Nick Middleton


Nick Middleton is a British physical geographer and supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He specialises in desertification.
Middleton was born in London, England. As a geographer, he has travelled to more than 70 countries. In Going to Extremes, a Channel 4 television programme about extreme lifestyles, he experienced life in the hostile conditions that other cultures must endure. Part of his book 'Extremes Along the Silk Road' is included in NCERT's class 11 English textbook.
He won the Royal Geographical Society's Ness Award in 2002.
He has appeared on BBC 2's
He met Norbu in Tibet
Who later became his companion in Through the Keyhole.

Publications

Thesis
Books as sole author
  • Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist
  • Atlas of Environmental Issues
  • Atlas of World Issues
  • Desertification
  • Desertification and Wind Erosion in the Western Sahel: the Example of Mauritania
  • Extremes Along the Silk Road: Adventures off the World's Oldest Superhighway
  • Extremes: Surviving the World's Harshest Environments
  • The Global Casino: an Introduction to Environmental Issues
  • Going to Extremes: Mud, Sweat and Frozen Tears
  • Ice Tea and Elvis: a Saunter Through the Southern States
  • Intellectual Property Rights: a Battleground for Trade and Biodiversity
  • Kalashnikovs and Zombie Cucumbers: Travels in Mozambique
  • The Last Disco in Outer Mongolia
  • Southern Africa
  • Surviving Extremes: Ice, Jungle, Sand and Swamp
  • Travels as a Brussels Scout
  • Extremes Along The Silk Road
Co-authored books
  • Andrew Goudie and Nick Middleton, Bibliography of Desert Dust Storms and Their Consequences
  • Nick Middleton, The Bloody Baron: Wicked Dictator of the East
  • Neil Grant and Nick Middleton, The Daily Telegraph Atlas of the World Today
  • Andrew Goudie and Nick Middleton, Desert Dust in the Global System
  • D.S.G. Thomas and Nick Middleton, Desertification: Exploding the Myth
  • Nick Middleton and D.S.G. Thomas, eds, World Atlas of Desertification..
Co-authored articles
  • Andrew Goudie and Nick Middleton, "The Changing Frequency of Dust Storms Through Time", Climatic Change 20, 197–225
  • Andrew Goudie and Nick Middleton, "Dust Storms in the Middle East", Bulletin de la Classe des sciences 6:13:7-12, 379–99