Fig. 1 shows a small town on the edge of the Sonoran Desert after three years of below-average rainfall. The town has a reservoir, a golf course and new hou...

Fig. 1 shows a field sketch made during a study of a rapidly eroding cliff at Murlough Bay. The cliff is formed from weak shale beneath a harder sandstone ca...

Fig. 1 shows part of a field sketch made beside an ephemeral river in the Namib Desert. After a rare storm, water crossed the flat channel floor and left a f...

Fig. 1 shows a coastal management meeting in a fishing town. A map on the wall identifies an eroding shingle ridge, a caravan park, salt-marsh habitat and a ...

At a field camp in the Sahara, Fig. 1 shows a geologist examining a mesa. The flat top is made of hard rock, but softer layers below have been worn back. A s...

Fig. 1 shows an aerial-style sketch of irrigated fields beside the Colorado River in a hot desert area. A farmer has used water from a canal for cotton produ...

The diagram in Fig. 1 shows a desert pavement surveyed on a gravel plain in the Gobi Desert. Larger stones form a closely packed surface, while fine sediment...

A land manager has mapped a species-rich hedgerow between two cereal fields in central England. Fig. 1 shows the hedge, an old oak, a grassy margin and a gap...

A civil-defence team mapped evacuation points in Wellington, New Zealand, after a series of offshore earthquake warnings. Fig. 1 shows a plan view of streets...