easy access to everything National Geographic!Tumblr (3.0; @fynatgeo)http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8sanWW4G1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Anthropogenic climate change poses a serious threat to coral reefs around the world. The impacts of global warming can be isolated by studying long-lived corals growing on remote, uninhabited islands of the central tropical Pacific, where human impact is nonexistent. </span><span>By analyzing the chemistry of large coral skeletons collected from reefs in this area, they can reconstruct the monthly history of temperature and rainfall patterns for the last 50 to 100 years.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11657173069http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11657173069Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:07:00 -0400coraldivingfishoceanscubascuba divingscubadivingunderwaternatgeonational geographicnationalgeographic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8s8vx3uq1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Multi-colored anemones, lavender bryozoans, and other organisms cover rocks in a kelp forest near Vancouver Island in western Canada. Strong currents around the island carry nutrients into the Queen Charlotte Strait, supporting an abundance of marine wildlife there.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11653851795http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11653851795Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:55:00 -0400canadacoralkelpoceanoceansseasunder waterunderwatervancouverwaternatgeonational geographicnationalgeographic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8s6vl2mx1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Beneath Irish Isles<span> </span></span></p> <p><span> <h3 class="title">With warm currents supporting healthy habitats and a startling host of creatures, these Irish Isles are smiling.</h3> </span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11651421850http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11651421850Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:44:00 -0400irelandSea Lionsealsealssea lionsunderwaterwateroceanoceansnatgeonational geographic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8s3lTij11qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11649409733http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11649409733Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:33:00 -0400blackbeardpiratepiratesnatgeonational geographic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8rqw082C1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>There’s a jungle inside Vietnam’s mammoth cavern. A skyscraper could fit too. And the end is out of sight.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11647739658http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11647739658Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:22:00 -0400vietnamnatgeonational geographiccavecaveswater<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt865yaPFR1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Devils Tower National Monument</p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11645744106http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11645744106Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:11:00 -0400landscapecloudscloudtreesdevils towernatgeonational geographic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt864iT09C1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <h2>Grand Teton and the Central Peaks</h2>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11637575786http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11637575786Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:54:00 -0400mountainsnatgeonational geographicskyskiesbackpackinglandscapehiking<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8631ig2D1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Northern gannet colony, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11631350532http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11631350532Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:45:00 -0400birdsnatgeonational geographiclandscapewaterfallswaterfall<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt861yTN891qlgqmho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Winter Wonderland</p> <p><span>Oulanka National Park, Finland</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11626362986http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11626362986Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:55:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85ymzazj1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Kitkajoki River, Oulanka National Park, Finland</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11620029846http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11620029846Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:17:00 -0400landscaperiverriverstreesfallfinlandnational parknational parksparkspark<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85wy58O31qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Waterfalls near Gradinsko Lake, Upper Lakes, Plitvice National Park, Croatia</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11616371248http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11616371248Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:07:00 -0400waterfallswaterfalltreescroatianational parknational parksnatgeonational geographic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85v7I90N1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Rock outcroppings called sea stacks are home to birds and other animals on the Pacific shore of Washington’s <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/national-parks/olympic-national-park/" target="_blank">Olympic National Park</a>. The shore is one of three distinct ecosystems within the park.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11613069259http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11613069259Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:55:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85r3sMUM1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> <h2>Wrocław, Poland</h2> </span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11610689192http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11610689192Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:44:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85iphK9n1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>A kayaker places one of her last strokes off Celestial Falls, near Hood River, Oregon.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11608688580http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11608688580Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:33:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85hhTnNm1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>A kayaker paddles the drastically lowered waters of Lake Powell in Cathedral in the Desert.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11607036124http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11607036124Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:22:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85exrjIa1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Named for its resemblance to a sorcerer’s hat, Wizard Island rises out of Crater Lake, “Gem of the Cascades.” Snow usually closes the drive around the Oregon lake in winter.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11605101018http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11605101018Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:11:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85dl13VZ1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>A microlight flight brings adrenaline junkies close to the roar of Victoria Falls, which splashes between Zambia and Zimbabwe.</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11596866058http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11596866058Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:51:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85cnJ6Qc1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Kauai, Hawaii</span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11590505516http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11590505516Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:41:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt85aegFkK1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>Java’s Volcanoes Indonesia</span></strong></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11584391333http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11584391333Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:33:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt86mbPtmW1qlgqmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> <h2>Tara River, Montenegro</h2> </span></p>http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11579606941http://fynatgeo.tumblr.com/post/11579606941Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:39:47 -0400