National Geographic (October 2021)

139 pages, Features: *Poisoned beauty: The swirling colors may look like modern art-but they're mine tailings, pollution that's filling a valley neat the photographer's home-town in Romania *The persistence of pay inequity: What's behind the gap between men's and women's wages? *Aerial acrobatics: A primer on starlings' shape shifting flight s, aka murmurations *Extreme measures: A rigorous Arctic research expedition reveals great beauty and human limitations *The frigid fifth ocean of the South: National Geographic recognizes a new division of Earth's seas: the Southern Ocean *The auto industry bets big on green cars: From future vehicles, no tailpipe emissions *Aviation: How green, how soon?: Even 'cleaner' flights warm the planet *Night life: Dark-sea dives yield some wild photo ops *A place where the dream lives: Black homeownership is the area's legacy *Saving chimps and finding hope: At a Central African sanctuary, rescued chimps are models of resiliency for their caregivers.