geo media bias and reliability
geo is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 38 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is geo biased?
geo is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is geo left or right?
geo is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is geo reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for geo. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What geo has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with geo’s own report linked underneath.
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
geo reported it asPossible new dwarf planet identified orbiting beyond Pluto (opens geo in a new tab)
A new Lancet report indicates 710,000 heat-related deaths occurred globally in 2023, with over 70% attributed to human-caused climate change. Researchers are urging a formal declaration of a global health emergency to address accelerating climate harms.
geo reported it asHealth Hazards: Hundreds of Thousands of Heat Dead – Emergency Situation Due to Climate Crisis? (opens geo in a new tab)
A UN report synthesising 154 countries' climate pledges indicates a 6% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. This figure is only a tenth of the approximately 60% cut scientists recommend to limit warming to 1.5°C.
geo reported it asWMO Report: CO2 in the Atmosphere Rises to Record Value in 2025 (opens geo in a new tab)
An oil spill from a tanker has affected beaches in Umm Al Quwain, the UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment announced. Coastal areas have been temporarily closed as a precaution, while residents reported unpleasant odours.
geo reported it asEnvironmental Impacts in the Iran War: Beaches in Emirates Closed for Oil Pollution (opens geo in a new tab)
More than 50,000 people are estimated to have died across European cities during this summer's heat waves. A new analysis attributes about two-thirds of these deaths directly to climate change, driven by fossil fuel pollution, making it the region's deadliest heat summer on record.
geo reported it asNew Estimate: Heat Summer Probably Cost 50,000 People Their Lives - Also Many Younger (opens geo in a new tab)
HSBC Group Chief Executive Georges Elhedery stated that investments in alternative logistics routes could make the Strait of Hormuz redundant within five years. The strategic waterway previously handled a fifth of global oil and LNG trade, but regional conflicts have highlighted the risks of dependence.
geo reported it asWeather Phenomenon: WMO Warns: El Niño Threatens with Unprecedented Strength (opens geo in a new tab)
Slovenia has lost one of its two glaciers, the Triglav Glacier, and its remaining glacier, Skuta, is shrinking irreversibly. A warm summer and scarce snow are cited as the primary causes for the accelerated melt.
geo reported it asClimate Change: Slovenia's Last Glacier Dies (opens geo in a new tab)
A landslide blocked Nepal's Budhigandaki River on Sunday, causing sudden floods that swept away houses and damaged infrastructure. Five people are missing following the event, which comes weeks after devastating August floods.
geo reported it asMonsoon: New Torrential Flood Shakes Nepal (opens geo in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay. He called the decision 'disgraceful and embarrassing' and an 'indelible stain' on Norway, claiming he had never heard of Pillay and that he deserved eight such awards for resolving conflicts.
geo reported it asSouth Africa: Lawyer Navanethem Pillay Receives Nobel Peace Prize (opens geo in a new tab)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has criticised Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, calling them illegal and suggesting they were a reaction to her award. She also described the situation in Gaza as genocide and defended the UN's commission of inquiry.
geo reported it asSouth Africa: Lawyer Navanethem Pillay Receives Nobel Peace Prize (opens geo in a new tab)
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, has had his genome sequenced by scientists studying the secrets of his longevity. The research identified genetic changes associated with DNA repair and telomere function, offering potential insights into aging.
geo reported it as194 Years Old: What the Oldest Known Animal in the World Tells Us About the Aging Process (opens geo in a new tab)
The World Meteorological Organization predicts the current El Niño event will intensify, reaching its peak in December 2026 and potentially persisting until February 2027. This strengthening is expected to increase global temperatures and raise the risk of droughts and floods worldwide.
geo reported it asRising Ocean Temperatures: El Niño Strengthens – Crucial Pacific Region as Warm as Ever (opens geo in a new tab)
Two independent teams have created the first functional nuclear clocks, which track changes within an atom's nucleus. These clocks, using thorium-229, are significantly more accurate than current atomic clocks and could lead to advances in navigation, mining, and physics research.
geo reported it asPhysics Breakthrough: The Hunt for the Perfect Watch: Researchers Make Core Clocks Run for the First Time (opens geo in a new tab)
The Kremlin has stated that no date has been agreed for a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. Trump had previously announced that a call was scheduled to take place 'very soon'. The discussion was expected to touch on a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia.
geo reported it asDeath of a Woman: Pneumonia Suspect: Trump Wants to Call Putin (opens geo in a new tab)
A SpaceX rocket carrying two US astronauts, a Canadian astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut launched from Florida on October 1, 2026. The Crew-13 mission is bound for the International Space Station for a six-month duration.
geo reported it asSpace Travel: Four Astronauts Launched to the ISS (opens geo in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the execution of Christa Gail Pike to proceed in Tennessee, reversing a stay granted by an appeals court. Pike, 50, was scheduled for lethal injection for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
geo reported it asHistory: Death Penalty in Criticism: the Debate About "Humanes" Killing Is so Old (opens geo in a new tab)
Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice volume in 2026, the second-largest annual percentage drop recorded. Over the past five years, nearly a fifth of the country's glacier ice has vanished, primarily due to heat waves and insufficient winter snowfall.
geo reported it asClimate and Nature: Heat Summer: Another Devastating Year for Alpine Glaciers (opens geo in a new tab)
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its first orbital test flight on Monday. The mission aims to deploy satellites and test systems critical for future NASA moon missions, with a planned splashdown off the coast of Chile.
geo reported it asSpace Travel: Giant Rocket Starship Breaks Open to Multiple Orbits (opens geo in a new tab)
For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals directly from an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, located 63.4 light-years away. The signals, likely from the planet's aurora, suggest a powerful magnetic field, offering new insights into planetary environments beyond our solar system.
geo reported it asAstronomy: Researchers Decipher Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time (opens geo in a new tab)
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
geo reported it asTilcayo Cat: There Hasn't Been One for 100 Years: Researchers Discover New Species of Cats (opens geo in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed geo. We asked on 4 October 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for geo.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Germany
- Official site
- geo.de
- Seen publishing on
- geo.de
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 38
- Reports listed
- 38
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
38 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. geo has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 38 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of geo: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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