Can We Turn Earth Into a Spaceship?
Adults EnvironmentWorld ending disasters are common place in science fiction, and usually an inventive plan is required to save the day.
These Plants Eat Salamanders | National Geographic
Adults EnvironmentPitcher plants like these are known to feast on insects like flies. However, at a bog in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario Canada, scientists have found many pitcher plants with a more ambitious diet.
What If You Were Sent Back To The Ice Ages?
Adults EnvironmentWhat would happen if you traveled to the ice ages? Would you be able to survive the earth in it's dangerous icy state?
How Sand Mining Destroys One Home to Build Another
Adults EnvironmentAs Singapore dredges sand out from beneath Cambodia’s mangroves one woman is faced with the erasure of her beloved home.
How To Survive The First Hour Of A Nuclear Blast
Adults EnvironmentThe situation has played out in TV and movies for years, but what should you really do if a nuke detonated near you?
Amphibians Face Mass Extinction as Fungus Spreads Across the World
Adults EnvironmentResults from a recent global survey of amphibians shows that chytrid fungus has threatened twice as many species than previously thought.
How to grow your own glacier
Adults EnvironmentExplore the ancient methods of growing glaciers, the homemade bodies of ice used as water sources, and how they can be used to combat climate change.
Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?
Adults EnvironmentTake a look at the theories behind why earthquakes occur, what makes them so hard to predict and the warning system technologies we rely on today.
Earth Hour 2019
Teachers EnvironmentThis toolkit contains assets which help raise awareness of the nature all around us, tools to empower you and the people around you to take action and advocate for this year's Earth Hour and beyond!
The dangerous and daring race for the South Pole - Elizabeth Leane
Adults EnvironmentBy the early 1900’s, nearly every region of the globe had been visited and mapped, with only two key locations left: the North and South Poles.
The Unique Wildlife of The Scottish Highlands
Adults EnvironmentBe transported to the frozen tundra of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park in this stunning short by filmmaker Max Smith.
Dear Water: You Are a Blessing
Teachers Environment"Dear Water" is a poem written by Kenyan Schoolgirls and it's absolutely beautiful. It's an ode of gratitude to the recently drilled borehole in their community, which has freed up their time to attend school instead of walking long distances to fetch water.
Earth Day Activities
Teachers EnvironmentEarth Day is April 22 and it serves as an important reminder of how each one of us needs to do our part to care for the planet. Technology is a fantastic way to get students to travel around the world and view ecological devastation or get students to research changing climate over time. With Apps and web tools, students can learn and share their ideas on social media.
Why Snakes Are Disappearing From Southeast Asia’s Largest Lake
Adults EnvironmentSome vulnerable species of water snakes are disappearing due to overfishing in the world’s most biodiverse lake—the Tonle Sap, in Cambodia.
What's a smartphone made of?
Adults EnvironmentAs of 2018, there are around 2.5 billion smartphone users in the world. If we broke open all the newest phones and split them into their component parts, that would produce around 85,000 kg of gold, 875,000 of silver, and 40,000,000 of copper.
He Spent 40 Years Alone in the Woods, and Now Scientists Love Him
Adults EnvironmentWelcome to Gothic, Colorado-one of the coldest places in the United States. This ghost town has been abandoned since the 1920s, but there is at least one person who still calls it home.
Build Summer Underground Swimming Pool
Adults EnvironmentToday we built an Underground Swimming Pool. Its a hot season so we built a pool and continue with the construction of our Temple.
Inside the Mission to Save the Rare Helmeted Hornbill From Poachers
Adults EnvironmentWhat does it take to photograph the helmeted hornbill? Patience. National Geographic photographer Tim Laman teamed up with Rangkong Indonesia and spent months in the field just to get a glimpse of the extremely rare bird.