New findings from the most comprehensive scientific expedition to Mt. Everest in history have been released in the interdisciplinary scientific journal One Earth, filling a critical knowledge gap on the health and status of high-mountain environments.
Members of the Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition team wore graduation robes made from trash bags and ate cake for a spontaneous commencement celebration at 17,500 feet of elevation.
Mary Hubbard, Geology Team co-lead for the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, provides a behind the scenes glimpse into the work she and her team conducted in the Gokyo Valley lakes. The team, whose work was recently ...
Research provides new insight on mountain glacier–derived water resource systems, impacting up to 1.9 billion people globally.
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 ...
Joins with Tribhuvan University and Rolex to study the impacts of climate change in the Himalaya On April 16, a team of international and Nepali researchers led by the National Geographic Society and Nepal’s Tribhuvan University will arrive at Mount ...