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    Over 200 Explorers from more than 50 countries are joining us in Washington, D.C. June 8-14. Follow the conversation with and watch live at

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  2. Today at : The Everest expedition team talks installing a weather station on the roof of the world.

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  3. This week, we heard from so many innovative and encouraging explorers, storytellers, and changemakers at . Thanks to all those who spoke — and to all those who listened. cc: /

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  4. 11 hours ago
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    : the first place I’ve been where when I share I’m a scientist-storyteller-community organizer I don’t get blank stares—I get smiles, nods, and “me too”! 🌻

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  5. 21 hours ago

    The youngest explorers now in DC with the most legendary and epic scientists and ocean explorer of our time! Dr. Sylvia Earle, the first ever female chief scientist for the NOAA and the pioneer of marine exploration! Beyond grateful

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  6. And that’s a wrap on Symposium! Thanks to all who joined us — and to each speaker who took the stage, created connections, and inspired change.

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  7. What was your favorite part of Explorers Festival this week? Let us know, and don’t forget to use !

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  8. 12 hours ago

    at ‘s shares a surreal, beautiful video about how the jellyfish of his childhood have been sent by to space in order to see the effects of space on gravity sensing mechanisms!

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  9. 12 hours ago

    “Curiosity and research has no gender” says Erika Cuellar about training existing hunters who are mostly men.

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  10. National Geographic is committed to connecting humans with our natural world, but a new narrative is needed to increase empathy and help people realize the value of nature. Tune in LIVE now:

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  11. Moderator asks: What’s the advantage of being a woman in the field? Liliana Gutierrez: We’re open to change. Rebecca Kochulem: Patience. Listening. Intan Suci-Nurhati: We keep going further. Erika Cuellar: We just carry on.

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  12. Do we need a new narrative for nature or do we need new places to tell it? Gautam Shah of thinks gaming is the answer. He reminds us: 🎥 100M people watched the Jungle Book 🐘 There are 800M annual zoo visits 🐼 94M watched a video of a sneezing panda

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  13. We need healthy oceans for clean water. Nature is good for our mental health. “We need to reframe conservation as a public health intervention,” says .

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  14. 12 hours ago

    Words for in conservation. Empathy, listening, patience, fearlessness.

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  15. On the importance of involving communities with her work, Erika Cuellar shares a saying: Conservation without people is gardening. (She follows up: “It sounds better in Spanish!”)

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  16. Explorer is currently studying and documenting whale culture. “I believe through the lens of culture, we can begin to see the ocean in a new way. A place where culture and family matter.” 🐋

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  17. 13 hours ago

    “Sperm whales and blue whales share the waters off Sri Lanka but live very different lives” and Says

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  18. “We’re connecting people to wildlife so that they treasure it and fight to save it”- Explorer Paula Kahumbu () at . Tune in to our update from the field session LIVE now.

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  19. Working together, the expedition team accomplished amazing feats: Installed the two highest weather stations in the world 💨 Collected the highest-ever ice core 🗻 Conducted comprehensive biodiversity surveys 🐛

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  20. “Ice cores are buried weather stations that allow us to go back in time” - Paul Mayewski, the expedition’s scientific leader. Here’s what drilling an ice core looks like on Mount Everest. 📸 Dirk Collins

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  21. Aurora Elmore () announces the successful 2019 Everest expedition, believed to be the most comprehensive single scientific expedition to Mount Everest (the tallest mountain in the world!) in history.

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