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- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ 6 comments
- Photo Ark – An effort to document every species living in zoos and sanctuaries https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/photo-ark/ 9 comments
- Discovery of Titanic in 1985 was cover for classified military operation https://www.nationalgeographic.org/newsroom/national-geographic-museum-reveals-previously-classified-story-about-legendary-shipwreck-in-titanic-the-untold-story-opening-may-30/ 2 comments
- Plastic bag found in Mariana Trench https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/plastic-bag-found-bottom-worlds-deepest-ocean-trench/ 2 comments science
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Also known as the Pacific trash vortex https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ 6 comments anthropology
- Phytoplankton The Unsung Hero, Save the plankton and Breathe Freely https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankton-breathe-freely/ 4 comments science
- On a Walk Through Busy India, a Nature Photographer Discovers a Craving for Silence https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/blogs/lab-talk/2018-09-walk-through-busy-india-nature-photographer-discovers-craving-silence/?sf210584187=1 5 comments india
- National Geographic announces the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge aimed at reducing plastic waste, up to $1,000,000 in prize/grant money available https://www.nationalgeographic.org/innovation-challenges/plastic/ 56 comments worldnews
- Geography Awareness Week: November 2018 https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/programs/geography-awareness-week 3 comments books
- Walking on (Depleted) Water: In India, a historic groundwater crisis threatens millions. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/articles/2018-10-walking-vanishing-water/ 3 comments india
- I’m Ella Al-Shamahi, a National Geographic Explorer, an archaeologist (technically a palaeoanthropologist—think really REALLY old humans) who specializes in fossil hunting in caves in unstable/hostile places…AMA! https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/19CF56DE/ella-al-shamahi 363 comments history
- Just a reminder of how much trash is floating in the Pacific Ocean. 67 ships working a year would clean up less than 1% https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ 94 comments worldnews