national geographic magazine august 2016
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINEAUGUST 2016
Look for the August issue on digital newsstands (online at ngm.com, on smartphones and tablet computers) now and on print newsstands July 26.
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To the Last DropThe Ogallala aquifer feeds a multibillion-dollar farm industry. What happens when the water is gone?(by Laura Parker, photographs by Randy Olson)
The Shipwreck SharkOnce the terror of the seas, oceanic whitetips have all but vanished.(by Glenn Hodges, photographs by Brian Skerry)
Pandas Gone WildThe Chinese know how to breed giant pandas. To release them in the wild requires protecting habitat as well as the bears.(by Jennifer S. Holland, photographs by Ami Vitale)
National Geographic magazine is the official journal of the National Geographic Society, a global nonprofit membership organization driven by a passionate belief in the power of science, exploration and storytelling to change the world. Published in English and 40 local-language editions, the magazine has a global circulation of around 6.4 million. It is sent each month to National Geographic
members and is available at ngm.com and on print and digital newsstands (smartphones and tablet computers).###
COVER STORY: DNA RevolutionScientists now have a new tool to alter the DNA of living organisms. Should they use it?(by Michael Specter, photographs by Greg Girard)
NEWS
Science vs. MosquitoesMosquitoes spread some of the world’s most dangerous diseases—and we still don’t know how to stop them.(by Cynthia Gorney)