Geographical Magazine April 2020 Zurück Ausgabe

LITHIUM
As the advance of renewable tech and electric vehicles gathers pace, countries around the world are starting to look to their lithium stocks and question whether a home-grown supply is desirable.

DENGUE FEVER
Coronavirus may be dominating the news, but the battle against dengue fever also continues. In Southeast Asia, one of the most vulnerable regions, 1.3 million people were officially infected, straining health services and poor households. Laure Siegel travels to the area to speak to those most at risk.

BIMIMETICS
Traditional methods of design and construction have led to a built-world of inefficient, unsustainable materials and structures. By unpicking nature’s secrets and copying them, scientists in the field of biomimetics aim to create a more intelligent world.