Geographical • 21st March 2024

Saving raffelsia - the world's largest flower

It smells of rotting flesh, spends most of its life as a parasite inside another plant and, when it blooms, it’s the world’s largest flower. Bryony Cottam talks to Chris Thorogood about his quest to safeguard the rafflesia

Geographical • 21st September 2023

An ocean of opportunity

Helen Scales talks about her latest book, Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life, the blue economy and our complex relationship with marine life

Geographical • 4th April 2023

Shining a light on Earth's shrinking ice sheets

The demise of Britain’s last ice sheet holds clues to future sea-level rise, geographer Geraint Jenkins explains to Bryony Cottam

Geographical • 1st February 2023

Would we survive a mass extinction?

Thomas Halliday, author of Otherlands, discusses the traits that help determine whether species become extinct or survive, and how the rules change during mass extinctions

Geographical • 23rd February 2024

The nations successfully protecting themselves against disasters

With burgeoning populations facing ever more extreme weather patterns, mitigating against the impact of natural hazards has never been more important

Geographical • 19th December 2023

Tremors at Europe's largest active volcanic caldera

Magma and volcanic gases are increasingly active at Campi Flegrei, near Naples, where hundreds of thousands would be at risk from an eruption

Geographical • 6th November 2023

Gone wild: is wildlife tourism out of control?

Wildlife tourism is booming, but many conservationists fear poor regulation and management is putting undue pressure on the animals and even placing tourists at risk

Geographical • 20th October 2023

A deadly end for malaria

Progress on reducing malaria deaths stalled 10 years ago. Bryony Cottam reports on a new gene-editing approach that could provide a significant breakthrough

Geographical • 3rd August 2023

How citizen scientists are helping to map the world's biodiversity

Bryony Cottam joins an expedition collecting environmental DNA in Finland as part of an ambitious plan to build a biodiversity atlas

Geographical • 17th May 2023

The world in their hands

Bryony Cottam visits Bellerby & Co, one of only a handful of firms making handcrafted globes

Geographical • 8th August 2024

Algae-eating giant viruses could help stop ice melt at the poles

Recently discovered giant viruses could be the solution to slowing the spread of the algae that are warming up the world’s ice cover

Geographical • 16th July 2024

Arctic permafrost: a linear threat, not a planetary tipping point

Melting permafrost doesn’t face a tipping point – it’s a linear problem we need to address now

Geographical • 25th June 2024

Nature positive economy on the horizon, but businesses struggle to measure impact

A recent review of 400 global businesses found that just five per cent have an understanding of their true impact on nature

Geographical • 31st May 2024

The looming crisis of antimicrobial resistance

The booming use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents in farming is giving rise to resistant bacteria

Geographical • 23rd November 2023

Dam removal restores flows to historic Klamath River canyon

The planned removal of four ageing dams on the Klamath River in the western USA is a turning point for largescale river restoration projects

Geographical • 20th November 2023

US levee failures much more likely to affect vulnerable communities

Nationwide, disadvantaged US populations are most likely to live behind ageing and inadequate flood-protection infrastructures

Geographical • 27th October 2023

Rivers of mud: the global legacy of artisanal mining

Artisanal mining is booming in the tropics – and it’s leaving environmental degradation in its wake

Geographical • 18th September 2023

More than half the world's biodiversity lives in our soil

New research reveals that we’ve greatly underestimated the number of species that live underground

Geographical • 24th July 2023

Is timber the solution for decarbonising construction?

Using timber for housing could save 106 gigatonnes of carbon emissions, but challenges lie in having a sustainable supply

Geographical • 28th June 2023

Is lab-grown meat the future of agriculture?

A new breakthrough in lab-grown meat takes agriculture another step away from the farm

Geographical • 26th June 2023

The rise of the digital nomad

For years, people have asked whether digital nomadism might become the new normal. There are signs that it already is

Geographical • 12th June 2023

Diving into the twilight zone

Scientists are searching the ocean floor for strange and undiscovered deep-sea forests, hoping to safeguard them before it’s too late

Geographical • 14th March 2023

Landslides are pulling the Congolese city of Bukavu apart

Rapid unplanned urban sprawl is accelerating a landslide beneath one of Central Africa’s most populous cities

Geographical • 22nd November 2022

Egypt takes first steps in ambitious plan to regreen the Sinai Desert

Could dredging Egypt’s degraded Bardawil Lake restore rain to the arid Sinai Peninsula?

Geographical • 27th October 2022

Are we prepared for a major volcanic eruption?

The threat posed by a major volcanic eruption is largely ignored, but there are ways to reduce the risks

Geographical • 19th September 2022

Wild bison return to the UK with surprising results

Britain’s first bison in 6,000 years have already begun to make their mark on their new woodland home

Geographical • 28th August 2022

Yemen's ticking time bomb: the oil storage ship FSO Safer

Time is running out to avert a preventable catastrophe involving the FSO Safer, one which would have devastating consequences for the people of Yemen

Geographical • 27th August 2022

Animals that spread seeds are essential - and under threat

As animal species decline, plants that rely on them to spread their seeds could struggle to adapt to a changing climate

Geographical • 26th August 2022

Earth's magnetic poles may flip – but not yet

Despite some unusual data, a new study of the Earth’s magnetic field suggests that the poles are unlikely to flip for a long time

Geographical • 25th August 2022

How minerals reveal the secrets of Earth's history

Studying the ways in which minerals change over time could shine a light on unanswered questions about the history of the Earth

Geographical • 20th August 2022

Ecoacoustics is being used to detect invasive species in water systems

Ecoacoustics is being trialled in ponds and streams to search for any aquatic species that shouldn’t be there

Geographical • 8th August 2022

Cryopreservation and nature's SAFE

Cryopreservation could offer a future for the world’s most endangered species

Geographical • 22nd July 2022

The weird creatures inhabiting the lava tubes of Hawaii

Unearthing the endemic Hawaiian species that have adapted to life below ground inside lava tubes

Geographical • 20th July 2022

The rising levels of internally displaced people

The combination of conflict and natural disasters has resulted in unprecedented levels of internally displaced people