplify what is a multifaceted subject, human geography is about the ways that people interact with space
View of orangutan in tree in jungle
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: The tropics

Forty per cent of the global population live in the tropics – encompassing some of the world’s most underdeveloped regions and those most affected by climate change
Grand Prismatic Pool at Yellowstone National Park
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: Will the Yellowstone Caldera erupt?

The supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming erupted 640,000 years ago in a massive explosion. Will it happen again?

Discovering Britain

Wye crown on the side of the hill in Wye, Kent

King of the hill: the Wye crown

The High Peak Trail near Mam Tor

Discovering Britain: Minninglow Hill

The peculiar Hardy Tree of St Pancras

The peculiar Hardy Tree of St Pancras

A classic view of Ben Nevis

A classic view of Ben Nevis

The curious village of Port Sunlight

The curious village of Port Sunlight

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Long reads

A humpback whale feeding, South Shetland Islands

How Antarctica could be a template for how we treat the natural world

A preliminary map of Mount Everest constructed at the Royal Geographical Society from photographs and sketches made by the expedition of 1921. The red dots show the sites of the stations from which expedition member Charles Howard-Bury used a Kodak Panoram camera to create a series of panoramic photographs

The mapping of Mount Everest

A snow leopard moves silently through the winter snow

On the trail of the elusive snow leopard

Gas flaring in Russia. Oil and gas production is the second-largest source of anthropogenic methane

Tackling methane could have a big and quick impact on climate change

Harvesting rooibos in South Africa’s Cederberg Mountains

Sharing the revenue from South Africa’s roobios tea with the indigenous Khoisan people

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