The National Geographic Society today announced the appointment of Mara Dell to the newly created role of chief human resources officer, effective Sept. 9, 2019.
Today’s UN special report on climate change and the future of land use makes it clear we must transform the way we use land and produce food around the world if there is to be hope of keeping global temperatures under 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Teams from 13 countries advance in global search for innovative solutions to plastic pollution and will compete for a share of $1.5 million in awards and investment.
The National Geographic Society was founded to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge. We will continue our 131-year commitment to geographic education so that students understand the wonder of our world.
Here’s what our 2019-2020 Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellows will undertake in the next year.
Everest Expedition Breaks Record With Installation of the World’s Highest Operating Weather Stations
From April to June 2019, an international team of scientists, climbers and storytellers, led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University and supported in partnership with Rolex, conducted a scientific expedition to Mount Everest, believed to be the most comprehensive single scientific expedition to the mountain in history.