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#GreatNature: Planet Earth Revisited

This blog post was written by Video Projects Producer, Jim Burch in the National Geographic Creative Department. We’re sharing National Geographic staff and friends’ stories about nature to celebrate the Great Nature Project. To share your own nature photos of plants and animals with National Geographic, visit greatnatureproject.org.  For 25 years Nat Geo has held the National Geographic Bee, a geography-knowledge competition for students. This year, … Continue reading #GreatNature: Planet Earth Revisited

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#GreatNature: Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?

This blog post was written by former National Geographic Education Intern, Livia Mazur. We’re sharing National Geographic staff and friends’ stories about nature to celebrate the Great Nature Project. To share your own nature photos of plants and animals with National Geographic, visit greatnatureproject.org.  It was a normal summer evening in my life as a busy New Yorker. I had spent all day in the … Continue reading #GreatNature: Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?

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#GreatNature: That Time I Rode Shotgun With Santa Claus

This blog post was written by Amelia Tidona, National Geographic Social Media & Promotion Intern. We’re sharing National Geographic staff and friends’ stories about nature to celebrate the Great Nature Project. To share your own nature photos of plants and animals with National Geographic, visit greatnatureproject.org.  “I’m roadtripping to the Milford Sound tomorrow at 6am–feel free to join,” said a smiling, long grey-haired man named … Continue reading #GreatNature: That Time I Rode Shotgun With Santa Claus

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#GreatNature: Celebrate Your Neighbors this September

This blog post was written by Justine Kendall, National Geographic Education staff. We’re sharing National Geographic staff and friends’ stories about nature to celebrate the Great Nature Project. To share your own nature photos of plants and animals with National Geographic, visit greatnatureproject.org.  What is Great Nature? To some of our explorers it’s a very, very close-up picture of a snake. To others it’s a regal … Continue reading #GreatNature: Celebrate Your Neighbors this September

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Explaining Colorado’s Extreme Floods

ENVIRONMENT Experts say flash floods in the Boulder area, which have already claimed at least four lives, may be connected to fires and climate change. (National Geographic News) Use our resources to better understand floods—their causes and their effects. Discussion Ideas According to the NG News article, President Obama declared emergencies in Boulder, Larimer, and El Paso counties. Look at our 1-Page Map of Colorado. … Continue reading Explaining Colorado’s Extreme Floods

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