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Pride in the Field

Silencing and speaking for participants: The problems of concealing researcher sexuality

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications June 9, 2022June 13, 2022
Pride in the Field

LGBTQ+ Inclusive Fieldwork

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications June 9, 2022June 13, 2022

Out in the Field

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications June 9, 2022June 13, 2022

Going back to the small-town closet

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications June 22, 2021June 9, 2022

Silencing and speaking for participants: The problems of concealing researcher sexuality

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications June 8, 2021June 9, 2022
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Earth Observation in Re/Insurance Business

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 30, 2022June 30, 2022
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Belfast’s silent public health crisis? Why we need widespread testing for lead-contaminated water

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 29, 2022June 29, 2022
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The Equator Project- what did we do, why did we do it, and what did we find?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 27, 2022June 27, 2022
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Ukraine: most people refuse to compromise on territory, but willingness to make peace depends on their war experiences – new survey

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Talking and Listening to Place

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 15, 2022June 13, 2022
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Green Futures

World’s protected natural areas too small and isolated to benefit wildlife – new study

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 13, 2022June 13, 2022
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Dumbed-down curriculum means primary students will learn less about the world and nothing about climate

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 8, 2022June 6, 2022
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Green Futures

Rivers can suddenly change course – scientists used 50 years of satellite images to learn where and how it happens

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 6, 2022June 6, 2022
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Green Futures

Prehistoric Planet: TV show asked us to explore what weather the dinosaurs lived through

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 1, 2022June 1, 2022
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Green Futures

Other casualties of Putin’s war in Ukraine: Russia’s climate goals and science

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 31, 2022May 30, 2022
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Green Futures

Climate change: the IPCC has served its purpose, so do we still need it?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 26, 2022May 26, 2022
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'Levelling up'

Shortage of workers threatens UK recovery – here’s why and what to do about it

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 25, 2022May 23, 2022
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Green Futures

Cryptocurrency price collapse offers hope for slowing climate change – here’s how

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 23, 2022May 23, 2022
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'Levelling up'

A living wage increases economic productivity while reducing poverty – new report

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 20, 2022May 19, 2022
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Latest News

Walking is a state of mind – it can teach you so much about where you are

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022
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Green Futures

Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods they cause worse too – new research

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 17, 2022May 16, 2022
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Green Futures

The Blue Belt Programme

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 16, 2022May 13, 2022
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Covid-19

Banning wild meat is not the solution to reducing future disease outbreaks

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 13, 2022May 12, 2022
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Green Futures

Climate breakdown: even if we miss the 1.5°C target we must still fight to prevent every single increment of warming

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 12, 2022May 12, 2022
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Green Futures

India heatwave: why the region should prepare for even more extreme heat in the near future

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 11, 2022May 9, 2022
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Green Futures

Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 9, 2022May 5, 2022
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Green Futures

Five ways the new sustainability and climate change strategy for schools in England doesn’t match up to what young people actually want

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 6, 2022May 5, 2022
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Green Futures

Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – but the war is undoing decades of regreening

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 5, 2022May 5, 2022
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Green Futures

COVID-19 and the road to “local green recovery” 

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 4, 2022May 4, 2022
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Green Futures

The EU’s global scramble for gas

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 3, 2022April 28, 2022
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Green Futures

A new coal mine in Cumbria makes no sense for the climate – or Britain’s energy security

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022
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Green Futures

Warmer summers threaten Antarctica’s giant ice shelves because of the lakes they create

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 27, 2022April 25, 2022
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Green Futures

Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: stressed farmland shows 63% decline – new research

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 25, 2022April 21, 2022
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Green Futures

Why birds migrate vast distances – and how you can help during their breeding season

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 22, 2022April 21, 2022
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Green Futures

12 best ways to get cars out of cities – ranked by new research

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 21, 2022April 21, 2022
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Ukraine: how forensics teams will investigate evidence of atrocities at Bucha

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 19, 2022April 14, 2022
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Growing up in a city can harm your spatial skills – new research

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 14, 2022April 14, 2022
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Green Futures

Traditional land burning is declining – here’s why that’s a problem

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 13, 2022April 11, 2022
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COP26

What the invasion of Ukraine means for the IPCC’s latest climate change report

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 12, 2022April 7, 2022
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Antarctic explorer Captain Scott died 110 years ago. But what led to his death?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 11, 2022April 7, 2022
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'Levelling up'

A new initiative for rural tourism: How IsleHoliday plans to help rebalance the sector

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 5, 2022April 6, 2022
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Geo: Geography and Environment

Should we be spending more time talking about methods?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 4, 2022March 29, 2022
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Covid-19

How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK’s hidden weather history

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 30, 2022March 28, 2022
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A billion of the world’s most climate-vulnerable people live in informal settlements – here’s what they face

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 28, 2022March 24, 2022
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Groundwater: depleting reserves must be protected around the world

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 25, 2022March 24, 2022
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Green Futures Latest News

Individual climate action – the free and instant way to help Ukraine

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 24, 2022March 24, 2022
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What your T-shirt reveals about ‘carbon colonialism’ and the global economy’s vast hidden emissions

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 23, 2022March 23, 2022
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COP26 Green Futures

Social media can support environmental movements – but not in the way you might think

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 21, 2022March 17, 2022
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Rising with the Rooster: How urban chickens are relaxing the pace of life

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 18, 2022March 17, 2022
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Green Futures

Is the Amazon rainforest on the verge of collapse?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022
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Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton’s gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 15, 2022March 17, 2022
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