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Out in the Field

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications July 29, 2022
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Enabling equitable cultures in Physical Geography

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications July 11, 2022July 8, 2022

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

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

LGBTQ+ Inclusive Fieldwork

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications June 9, 2022July 29, 2022

Out in the Field

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic Publications June 9, 2022June 13, 2022
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The world’s biggest ice sheet is more vulnerable to global warming than scientists previously thought

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsAugust 14, 2022August 12, 2022
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58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsAugust 13, 2022August 12, 2022
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Britain’s notoriously wet and cold climate is changing – you won’t like what replaces it

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsAugust 12, 2022August 12, 2022
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What can geography contribute to understanding Monkeypox in the UK?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsAugust 4, 2022August 4, 2022
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James Lovelock: the scientist-inventor who transformed our view of life on Earth

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsAugust 2, 2022August 1, 2022
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Commonwealth Games 2022: how Birmingham is becoming the UK’s most liveable city

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsAugust 1, 2022August 1, 2022
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How likely would Britain’s 40°C heatwave have been without climate change?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 28, 2022July 28, 2022
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Congo peat swamps store three years of global carbon emissions – imminent oil drilling could release it

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 27, 2022July 25, 2022
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Heatwave Britain hits 40.3°C – here’s how scientists know when a temperature record has been broken

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 26, 2022July 21, 2022
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Ways to make fieldwork more inclusive and accessible: insights from the CULTIVATE team

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 25, 2022July 25, 2022
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Wildfires are becoming more common in the UK – but the threat can be managed

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 24, 2022July 21, 2022
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Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 23, 2022July 21, 2022
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Heatwave: why extreme weather forecasts have improved so much

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 21, 2022July 21, 2022
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Guilt, shame, dissatisfaction: workers and customers on the gig economy (and how to make it better)

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 18, 2022July 18, 2022
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Heatwaves worsen mental health conditions

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 14, 2022July 14, 2022
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Why should fieldwork-based research consider ‘an ethic of not going there’?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 13, 2022July 8, 2022
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Green Futures

Climate change: wildfire risk has grown nearly everywhere – but we can still influence where and how fires strike

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJuly 12, 2022July 11, 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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Talking and Listening to Place

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 15, 2022June 13, 2022
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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COVID-19 and the road to “local green recovery” 

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 4, 2022May 4, 2022
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The EU’s global scramble for gas

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMay 3, 2022April 28, 2022
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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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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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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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Pride in the Field

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Spotlighting LGBTQ+-Inclusive Fieldwork

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 9, 2021July 29, 2022
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LGBTQ+ Inclusive Fieldwork

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsFebruary 9, 2021July 29, 2022
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