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Desert - National Geographic Society
Desert parks, such as Death Valley National Park, California, attract thousands of visitors every year. People who migrate to the warm, dry desert for the winter and return to more temperate climates in the spring are sometimes called “snowbirds.” In rural areas, hot days turn into cool nights, providing welcome relief from the scorching sun.
California: A Desert in Disguise - Education
Use this map to teach students about water availability and usage in the California watershed.
Okavango Wilderness Project - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project conducts scientific research of the greater Okavango Basin and works with local communities, NGOs and the governments of Angola, Namibia and Botswana to secure its permanent, sustainable protection.
Crystal Caves Hold Long-Dormant Life - National Geographic Education Blog
Extremophiles have been discovered in environments such as toxic ocean vents, burning natural gas fires, Antarctica’s frigid desert “lakes,” and even outer space. What conditions make the cave system beneath Naica so extreme? The Naica caves are hot, humid, acidic, and dark.
Navigating Education Deserts - National Geographic Education Blog
The largest numbers of education desert residents are white, but proportionately, the demographics change. In particular, a radically disproportionate number of Native Americans—20% of the total population—live in education deserts. How might understanding the geography of education deserts help inform better educational policy?
The Desert Door - National Geographic Out of Eden Walk
A famous desert once inhabited by a legendary people—the Bedouin—a fabled landscape now almost completely abandoned, stripped by the advent of cities, petroleum, cars. In 700 miles of trail, these were only the second footprints we had seen. Walking through the Hejaz has been often like moving through a dream.
Sand Mafia - National Geographic Out of Eden Walk
River sand is best: grains of desert sand are often too rounded to serve as industrial binding agents, and marine sand is corrosive. A United Nations study calculates, however, that humankind’s total consumption of sand—more than 40 billion tons a year—is now double the amount of sediments being replenished naturally on the Earth by the ...
Explorer Home - Profile
Explorer Since 2008 George R. Steinmetz Aerial Photographer Biography Best known for his aerial photography, George Steinmetz has a restless curiosity about the unknown: remote landscapes, our changing climate and how humanity can meet its ever-expanding food needs and the challenges of an expanding global population. Steinmetz graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Geophysics and ...
Geography
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.
2023 - National Geographic Society
M A D E P O S S I B L E B Y Y O U In 2023, thanks to your invaluable support, the National Geographic Society achieved significant milestones in protecting the health of our planet. Together, we expanded marine protected areas to restore the ocean, preserved precious landscapes and cultural heritage sites, safeguarded vulnerable species and inspired people across the globe to care for the ...
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