1、07.2020S PECI AL I S SUEJOURNEY TO THE ROOF OF THE WORLDWHY WE WEREN T PREP ARED FOR THE CORONAVI RUSC O N T E N T SF U R T H E ROn the CoverMount Everest and the snowcapped peaks of the Himalaya glow under a starlit sky in Nepal.WI LLI AM FAWCETT,FOTOVOYAGER/GETTY I MAGESJ U LY 2 0 2 0Why Werent We
2、 Ready for This?Science journalists have long cautioned that the world was unprepared for pandemics such as COVID-19.The author explores why the warn-ings werent heeded.BY ROBIN MARANTZ HENIGWe Are Not Made for the New NormalIn perilous times,our deepest human impulse is to draw close to each other
3、the very thing weve been told not to do in the wake of COVID-19.BY CYNTHIA GORNEYSeeing the Pandemic Around the WorldPhotographers are known for roaming widely to document life on Earth.Despite being constrained by lockdowns and quarantines,they were still on the job.15624When the Virus Came to Keny
4、aStaying safe from the coronavirus can be an unaffordable luxury in one of the worlds most unequal countries.PHOTOGRAPHS BY NICHOLE SOBECKIHands Free of Virus:A Clean ChallengeSome three billion people40 percent of the global populationlack basic facilities at home to wash their hands with soap and
5、water.Will the pan-demic change that?BY NILANJANA BHOWMICKC O R O N A V I R U S:A S P E C IA L R E P O R TF E A T U R E SThe Himalayas Ghost LeopardsConservation boosts snow leopard sightings.BY PETER GWIN;PHOTO-GRAPHS BY PRASENJEET YADAV,FRDRIC LARREY,AND SANDESH KADUR.P.108A New Window Into the We
6、atherEverest stations will gauge climate change.BY FREDDIE WILKINSONPHOTOGRAPHS BY MARK FISHER.P.128The Looming Crisis Over WaterThe Indus River is vital to 270 million people.BY ALICE ALBINIAPHOTOGRAPHS BY BRENDAN HOFFMAN.P.70Making Glaciers in Northern India Ice towers help fight climate change ef
7、fects.BY ARATI KUMAR-RAOPHOTOGRAPHS BY CIRIL JAZBEC.P.98Mystery on EverestNearly a century ago,Andrew“Sandy”Irvine and George Mallory vanished on Everest.Were they the first to make it to the top?BY MARK SYNNOTTPHOTOGRAPHS BY RENAN OZTURK.P.42POSTERRoof of the WorldSee a drones-eye view and map of E
8、arths“third pole.”PHOTO:FRDRI C LARREYJ U L Y|F R O M T H E E D I T O RScience-Based Coverage Is More Vital Than Ever B Y S U S A N G O L D B E R G P H O T O G R A P H B Y D A N G IA N N O P O U L O STHE COVID-19 PANDEMICThe u n c e r tai n ty su r r ou n di n g thi s v i r u s c an b e u n n e r v
9、i n g.What y ou ca n c ou n t on,n o matte r the state of the p an de mi c,i s ou r c ommi tme n t to c ov e r i n g i t wi th f ac tu al,sc i e n c e-b ase d g l ob al stor y te l l i n g an d au the n ti c,on-the-g r ou n d p hotog r ap hy.Ac r oss ou r p l atf or msp r i n t,di g i tal,soc i al,a
10、u di o,an d te l e v i si on we r e wor k-i n g to de e p e n u n de r stan di n g of thi s si tu ati on,wi th doc u me n tar y p hotog r ap hy an d i n sp i r i n g,ac ti on-ab l e jou r n al i sm.O n e thi n g CO VID-19 has made ab u n-dan tl y c l e ar i s how smal l ou r p l an e t i show i n te
11、 r l i n k e d w e al l ar e an d how mu c h w e n e e d to w or k tog e the r to p r o-te c t Ear th an d i ts i n hab i tan ts.Thi s y e ar,as Nati on al Ge og r ap hi c tu r n s 132 y e ar s ol d,we r e on e of l i te r-al l y mi l l i on s of b r an ds c omp e ti n g f or y ou r ti me.Bu t ou r
12、y e l l ow r e c tan g l e sti l l me an s what i t al way s has:that we ar e on a mi ssi on to e xp l or e,to e xp l ai n,an d to r e v e al the hu man jou r n e y,n ow an d i n to the f u tu r e.We c an t do that wi thou t y ou r su p p or t.Than k y ou f or r e adi n g Na t i o na l G e o g ra ph
13、i c.jWE PUBLISHED the fir st i ssu e of N a t i o na l G e o g ra phi c i n O c tob e r 1888.The mag-azi n e l ook e d qu i te di f f e r e n t f r om today s,wi th a p l ai n b r own c ov e r an d n ot a si n g l e p hotog r ap h i n i ts 98 p ag e s.Cl e ar l y,a l ot has c han g e d.Bu t two thi
14、n g s hav e r e mai n e d c on stan t:We hav e al way s c ov e r e d sc i e n c e,an d w e v e al w ay s c ov e r e d the e n v i r on me n t.“Ge og r ap hi c Me thods i n Ge ol og i c In v e sti g ati on”i s on e he adl i n e f r om that fir st i ssu e.“The Gr e at Stor m of Mar c h 11-14,1888”i s
15、an othe r.Today we r e sti l l c ov e r i n g stor ms,e sp e c i al l y as the y g r ow f i e r c e r wi th c l i mate c han g e.An d we r e sti l l c ov e r-i n g g r ou n db r e ak i n g sc i e n c e p e r hap s n ow mor e than e v e r,as we doc u me n t the c or on av i r u s that has swe p t ac
16、r oss the Ear th si n c e the star t of the y e ar.In thi s i ssu e of N a t i o na l G e o g ra phi c,al on g wi th ou r e xc l u si v e c ov e r ag e of Mou n t Ev e r e st,the r e s a sp e c i al r e p or t on how CO VID-19 has affe c te d e v e r y-thi n g ab ou t ou r l i v e sou r he al th,ou r w or k,ou r p l ay,ou r r e l ati on shi p s.Ev e n the hi g he st p e ak on the p l an e t hasn t b e e n sp ar e d:Ev e r e st was c l ose d to n e ar l y al l c l i mb e r s i n Mar c h.Photogr a
