Newsletter #147 State Of The Planet Earth - 2019-01-03

If you love articles about Nature and Earth, this page is for you. Happy reading!

5 boredom busters to keep kids busy this winter: Laura Goertzel

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Check out these five brain-boosting, boredom-busting activities for your kids.

Do walls work? The Great Wall of China's complex legacy: Borja Pelegero Alcaide

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The Ming dynasty built a giant wall stretching 5,000 miles to keep invaders out of China, but how effective was it against the enemy?

Top 10 New Year’s Eve Celebrations: National Geographic Staff

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Chime in the New Year with festivities both large and small around the world on this intercontinental journey.

Trek with community-protected lemurs in Madagascar: Michaela Trimble

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This tourism group wants to save these ancient primates.

Remembering Nancy Roman, NASA astronomer and Hubble telescope champion: Erin Blakemore

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Known as the "mother of Hubble," the agency's first chief of astronomy was a driving force behind the start of space-based observations.

Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why.: Robin George Andrews

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A fifth of Earth’s geologic history might have vanished because planet-wide glaciers buried the evidence.

Full Moons: What's in a Name?:

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Learn about the many names given to the moon's most captivating phase in Earth's night sky.

NASA spacecraft completes farthest flyby in history. What's next?: Michael Greshko

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Scientists at last have their first good look at a primordial piece of the solar system orbiting more than four billion miles away.

Thailand works to preserve its natural wonders:

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Tourism authorities are encouraging visitors to leave "only their footprints and take only good memories".

Dueling eclipses, and more top sky-watching events in January: Andrew Fazekas

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Ring in the new year with a sparkling meteor shower, a pair of eclipses, and a planet parade.