National Geographic Magazine - UK

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FROM the EDITOR

ENVIRONMENT • “This image captures for me like no other the CREEPING MOVEMENT of the mines, extending over many years and swallowing up everything that’s in their way.”

ANIMALS • “Photographing insects is a gamble because YOU NEVER KNOW if they are going to fly away while you’re setting up the shot. Fortunately, this damselfly was very cooperative.”

CULTURE • “When I’m working, occasionally an UNEXPECTED ARTISTIC DIMENSION emerges, like this well-synchronized ballet of workers, which almost renders invisible their exhausting reality.”

OCEAN • “What was once lifeless concrete is now transformed into a vibrant garden of soft corals. It leaves me in awe of NATURE’S RESILIENCE and quiet strength.”

CONTRIBUTORS

UNRAVELING the MYSTERIES of the CONGO • For decades, one of the world’s biggest rainforests was largely invisible to climate science. Now a new band of researchers raised in Central Africa is changing that. And what they’re discovering there is revolutionizing our understanding of how to protect the planet.

A Hidden Threat in the Congo • While all ecosystems hold carbon in their plants and soil, the Congo Basin is one of the most effective. Due to the dense canopy and vast peatlands, its tropical rainforest absorbs more carbon than it releases. But increased logging, agriculture, and wildfires could free tons of “irrecoverable carbon”—caches of carbon that can’t be restored by 2050—into the atmosphere and compound climate change.

Could This REALLY BE The HOLY GRAIL?

RACING TO SAVE Hawaii’s Precious SNAILS • Researchers are searching for radical solutions to protect these little-understood species.

The NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 33 • Two Thousand Twenty-Five HONOREES

Yvon Chouinard • THE UNLIKELY MOGUL WHO BUILT THE ULTIMATE OUTDOOR BRAND, THEN GAVE IT AWAY TO SAVE THE PLANET

Selena Gomez • THE SUPERSTAR SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH ON A GLOBAL SCALE

Oksana Masters • THE MULTISPORT ATHLETE CHALLENGING US TO RETHINK WHAT’S POSSIBLE

Tayshan Hayden-Smith • THE GUERRILLA GARDENER BRINGING HORTICULTURE TO A NEW GENERATION

Emily Liman • THE SCIENTIST DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN SENSES

Jason Momoa • THE ACTOR USING HIS SUPERPOWERS TO PROTECT OUR OCEANS

Jennifer Uchendu • THE CLIMATE ACTIVIST CREATING SPACES FOR AFRICANS TO PROCESS THEIR ECO-ANXIETY

Hamdi Ulukaya • THE BUSINESS LEADER MATCHING REFUGEES WITH GOOD JOBS

Edward Norton • THE ACTOR IMAGINING A NEW WAY TO CONSERVE AFRICAN WILDLIFE

Cole Brauer • THE FEARLESS SAILOR BRINGING HER SPORT TO A NEW GROUP OF FANS

Sana Javeri Kadri • THE ENTREPRENEUR INSPIRING A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ETHICAL SPICE TRADE

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr & Eugenia Kargbo • THE LOCAL LEADERS SAVING THEIR CITY FROM A CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Adam McKay • THE FILMMAKER USING BITING SATIRE TO ILLUMINATE THE DIRE REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin • THE DOCTOR DISCOVERING AN UNLIKELY NEW BREED OF HEART DONORS

Maya Gabeira • THE BIG-WAVE SURFER ATTACKING THE SCOURGE OF PLASTIC WASTE

Héctor Bellerín • THE SOCCER PLAYER DREAMING UP A MORE ECO-FRIENDLY FUTURE FOR SPORTS

Sterlin Harjo • THE STORYTELLER SPOTLIGHTING INDIGENOUS VOICES

Isabel Cristina Gámez & Oscar Andrés Méndez • THE BUILDERS FINDING A NOVEL USE FOR PLASTIC WASTE AROUND THE WORLD

Victor Glover • THE ASTRONAUT LAUNCHING A NEW ERA OF SPACE EXPLORATION

Michelle Yeoh • THE OSCAR WINNER SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON THE BURDENS OF WOMEN IN DISASTER ZONES

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