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The Geography of the Amazon Beyond the Rainforest

If the Amazon were only a rainforest, why would it contain major cities, international borders, farms, mines, ports, highways and one of the world’s… Open Full Article...

Why Deserts Form in Different Parts of the World

How can one desert be scorching hot, another lie beside an ocean and the largest desert on Earth be covered in ice? Open Full Article...

How Farming and Its Decline Have Shaped the UK Countryside

If most of the countryside looks natural, why are so many of its fields, hillsides, hedges, walls and woodlands actually the result of farming decisions? Open Full Article...

How the UK’s Population Is Distributed and Why It Varies

Why can several thousand people live within one square kilometre of a city while a similarly sized area elsewhere may contain only a few homes? Open Full Article...

Fair Trade: What It Changes and What It Cannot Fix

What changes when someone buys a Fairtrade-labelled chocolate bar or banana? Open Full Article...

Why Britain’s Landscapes Differ from Region to Region

How can the flat fields of East Anglia, the steep valleys of Wales and the mountains of the Scottish Highlands all exist within islands that are… Open Full Article...