These are the top 25 islands islands to visit by boat in 2025
From the culinary specialities of Tasmania to the plethora of wildlife in the Seychelles, islands far and wide are home to a ...
Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world
Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking ...
Why every trip to Antarctica should inspire action
A voyage to the great White Continent is both a dream come true and a call to arms, to protect our icy poles and, in turn, ...
From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?
Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the ...
The Tech Report12d
Weekly Round Up: Flying Taxis, TikTok Ban, Pegasus Scandal, and More
If you missed the major news this week. Here is everything you need to know – from flying taxis to the impending TikTok ban.
Gothamist14d
Is this Queens plaque at the ‘center’ of NYC or just the center of a decades-old mystery?
A plaque in Woodside, Queens claims to mark the geographic center of NYC. But geographers say it’s not. So who put it there?
Business Insider14d
3 reasons cruise lines are in a race to open more private island resorts
And now, maybe more than ever before, a necessity as operators seek out profits amid rising operating costs and ever-restrictive ports. The industry is cruising into a private island renaissance ...
Daily Express17d
The once beautiful paradise islands now wrecked by too many tourists - 'we won't be back'
As far as island paradises go South East Asia feels like a number one destination - but it's precisely this popularity with tourists that has led one sun-kissed location to rack up very bad reviews.
New York Post18d
Heroic Texas high school students help save teacher who went into cardiac arrest: ‘Come on, breathe’
He’s been at the high school for four years and teaches AP US History and World Geography, per the school’s website. Texas is one-of-26 states across the US that are mandated to have an AED in ...
Cape and Islands NPR18d
One of Cape Cod's largest farms, now sold, will have a new life
The former Windstar Farm in Sandwich — one of the largest agricultural properties on Cape Cod — has been sold. The nearly 240-acre farm has been mostly inactive for decades, though it operated ...
Maui Now18d
USGS: 3.7 earthquake in Hāna, Maui likely caused by bending of the Earth’s crust beneath the islands
A magnitude-3.7 earthquake was reported near the village of Hāna on the Island of Maui at 8:44 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19. The quake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles below sea level and had no ...