Three teams from Chile, France, and Germany have been announced as the winners of the National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge.
Hear from the female-led team who recently returned from the first of several international river expeditions to study plastic pollution in one of the world’s most iconic waterways — the Ganges River.
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 “Sea to Source: Ganges” expedition team is deploying wooden drift cards that mimic the flow of plastic waste from source to sea and engaging local communities to help track them.
Meet the winners of the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee and National Geographic GeoChallenge national competitions.
A visit to a laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii, where a team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are tackling the problem of ocean plastic.
Plastic has become so commonplace that it’s easy to ignore our dependence on it. A new National Geographic exhibition endeavors to change that by showcasing the global plastic waste crisis and highlighting innovators working to solve this urgent issue. ...
Meet the all female team who will embark on expeditions to study plastic pollution in one of the world’s most iconic waterways, the Ganges river, and help identify solutions to the plastic waste crisis.
As part of the Planet or Plastic? initiative, National Geographic is on a journey to better understand and document how plastic waste travels from source to sea and to fill critical knowledge gaps. Today, we’re excited to introduce the ...