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National Geographic Magazine

Sep 01 2019
Magazine

Amazing discoveries and experiences await you in every issue of National Geographic magazine. The latest news in science, exploration, and culture will open your eyes to the world’s many wonders.

WHAT’S COMING

The State of the Arctic

WHAT THE TIDE BRINGS IN • An endless supply of ocean trash provides the material for an ongoing art project.

THE BACKSTORY • TRASH FROM A NEW YORK BEACH IS ASSEMBLED INTO VIBRANT AND SOBERING SCULPTURES.

Why You Like What You Like • THINK YOU HAVE GOOD TASTE? YOU DON’T DESERVE THE CREDIT. THANK YOUR GENES, YOUR GERMS, AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

Are you really just a pile of genes?

Death-defying DNA • HOW OZZY OSBOURNE’S GENES MAY PLAY INTO HIS HEAVY METAL LIFESTYLE

A SOLAR SYSTEM GIANT, READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP

ACTIVATE THE GLOBAL CITIZEN. MOVEMENT • DARE TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Hip-hop makes cheese funky

Why Warriors Wielded Human Bones

TECHNICOLOR SQUIRRELS • NATIVE TO TROPICAL INDIA, THESE SQUIRRELS FAR OUTDO OTHERS IN SIZE—AND HUE

TWEETS OF MANY TONGUES

IF YOU HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA…THERE IS HELP

ERIC BREITUNG

TINY SOURCES OF BIG TASTES • The microscopic parts that give herbs and spices their flavors are often the plants’ defenses.

SHY BY NATURE, BUT SHOWY IN CONQUEST

THE MUSICAL GREATNESS OF BACH’S HANDS

TIGERS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

Death Comes for a Crocodile • A PHOTOGRAPHER CHRONICLES AN EPIC HUNT FOR A SALTWATER CROCODILE—A HUNT THAT’S A SMALL BUT CRUCIAL PART OF AN ONGOING PLAN TO SAVE THE SPECIES.

THE ARCTIC IS HEATING UP • Imagine the top of the world without ice. It could happen sooner than you think.

THE NEW COLD WAR • AS THE ARCTIC THAWS, NATIONS ARE RACING TO CONTROL RESOURCES AND SHIPPING ROUTES BURIED BENEATH THE ICE. HERE’S HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR CONFLICT AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD.

ARCTIC ASSETS

THE THREAT BELOW • ARCTIC PERMAFROST IS THAWING MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED, RESHAPING THE LAND AND RELEASING CARBON GASES THAT COULD SPEED UP CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE THAW SPEEDS UP

A LANDSCAPE REVOLUTION

UNCOVERING AN ARCTIC MYSTERY • IN 1845 SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND CREW SET OUT TO CHART THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. THEN THEY VANISHED.

EYES ON THE ICE • IN GREENLAND, RESEARCHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD DOCUMENT THE WARMING ARCTIC—AND SHARE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

ALONE WITH WOLVES • IN A 30-HOUR ENCOUNTER WITH A PACK OF ARCTIC WOLVES, OUR WRITER GAINED A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THESE PREDATORS OF THE TUNDRA.

WOLVES OF THE FAR NORTH

BEFORE IT MELTS • AS ICE THINS IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC, THE INUIT USE CAMPING TRIPS TO TEACH THE YOUNG HOW TO LIVE OFF THE LAND—AND PRESERVE THEIR CULTURE.

WEIMIN CHU • GRAND-PRIZE WINNER; FIRST PLACE, CITIES CATEGORY


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 160 Publisher: National Geographic Society Edition: Sep 01 2019

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Amazing discoveries and experiences await you in every issue of National Geographic magazine. The latest news in science, exploration, and culture will open your eyes to the world’s many wonders.

WHAT’S COMING

The State of the Arctic

WHAT THE TIDE BRINGS IN • An endless supply of ocean trash provides the material for an ongoing art project.

THE BACKSTORY • TRASH FROM A NEW YORK BEACH IS ASSEMBLED INTO VIBRANT AND SOBERING SCULPTURES.

Why You Like What You Like • THINK YOU HAVE GOOD TASTE? YOU DON’T DESERVE THE CREDIT. THANK YOUR GENES, YOUR GERMS, AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

Are you really just a pile of genes?

Death-defying DNA • HOW OZZY OSBOURNE’S GENES MAY PLAY INTO HIS HEAVY METAL LIFESTYLE

A SOLAR SYSTEM GIANT, READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP

ACTIVATE THE GLOBAL CITIZEN. MOVEMENT • DARE TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Hip-hop makes cheese funky

Why Warriors Wielded Human Bones

TECHNICOLOR SQUIRRELS • NATIVE TO TROPICAL INDIA, THESE SQUIRRELS FAR OUTDO OTHERS IN SIZE—AND HUE

TWEETS OF MANY TONGUES

IF YOU HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA…THERE IS HELP

ERIC BREITUNG

TINY SOURCES OF BIG TASTES • The microscopic parts that give herbs and spices their flavors are often the plants’ defenses.

SHY BY NATURE, BUT SHOWY IN CONQUEST

THE MUSICAL GREATNESS OF BACH’S HANDS

TIGERS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

Death Comes for a Crocodile • A PHOTOGRAPHER CHRONICLES AN EPIC HUNT FOR A SALTWATER CROCODILE—A HUNT THAT’S A SMALL BUT CRUCIAL PART OF AN ONGOING PLAN TO SAVE THE SPECIES.

THE ARCTIC IS HEATING UP • Imagine the top of the world without ice. It could happen sooner than you think.

THE NEW COLD WAR • AS THE ARCTIC THAWS, NATIONS ARE RACING TO CONTROL RESOURCES AND SHIPPING ROUTES BURIED BENEATH THE ICE. HERE’S HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR CONFLICT AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD.

ARCTIC ASSETS

THE THREAT BELOW • ARCTIC PERMAFROST IS THAWING MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED, RESHAPING THE LAND AND RELEASING CARBON GASES THAT COULD SPEED UP CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE THAW SPEEDS UP

A LANDSCAPE REVOLUTION

UNCOVERING AN ARCTIC MYSTERY • IN 1845 SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND CREW SET OUT TO CHART THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. THEN THEY VANISHED.

EYES ON THE ICE • IN GREENLAND, RESEARCHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD DOCUMENT THE WARMING ARCTIC—AND SHARE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

ALONE WITH WOLVES • IN A 30-HOUR ENCOUNTER WITH A PACK OF ARCTIC WOLVES, OUR WRITER GAINED A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THESE PREDATORS OF THE TUNDRA.

WOLVES OF THE FAR NORTH

BEFORE IT MELTS • AS ICE THINS IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC, THE INUIT USE CAMPING TRIPS TO TEACH THE YOUNG HOW TO LIVE OFF THE LAND—AND PRESERVE THEIR CULTURE.

WEIMIN CHU • GRAND-PRIZE WINNER; FIRST PLACE, CITIES CATEGORY


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