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Revisiting the Dolgarrog dam disaster after 100 years
On 2 November 1925, a catastrophic flood swept through Dolgarrog village in north Wales, depositing enormous boulders and killing 16 people. In 2025, what have we learnt from this flood disaster?
Multiple deprivation in England, 2004 to 2025
Join us for a lunchtime webinar discussing the release of the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation. Explore how deprivation varies across England and how the use of this report can shape policy interventions and reduce spatial inequalities.
Bound by water: linking Amazonian diversity and climate vulnerability
In this lecture, National Geographic Explorers Julia Tavares and Thiago Silva will explore how they are combining cutting-edge methods in plant morphology and functional ecology, environmental monitoring, drone remote sensing and 3D laser scanning (LiDAR) to address a central question: How are different Amazonian forests being affected by climate change?
Call of the Loon
A series of a solo sea kayaking expeditions, focused on finding and recording the calls of all of Scotland's breeding seabird species. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
Katoka in the lost world 2024
Olivia McGregor, recipient of the 2024 Neville Shulman Challenge Award, travelled to one of the last biodiverse wildernesses on earth, commonly referred to as ‘The Lost World’ in Guyana. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
Echoes of the Okavango 2025
Jay Frain will discuss Echoes of the Okavango, a 2025 expedition combining exploration and storytelling. This presentation was part of the Society's Explore weekend 2025.
Farming Futures Cycle Tour
This spring, Veronica White embarked on the Farming Futures Cycle Tour – a low-carbon, human-powered PhD fieldwork adventure, supported by one of our Postgraduate Research Awards. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
Exercise Bear Escape
India Chambers shares insights from a remote two-week bikepacking expedition around Vancouver Island, Canada. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
2025 Global GeoARTBlitz
Hear from Roseann Hanson about the outcomes of this year’s GeoARTBlitz, a global fusion of geography, nature and art coordinated by the RGS Art of Exploration Collective. This presentation was part of the Society's Explore weekend 2025.
Challenging maps and exploration symposium
Join us for a day of expert panels discussing the connections, historical and contemporary, between maps and exploration. Event sponsored by the Sunderland Collection.
Zen in the art of geography
The RGS Neville Shulman Challenge Award was created 25 years ago to support ambitious expeditions. Neville Shulman CBE, explorer and writer, will explain his philosophy behind the programme. The 2023 recipients of the Award, Karolina Gawonicz and Michal Lukaszewicz will give a richly illustrated account of their 60-day unsupported canoe expedition across the Barren Lands of Canada.
Environmental justice and climate action: victims of the ‘war on woke’?
Professor Laura Pulido explores how the 'war on woke' promoted by dominant figures in the US Republican Party is harming climate action and environmental justice in the US and far beyond.