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The ocean connects us all 🌊 Join Auli'i Cravalho, the voice of #Moana, in conversation with National Geographic Pristine Seas specialist Courtney Lorey about all things oceans, including Moana’s new adventure and why we need to protect this natural wonder. Disney’s #Moana2 is now playing only in theaters.
Thousands of shrines and temples are dotted across Kyūshū. ⛩ #NatGeoExplorer Rachel Herring photographed this image while living in Japan, immersed in its everyday cultural traditions. A member of the Choctaw Nation, she’s investigating ways to integrate community perspectives and cultural heritage into clean energy policy around the world. “Value systems in traditional Japanese culture, especially in Shintoism, and Indigenous communities have remarkable similarities... Do these communities also face similar barriers to a just clean energy transition — one that protects traditional heritage and reduces carbon emissions?” Explore more at https://lnkd.in/dEtzvdVg. Photo by Rachel Herring
Braving blizzards and bitter cold, #NatGeoExplorer Jeff Kerby and his team trekked to Inuit Qeqertaat in Greenland — the last stretch of land at the top of the globe — to record signs of life and create a digital map of the region. The flora and fauna here mark the furthest limits of life, but these borders are shifting as the poles warm. Identifying species at land’s true edges gives humans a point of reference to track as the planet evolves. “And how can we all contribute to figuring out the fundamental processes that shape more hidden edges for species across the world?” Kerby asks. Explore more: https://lnkd.in/dSsiGPqE. Photo by Jeff Kerby
“Geography has played a fundamental role in the Society’s 136-year history, and it covers everything that we do as an organization,” National Geographic Society Chief Education Officer Deborah Renee Grayson, PhD (she/her/ella) shares. This Geography Awareness Week and beyond, explore tools, resources and initiatives to help spark the Explorer within: https://lnkd.in/ejTgR5NQ
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Answer the call to protect our ocean! 🌊 Join Disney, National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas, and Polynesian Voyaging Society as we celebrate the Moana in all of us and take action for our oceans. Learn how at NatGeo.com/AnswertheCall
“The goal and hope with my work has always been to photograph places I love in order to help save them,” photographer and #NatGeoExplorer Thomas P. Peschak shares. Peschak has documented crucial conservation stories around the world and is being recognized with the National Geographic Society’s 2025 Eliza Scidmore Award for Outstanding Storytelling. Join us in congratulating him and take a look at his work at https://lnkd.in/eepAhuMd. Photos by Thomas P. Peschak
Since #GeographyAwarenessWeek was first established in 1987, the National Geographic Society has embraced this yearly celebration in light of our long legacy of championing geo-literacy, developing maps, creating resources and elevating #NatGeoExplorers who are illuminating and protecting the wonder of our world. “The better we understand geography, the more connected we become to different people, to different places and to our world,” National Geographic Society Geographer Alex Tait shares. Learn more about how we champion geography as our middle name: https://lnkd.in/eb97Gs5c. Video featuring Staff Geographer Alex Tait, Staff Cartographer Debbie Gibbons and Explorers Jim Enote and Ved Chirayath.
BREAKING NEWS: Our National Geographic Pristine Seas team discovered the largest coral in the world in the Solomon Islands! “Visible from space, the massive round coral is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, and is believed to be about 300 years old, storing a record of ocean conditions from past centuries.” Learn more about this exciting discovery: https://lnkd.in/es_AT5WR
The National Geographic Society’s headquarters has a surprising history. It has expanded from a single structure to an entire campus, with construction underway for the newly reimagined National Geographic Museum of Exploration. Known as “Base Camp,” it has served as home to #NatGeoExplorers and bee colonies 🐝, and once included its own fallout shelter in the 1960s. Explore more fun facts from National Geographic: https://lnkd.in/dVh7_gbx. Photo by Richard Hewitt Stewart/Nat Geo Image Collection
Bat signal on 🦇 The lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) settles in caves, mines, tunnels and grottoes. Scientific journalist and #NatGeoExplorer Bohdana (SnowKitty) Vashchenko recently investigated the role these insectivorous mammals play in pest control to raise awareness about how bats are protecting agricultural land. #BatWeek Photo by Viktor Lyagushkin