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Here's Mud in Your Face

Fin Del Mundo, the Amazon jungle of Colombia. (Credit: Ste Lane/Shutterstock) 


Fin Del Mundo, The Amazon jungle of Colombia (Credit: Ste Lane/Shutterstock) 

'Deforestation has increased significantly in the last five years following the signing of the peace agreement.'

Study Shows Colombian Guerrillas Were Guardians of the Forest

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Raising or ‘amphibiating’ a home can keep a house high and dry during floods — but they can come with significant costs.

Floating Homes, Raised Houses: A Tale of Two Flood Mitigation Strategies

Hurricane Ida bears down on New Orleans near nightfall on Saturday, August 28, 2021, as seen by the GOES-16 weather satellite. (Credit: RAMMB/CIRA/SLIDER)

Hurricane Ida

The proportion of major tropical cyclones has risen, and warmer air temperatures along with rising ocean heat have made them nastier.

Climate Change is "Supercharging" Tropical Cyclones Like Ida

The Esker coffee table. (Credit: Model No.)

Esker Coffee Table

3D printing provides new opportunities for environmentally-friendly home decor and furnishings.

This California Company Is Making Furniture From Corn Husks 

One Health is a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes by recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. (Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory)

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Biodiversity loss threatens not only the health and livelihood of our planet, but humanity, too.

For a Healthier World, Start With Biodiversity

This false color view of Greenland near Nuuk was acquired by the Sentinel 2 satellite on July 29, a day after the island's giant ice sheet experienced a massive episode of surface melting. In the image, the ice sheet is to the right, and dark blue indicates liquid water. (Credit: Modified Copernicus Sentinel data processed by Tom Yulsman via EO Browser)

Sentinel 2 Shortwave Infrared Composite View of Greenland on 7/29/21

Two enormous spikes of melting hit the Greenland Ice Sheet in July. But copious snow cover from earlier in the summer blunted the impact. 

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