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Omar Vazquez Sanchez stands in the doorway of a home built from blocks made of seaweed.
Environment
In Cancun, this man is turning seaweed trash into natural-building treasures
A visible color satellite image centered on Georges Bank
Science
President Obama just created the Atlantic’s first national marine monument. What is it?
Greenland's Sermilik fjord is choked with huge icebergs from one of the island's biggest glaciers. But climate researchers working in the fjord and on the Helheim glacier are looking for tiny clues in hopes of getting a better handle on how cliamte change
Environment
Looking small for big answers in Greenland
Dark rock above the Helheim glacier in southeastern Greenland marks its former level, before a sudden and dramatic retreat of hit many Greenland glaciers a decade ago. Scientists working on the Helheim and the fjord it drains into are looking for clues to
Environment
In Greenland, a climate change mystery with clues written in water and stone
Environment
Evacuations in Haiti under way
2014. Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination.The new findings led Malaysian Prime Minister Na
Environment
An oceanographer tells why it will be so tough to find missing Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean
SS Kroonland is seen on 2 February 1915 at the Culebra Cut while transiting the Panama Canal. Kroonland was the largest passenger ship to that time to transit the canal.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The Big Canal
Excavator at work, in Bas Obispo, Panama Canal (1886).
Business, Economics and Jobs
Panama: A historical perspective
Hurricane Katrine — Superdome
Arts, Culture & Media
How the Dutch are helping New Orleans stay dry
Environment
Hurricane Isaac approaches Louisiana coast
Environment
As Tropical Storm Isaac strengthens, New Orleans prepares for test of multi-billion dollar levee
Environment
Research suggests ocean garbage patches may be bigger than once believed
Environment
Hurricanes and oil prices
Environment
Massive Saharan Dust Cloud Blows Across Atlantic
Conflict & Justice
Congo’s Notorious ‘Terminator’ Bosco Ntaganda Appears Before ICC
Arts, Culture & Media
A Posthumous Album from Cape Verdean Legend Cesaria Evora
Environment
Scientists Mobilize to Eradicate Island Rats
How Does Hurricane Sandy Compare to Hurricane Katrina?
Arts, Culture & Media
Prince Koloni: French Guiana’s Star
Global Politics
Fiber Optic Cable Emerges from the Sea in Liberia
Hurricane Irene’s Winners and Losers
Top of the Hour: Hurricane Irene Hits the Bahamas, Morning Headlines
Environment
North Carolinians prepare as Irene continues northward
North Carolina Residents Anticipate Hurricane Irene
Development & Education
Air France wreckage recovery
The Other Oil Spill
NOLA Residents Take to the Streets
The Old Man and the Storm
The Sea Superhighway
Toxic Trailers
New Marching Orders for the Army Corps of Engineers
Katrina After-effects
Pets 911
Shrimping Future
The Living On Earth Almanac
Pump
The Living on Earth Almanac
Arts, Culture & Media
Cape Verdean Idol
Arts, Culture & Media
In Verse: Congregation, Continued
Environment
Gulf residents struggle with stress, uncertainty over oil disaster
Police confess to cover-up in Katrina killings
Environment
Hurricane Ike slams into Cuba
Environment
Hurricane Ike washes over Cuba
Environment
Hurricane Katrina evacuee Vincent Wilson feels stranded in Houston
Global Politics
New Orleans’ trailer crackdown
Environment
FEMA trailers
Conflict & Justice
Haiti prepares for Tropical Storm Tomas
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Cesaria Evora
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo Quiz and Answer
Conflict & Justice
US re-trains and re-arms Liberia’s military
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo Answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo Quiz and Answer
Environment
Geo answer