Design a Patch! Your artwork could go on an undersea adventure aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus. National Geographic Explorer Robert Ballard, NG Emerging Explorer Katherine Croff Bell, and NG Kids will choose one drawing to be made into a patch worn by the Nautilus crew as they cruise the world’s oceans to make exciting discoveries. [...]

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On Friday, September 11th, 2010, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States . Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this eighth anniversary of one of our country’s worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their [...]

By 2050, a third of the people on Earth may lack a clean, secure source of water. Join National Geographic in exploring the local stories and global trends that define the world’s water crisis. Learn about freshwater resources and how they are used to feed, power, and sustain all life. See how the forces of [...]

SEA SHEPHERD NEWS Galapagos Islands No Longer on UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger – At the annual meeting of the UNESCO committee for World Heritage Sites, which was held this year in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, it was decided that Ecuador has improved the situation in the Galapagos Islands to such an [...]

Critical Alaska Habitat Spared From Oil and Natural Gas Development Main Content Teshekpuk Lake provides a molting sanctuary for tens of thousands of birds like these Black Brant. The Obama administration opted to buffer the habitat in its first lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic By Molly Loomis for National Geographic News [...]

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Hurricane-Driven Oil Reaches Shore Photograph by Chris Combs, National Geographic Pushed inland by winds and waves from Hurricane Alex, oily seawater hits a Port Fourchon, Louisiana, beach Wednesday, staining oil-absorbing booms a rusty brown. Until yesterday, the Port Fourchon beaches were relatively clean of oil. But even with Hurricane Alex hundreds of miles away, off [...]

Long-lasting, hidden oil from the Gulf spill poses risk, experts say. Main Content Chris Combs/National Geographic Christine Dell’Amore Pensacola Beach, Florida, and Gulf Islands National Seashore National Geographic News Published July 2, 2010 Digging under the patchily oil-splattered white sands of Pensacola Beach, Florida (map), on Thursday, it didn’t take long for scientists to strike [...]

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