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National Geographic Magazine has been bought out by 21st Century Fox, a division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (and the infamous Fox News). About 9% of National Geographic’s award-winning staff was immediately laid off on the day of the takeover, the largest amount of layoffs in their history. 

The sale marks a shift of the previous non-profit organization to a for-profit one, and most likely means that the long-term investigative reporting stories National Geographic is famous for will no longer be funded, in favor of shorter, shallower, more clickbaity stories. 

Rupert Murdoch is a known climate change denier, and has a long history of disrespecting, misunderstanding, or flat-out ignoring science. The people working for National Geographic knew that the sale would likely mean the end of truly science-based writing.

So what did they write for their last non-Fox-affiliated issue?

An entire issue where every single article is about the indisputable scientific truth of global warming, and what it’s doing to our planet.

The woman in the blue dress: Cancer, Leo

The woman in the black and white dress: Aries, Pisces

The woman in the green dress: Sagittarius, Taurus 

The woman in the purple dress: Libra, Aquarius, Capricorn