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Expedition: Blue Planet Tour

Explore Critical Water Issues Across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

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National Geographic in 2010

In the coming year, National Geographic will support hundreds of projects to help us explore, understand, and care for our planet. National Geographic's Ocean Now project continues to study the last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean. Emerging Explorers T.H. Culhane and Katey Walter Anthony are working toward improving the cold-season efficiency of biogas digesters. Waitt Grantee Albert Lin is searching for Genghis Khan's tomb. By supporting innovative projects such as these, National Geographic upholds its 120-year legacy of exploration, education, and conservation.

Explorers and Projects

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Mission Projects

Blue Planet Map

Find out the what's happening on the Expedition Blue Planet: North America, a 138-day interactive exploration of critical water issues across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Big Cats Initiative

National Geographic is funding a variety of conservation projects across the lions’ range. You can be part of this important work by applying for a grant to help big cats.
Sea of Cortez Underwater Archaeology Project

Archaeologist Amy Gusick and her team are going underwater in the Sea of Cortez to search for evidence of the New World’s earliest inhabitants.
The Genographic Project

Where do you really come from? And how did you get to where you live today?
Central Nicaragua Archaeology Project

Alexander Geurds sheds light on monoliths and stelae in Nicaragua.