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8 Jun

Four oceans or five? It's #WorldOceansDay🌊 and National Geographic is making a change to recognize the Southern Ocean as a fifth official ocean in our atlases and maps! on.natgeo.com/2SmpJb3

@taitmaps

I'm Alex Tait (@taitmaps), the Nat Geo Geographer! I work on @InsideNatGeo's mapping projects (including mapping Mount Everest), and I keep our Map Policy up to date

There is of course just one interconnected world ocean, but it has traditionally been divided into four regions: the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Indian oceans

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National Geographic

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2 Jun

@michele_norris

Ten years ago, @michele_norris launched the Race Card Project, which asks people to describe their feelings on race in just 6 words. She thought few would respond. Here are some of the responses—out of half a million so far—that she’s received. on.natgeo.com/3z5EBeL

“Black Boy. White world. Perpetually exhausted.”

After a frightening encounter with police right before entering college, Esayas Mehretab decided not to tell his parents, who had fled persecution in Ethiopia. But he discovered that keeping quiet about these challenges takes a toll.

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National Geographic

@NatGeo

27 May

Happy #APAHM! Today we're hearing from astronomer Munazza Alam about her work, contemplating the cosmos, and inspiring young people in STEM! on.natgeo.com/3bXij4W

QUESTION 1: How did you become interested in astrophysics and astronomy, and what inspired you to pursue this career path?

ANSWER 1: My wonderful high school physics teacher inspired me to major in physics in college, which is where I fell into astronomy. A college scheduling advisor... on.natgeo.com/3uAxnfj

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National Geographic

@NatGeo

26 May

@KadirNelson

How is America reckoning with its past today?

Artist @KadirNelson 's painting “Tulsa”—featured on the cover of our June issue—evokes both what flourished and what was destroyed in the #TulsaRaceMassacre in 1921 on.natgeo.com/34iV4hl

Greenwood Avenue was a street so prosperous it would later be remembered as Black Wall Street. But 100 years ago, a white mob descended on the all-Black community in Tulsa and burned it to the ground. Here’s how the city is coming to terms with that night on.natgeo.com/3vu3RJq

When Michele Norris first asked strangers to sum up their feelings about race in just six words, she assumed few people would want to share. Here’s what she’s learned—10 years and half a million responses later on.natgeo.com/34jCPZ8

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National Geographic

@NatGeo

24 May

What does it mean to belong somewhere? #APAHM on.natgeo.com/3vkZHDn

@elteng12

"That question of belonging is at the heart of our essay exploring how Asian Americans across generations navigate the balancing act of their identities and carve out a place for themselves in this country," writes Elaine Teng (@elteng12) email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v600000179…

@hsakagphoto

Elaine and photographer Haruka Sakaguchi (@hsakagphoto) met with over a dozen families in the Atlanta area, the site of the deadliest anti-Asian hate crime in the last year, to ask what belonging means to them, and what their American Dream looks like.

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