National Geographic 08.2019

S P E C I A L ISSUE WORLD ON THE MOVE Seas rise, crops wither, wars erupt. Humankind again seeks shelter in another place. WALKI ...

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AUGUST 2019 CONTENTS FURTHER ALSO Rocks in Crocs A Mass of Meteorites Secret Pollinator 34 17 8 On the Cover Rohingya refugees f ...

FEATURES Walking With Migrants The author falls in step with people driven by circumstance “to leave a familiar world.” BY PAUL ...

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AUGUST | FROM THE EDITOR Humanity in motion COVERING MIGRATION A Kurdish family waits in a car after fleeing Syria for Turkey, t ...

A butterfly constructed of rose petals offers a fresh way to see nature— and waste. When a local florist has leftover flowers, a ...

BUILDING BUGS WITH BLOOMS An artist uses natural materials to make lively and lifelike insect portraits. VOL. 236 NO. 2 AUGUST 2 ...

PROOF A stag beetle is a cultural symbol in Inoue’s native Japan. To make one in tribute, Inoue collected every shade of green h ...

After a flower shop in Ecuador sent Inoue a shipment of baby’s breath and carnation stems, he fashioned them into a horn beetle. ...

PROOF During a trip to Arizona and Nevada, Inoue gathered materials to honor the Southwest’s flora and fauna by creating a deser ...

The goliath beetle, which can grow to a length of more than four inches, is one of Earth’s biggest insects. Inoue usually makes ...

THE BACKSTORY NATURE’S COLORS AND SHAPES SPRING TO LIFE IN STUNNING INSECT SCULPTURES. TROPICAL PLANTS aren’t abundant in the no ...

THE DISCOVERIES OF TODAY THAT WILL DEFINE THE WORLD OF TOMORROW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EMBARK VOL. 236 NO. 2 IN THIS SECTION Greeni ...

EMBARK | THE BIG IDEA WE MOVE WHEN IT IS INTOLERABLE TO STAY WHERE WE ARE. WE MOVE BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES AND PHYSICA ...

ILLUSTRATION BY ANA JUAN AUGUST ...

Things they carried Recent migration waves have inspired many art and photography projects. Tom Kiefer made images of water jugs ...

SOME 174 MILLION tons of plastic packaging is produced globally each year. Only 20 percent of it gets recycled, and what’s not d ...

Bellyful of Stones It’s not unusual for crocodiles, alligators, and other crocodilians to have a stomach full of stones. Scienti ...