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National Geographic (formerly the National Geographic Magazine and branded also as NAT GEO) is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about science, geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its thick square-bound glossy format with a yellow rectangular border and its extensive use of dramatic photographs. Controlling interest in the magazine has been held by The Walt Disney Company since 2019.Source

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January 16, 2021Editor’s note: This story has been updated.A team of 10 Nepali climbers reached the 28,251-foot summit of K2, theworld’s second-highest mountain, on Saturday, January 16th, according toseveral reports on social media. This long-sought achievement adds a stunningnew chapter to mountaineering history.Located in Pakistan’s part of the Karakoram range, K2 is the last of theworld’s 14 tallest mountains—all higher than 8,000 meters—to be climbedin winter. It is considered by far the most difficult and dangerous becauseof the technical climbing required to reach the top.“History...…January 16, 2021Editor’s note: This story has been updated.A team of 10 Nepali climbers reached the 28,251-foot summit of K2, theworld’s second-highest mountain, on Saturday, January 16th, according toseveral reports on social media. This long-sought achievement adds a stunningnew chapter to mountaineering history.Located in Pakistan’s part of the Karakoram range, K2 is the last of theworld’s 14 tallest mountains—all higher than 8,000 meters—to be climbedin winter. It is considered by far the most difficult and dangerous becauseof the technical climbing required to reach the top.“History...

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57,000 year-old wolf puppy found frozen in Yukon permafrost

A well-preserved wolf pup has been recovered from permafrost in the YukonTerritory of northern Canada, revealing new details about how ancient wolvesspread across North America and Eurasia.December 21, 2020In the summer of 2016, a gold miner in Canada’s Yukon Territory foundan unexpected treasure. While blasting a wall of permafrost with a watercannon to release whatever riches might be found inside, Neil Lovelesssaw something melting out of the ice. It wasn’t a precious mineral, butthe oldest and most complete wolf mummy ever discovered.Loveless quickly placed the frozen pup in a freezer...…A well-preserved wolf pup has been recovered from permafrost in the YukonTerritory of northern Canada, revealing new details about how ancient wolvesspread across North America and Eurasia.December 21, 2020In the summer of 2016, a gold miner in Canada’s Yukon Territory foundan unexpected treasure. While blasting a wall of permafrost with a watercannon to release whatever riches might be found inside, Neil Lovelesssaw something melting out of the ice. It wasn’t a precious mineral, butthe oldest and most complete wolf mummy ever discovered.Loveless quickly placed the frozen pup in a freezer...

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© 1996-2015 National Geographic Society, © 2015-2020 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reservedTHESE MAPSSHOW howfertilizer ischoking theGreat LakesMATTHEW W. CHWASTYKJason TreatKelsey NowakowskiPUBLISHED NOVEMBER 17, 2020Freshwater is vital to the Great Lakes Basin agricultural industry, which pumps some 400 million gallons of basin water every day for irrigation. The region supports 25 percent of Canada’s agricultural production and 7 percent of the United States’, but water quality, wildlife habitat, and fish stocks have decreased in recent decades as a result of high...…© 1996-2015 National Geographic Society, © 2015-2020 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reservedTHESE MAPSSHOW howfertilizer ischoking theGreat LakesMATTHEW W. CHWASTYKJason TreatKelsey NowakowskiPUBLISHED NOVEMBER 17, 2020Freshwater is vital to the Great Lakes Basin agricultural industry, which pumps some 400 million gallons of basin water every day for irrigation. The region supports 25 percent of Canada’s agricultural production and 7 percent of the United States’, but water quality, wildlife habitat, and fish stocks have decreased in recent decades as a result of high...

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Exclusive: Inside Florida’s alleged flying squirrel smuggling operation

Remembering the night two atomic bombs fell—on North Carolina

How viruses shape our world

Sacred Native American land to be traded to a foreign mining giant

Nepali Mountaineers Achieve Historic Winter First on K2

Existing vaccines should work against new coronavirus variants—for now

Dire wolves were real—and even stranger than we thought

The polar vortex is coming—and raising the odds for intense winter weather

'Not even a single security guard was posted in the rotunda'

They spent 12 years solving a puzzle. It yielded the first COVID-19 vaccines.

Huge iceberg breaking up off South Georgia Island is still a threat

Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows

Does lightning strike on Venus? Mysterious flash may help solve puzzle.

Inside the ambitious push to protect a third of the world’s ocean

57,000 year-old wolf puppy found frozen in Yukon permafrost

Alligators can regrow severed tails, surprising scientists

Alien hunters detect mysterious radio signal from nearby star

Elon Musk: A Million Humans Could Live on Mars By the 2060s

Why cold weather makes it harder for the body to fight respiratory infections

He may have found the key to the origins of life. So why have so few heard of him?

These maps show how dramatically fertilizer is choking the Great Lakes

One of these astronauts may be the first woman on the moon

Honeybees found using tools, in a first—to repel giant hornet attacks

Human-made materials now equal weight of all life on Earth

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