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1 July 2025NATO: What is the budget spent on?
The 2025 NATO summit in Hague has brought about considerable change to …

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QUIZ: Landforms
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QUIZ: Landforms

Test your terrain know-how with this challenging landform quiz, where valleys, volcanoes and very obscure vocabulary await!

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QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Think you know your rivers, rocks, and natural wonders? This quiz covers all corners of physical geography with a mix of challenging and surprising questions. Let’s see what you’ve got!

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

Cuts to aid and politicisation of relief undermine safety, access, and accountability in conflict zones The International Development Committee’s latest report, Protection Not Permission: The UK’s Role in Upholding International…

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

From ancient wonders to modern marvels, test your knowledge of Jordan with this quiz spotlighting one of the Middle East’s most fascinating countries.

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

On the 25th anniversary of the Ashden Awards for climate solutions, we look at past and present winners from around the world It’s the 25th anniversary of the Ashden Awards…

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Fabian Mdluli starting off as a wildlife cameraman
Wildlife

The New Voices of African Wildlife Filmmaking

Bryony CottamJun 23, 20255 min read

A growing movement is empowering local people to reshape African wildlife filmmaking Fabian Mdluli has lived his whole life in…

QUIZ: Forgotten Countries
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QUIZ: Forgotten Countries

Grace GourlayJun 23, 2025
Better World Video Awards 2025 – Living with Sharks in the Bahamas
Briefing

Better World Video Awards 2025 – Living with Sharks in the Bahamas

Charlotte LockJun 23, 2025
QUIZ: Landforms
Quizzes

QUIZ: Landforms

Grace GourlayJun 16, 20251 min read

Test your terrain know-how with this challenging landform quiz, where valleys, volcanoes and very obscure vocabulary await!

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Grace GourlayJun 15, 20251 min read

Think you know your rivers, rocks, and natural wonders? This quiz covers all corners of physical geography with a mix of challenging and surprising questions. Let’s see what you’ve got!

Desperate children plead for food in Gaza

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

Geographical ContributorJun 13, 20255 min read

Cuts to aid and politicisation of relief undermine safety, access, and accountability in conflict zones The International Development Committee’s latest report, Protection Not Permission: The UK’s Role in Upholding International…

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

Grace GourlayJun 13, 20251 min read

From ancient wonders to modern marvels, test your knowledge of Jordan with this quiz spotlighting one of the Middle East’s most fascinating countries.

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Bryony CottamJun 12, 202510 min read

On the 25th anniversary of the Ashden Awards for climate solutions, we look at past and present winners from around the world It’s the 25th anniversary of the Ashden Awards…

QUIZ: Landforms
Quizzes

QUIZ: Landforms

Grace GourlayJun 16, 20251 min read

Test your terrain know-how with this challenging landform quiz, where valleys, volcanoes and very obscure vocabulary await!

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Grace GourlayJun 15, 2025

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

Geographical ContributorJun 13, 2025

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

Grace GourlayJun 13, 2025

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Bryony CottamJun 12, 2025
QUIZ: Landforms

QUIZ: Landforms

Test your terrain know-how with this challenging landform quiz, where valleys, volcanoes and very obscure vocabulary await!

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

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QUIZ: Landforms

QUIZ: Landforms

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

UK Report Warns Humanitarian Law Is Being ‘Hollowed Out’ Amid Rising Global Crises

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Jordan

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

Climate justice in action: 25 years of the Ashden Awards

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Worldview

Comparisons can get in the way of geographical understanding

Comparisons can get in the way of geographical understanding

Andrew Brooks on how reductive comparisons can get in the way of true understanding
Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden

Is the Baltic Sea a ‘NATO lake’? Only if Gotland is a NATO island

Tim Marshall considers the strategic importance of a holiday island off the Swedish coast
What happens to the climate crisis if Trump wins in November?

What happens to the climate crisis if Trump wins in November?

Marco Magrini considers the impact on tackling the climate crisis if Donald Trump wins the US election
Concept art of the earth plugged into digital wiring and techonology

We ask AI to explain why we struggle with solving the climate crisis

Marco Magrini asks a sophisticated AI model why we are failing to tackle climate change
Concept art of spaceman playing basketball with earth

Does comparing tackling climate change to the space race make any sense?

Andrew Brooks on why comparisons between the space race and the global environmental crisis are both misleading and counter-productive

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QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Slovakia
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QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Slovakia

Discover intriguing Slovakia facts and learn about its cities, landscapes, and cultural landmarks.
QUIZ: Flags of the World – Easy
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QUIZ: Flags of the World – Easy

Test your knowledge with our flag quiz! Spot the world’s most recognisable flags and challenge yourself today.
QUIZ: Mountain Formation
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QUIZ: Mountain Formation

Explore the fascinating process of mountain formation and learn how tectonic forces shape our planet’s landscapes.
QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia
Quizzes

QUIZ: Physical Geography Trivia

Test your knowledge with our physical geography quiz. Discover challenging questions about rivers, rocks, and natural wonders.
QUIZ: Glacial Landforms
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QUIZ: Glacial Landforms

Test your knowledge of glacial processes and discover how they shape our landscapes and create unique landforms.

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Camel going through the sand dunes on sunrise, Gobi Desert Mongolia.
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: The Gobi Desert

The largest desert in Asia and fifth largest in the world, find out about the Gobi, its history, and the fascinating discoveries made there
View of sand dunes in Grand Erg Oriental, Tunisia
Science & Environment

Geo explainer: the Sahara Desert

The world’s largest hot desert with extreme temperature fluctuations is home to around 2.5 million people and a variety of wildlife.
Dark clouds in Thailand from El Nino
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: What is El Niño?

El Niño is a term used to describe one of the biggest climate fluctuations on Earth, an event that can contribute to cyclones, disease and famine
Paradise Bay Antarctica
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: Antarctica

The fifth-largest continent on earth with no native human habitation, Antarctica is a cold and inhospitable landscape
Ariel view of Peru Cloud Forest
Science & Environment

Geo Explainer: Cloud Forests

Cloud Forests are a spectacular type of rainforest found at high altitudes, spanning 4 continents from Costa Rica to Australia

Discovering Britain

The curious village of Port Sunlight

The curious village of Port Sunlight

The guardians of Scotland’s Glen Etive

The guardians of Scotland’s Glen Etive

Walking on water via one of London’s hidden rivers

Walking on water via one of London’s hidden rivers

Drought reveals the Lake District’s flooded village of Mardale Green

Drought reveals the Lake District’s flooded village of Mardale Green

The living legend of Sherwood Forest

The living legend of Sherwood Forest

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Long reads

A local farmer sprays the herbicide Roundup among the oil palms in the small plot of land she and her family owns. She also routinely sprays Gramoxone, without protection

Paraquat: banned in Europe, on sale in Indonesia

One of the many narrow gullies on the island known as chines

Isle of Wight: From Victorian Seaside to Eco-Conscious Paradise?

A poignant drawing by a child at a nursery situated in Varanasi’s red light district

The dark side to India’s City of Light: people trafficking in Varanasi

Nenquimo at home in the forest that she loves

Nemonte Nenquimo: ‘I’m fighting for the land I love’

A humpback whale feeding, South Shetland Islands

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

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