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Announcing the National Geographic Society’s 2021 Award Honorees
Meet the 2021 award recipients. The four individuals will be honored during the virtual 2021 Explorers Festival.
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Climate Change and Human Impacts Are Altering Mt. Everest Faster and More Significantly Than Previously Known
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.
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Meet the 2020 National Geographic Award Recipients
Today, the National Geographic Society announced its 2020 National Geographic Award recipients. The nine individuals will be honored during the virtual 2020 National Geographic Awards on Thursday, October 8.
Science & Exploration
Graduation Celebration to Remember at Everest Base Camp
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.
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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 ...
National Geographic Society Launches 2019 Everest Expedition
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 ...
National Geographic and Rolex Form Global Exploration Partnership
Partnership will support research and invention, promote conservation, and inspire the next generation of explorers Built on 63 years of collaboration to foster scientific discovery and encourage conservation Partnership Will Have Five Year Focus on the Oceans, Poles and Mountains National ...