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The mosquito story isn't just about insects. It’s about climate change, globalisation, migration, disease, transport and the way humans are changing the planet.

So, today, we're asking a big geographical question:

What happens when the map of where mosquitoes can survive starts to change?

Why are mosquitoes so dangerous?

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When people hear the term food security, they often think about whether enough food is being produced.

Production certainly matters — but modern food systems are much more complicated than that.

A farmer needs:

Energy → fertiliser → seeds → machinery → transport → finance → markets

A disruption to any one of these can affect the final price or availability of food.

This means food security is influenced by factors far beyond the farm itself. The article identifies energy, fertiliser, logistics, finance and geopolitics as increasingly important parts of the food system.

This is an example of systems thinking.

Instead of studying agriculture as an isolated activity, geographers ask:

What other systems does agriculture depend upon?

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Uganda: A Migration Superpower You Don’t Expect
When people think about major migration destinations, they usually imagine places like Europe or the United States.
But here’s the twist: Uganda hosts one of the largest refugee populations on Earth — over a million people.

Most refugees come from neighbouring countries facing conflict or instability:

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