National Geographic
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The National Geographic Society, based in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the world's largest not-for-profit educational and scientific organizations. Its interests include geography and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history. Its historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources."[1] Its current President and CEO, John M. Fahey, Jr., says National Geographic's purpose is to ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
Overview
Media:
Magazine
Audience:
Very large audience (1M or more) (English)
Scope:
International
Political Viewpoint:
Neutral viewpoint
Owners:
nonprofit_organization | Managers: John M. Fahey
Research
Location:
Washington, DC, US
Editorial
Edited By:
Kaizar Campwala
Last Edit:
Feb 1, 2007 - 9:46 PM PST
Story Stats
Top Topics:
Sci/Tech (55), World (32), Environment (25), Business (14), Politics (14), Climate Change (13), Science (13), Global Warming (11), U.S. (8), Weather (6), Energy (6), Space (6), Pollution (6), Biology (5), Extra (5)...
Top Authors:
Christine Dell'amore (8), James Owen (3), Ker Than (3), Cynthia Gorney (2), Virginia Morell (2), Richard A Lovett (2), John Roach (2), Don Belt (2), Marc Kaufman (2), Andrew Fazekas (1), Charles Q Choi (1), Stefan Lovgren (1), Jennifer Holland (1), Kelly Hearn (1), Joel Bourne (1)...
Top Formats:
Special Report (32), News Report (17), News (11), News Analysis (2), Opinion (1)
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Playing Russian Roulette With a Volcano
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of 500 Hiroshimas. National Geographic’s Rowe Findley was on the scene. -
Opinion: Despite Changes, Mount Everest Is Changeless
Editor's Note: This piece is adapted from the last chapter of the new National Geographic book The Call of Everest, available wherever books are sold. Last spring I spent a ... -
Pictures We Love: May
Von Anhalt made new paintings to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Learjet, a line of personal luxury jets. "We enjoyed the interplay between the dark, brooding mood of this ... -
Space Pictures This Week: Martian Dust Devils, Weekend Spacewalk
The pump provides ammonia coolant to systems on the ISS responsible for generating electricity for the station. A dry riverbed (seen in light blue) cuts across the Namib ... -
Billion-Year-Old Water Preserved in Canadian Mine
The primordial water contains chemicals that could support life without sunlight. -
Louisiana's Bayou Is Sinking: Can $50 Billion Save It?
With rising seas and sinking land, large swaths of Louisiana are disappearing. But will $50 billion reverse the trend? -
Q&A: The Future of the Kepler Spacecraft
NASA unexpectedly announced this week that Kepler, the planet-hunting spacecraft, has put itself in a safe mode and gone offline. One of the orbiting telescope's star-tracker ... -
Pictures: Nano "Flowers" Created in Lab
Scientists can control the self-assembly of molecules to build nano-size flowers in the lab, a new study says. -
Everest Ice Shrinking Fast, Scientists and Climbers Say
The world's highest peak has been shedding snow and ice for the past 50 years, possibly due in part to global warming, new research shows. -
Wind Energy’s Shadow: Turbines Drag Down Power Potential
Wind turbines rob each other of energy if installed too closely together. But the world's fastest-growing source of renewable power still has plenty of room for expansion.
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