May 2013 issue out now!
Our May issue is now in the shops and available digitally. Features include:
Photostory: Northern exposure
A selection of winning images from the inaugural Global Arctic Awards, the first photographic competition to celebrate northern and Arctic regions
On shaky ground
Many of Asia’s biggest cities are sinking, due either to rising sea levels or to chronic subsidence. Mark Rowe reports
The growth of loss
Armenia is one of the most biodiverse countries outside the tropics. But its forests could disappear within the next 30 years. Jamie Maddison reports
Back in the USSR
Rory MacLean visits the rogue central European territory of Transnistria, where the hammer and sickle still rule
Gutter gold
Harley Rustad travels to the city of Bikaner in northwestern India to find out how women from the Dhalit caste, the so-called ‘untouchables’, are making a living from the city’s sewers
In hot water
Geographical editor Geordie Torr visits two Great Barrier Reef islands to discover how the reef is coping with the effects of regional economic development and global climate change
And don’t forget…
… our regular features including a round-up of the latest geographical and climate science news; a hotspot focus on Malaysia; tips on photographing the Cairngorms; an Essential Gear feature from a pair of adventurers who became the first people to kayak more than 1,600 kilometres around the coast of Isla Grande in Tierra Del Fuego; reviews of the latest books; an interview with Jason Lewis, the first person to circumnavigate the globe using only human power; and lots, lots more
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Geographical resource
George Steinmetz
graduated with a degree in geophysics before going on to become a photographer. He now specialises in aerial images taken from a motorised paraglider. He talks to Olivia Edward on the release of his latest book Desert AirRead on
Damned if you do...
On all of the world’s great rivers large dams are being planned to help cope with climate change and promote development. But will their construction inevitably come with social and environmental costs, asks Mark RoweRead on
March madness
Hares across the UK will emerge this month with their distinctive burst of activity. Many wildlife photographers, too, will head out with long lenses and tripods in hand to snap this early-spring favourite, says Keith WilsonRead on
The highest slum in Wales
While attempting to complete the Welsh 3000ers challenge, Will Millard found that a mouldy old tent wasn’t the ideal piece of equipment to take to the summit of Snowdonia in mid-OctoberRead on
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