The World from PRX

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A dark volcano with smoke rising out of it surrounded by a body of water.
Critical State
COVID-19 and the limits of state power: Part II
High tide at Nukatoa Island, in the Takuu Atoll, Papua New Guinea.
Climate Change
Understanding the human side of climate change relocation
Havana Harbor has remained extremely polluted for decades as Cuba has lacked the money and technology to clean it up, but normalized relations relations with Washington could help change that.
Environment
Change in US-Cuba relations presents big risks — and rewards — for Cuba’s environment
Emilio Basilius of the Coral Reef Research Foundation holds up one of the hundreds of samples of marine organisms for the National Cancer Institute in the US.
Geo Quiz
Which Indo-Pacific island’s waters are host to potentially cancer-fighting molecules?
Environment
In Palau, scientists hope they’ve found a coral reef to save all coral reefs
Environment
After Sandy, looking at oysters as a way to protect vulnerable coastlines
Environment
New research points to big changes, not necessarily disappearance, for coral reefs
Environment
VIDEO: Cryogenics may be the key to saving Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Conflict & Justice
US Navy Jettison Bombs Near the Great Barrier Reef
Winners and Losers: How Climate Change Affects Coral Reefs
The World in Words
Podcast: Australia Through its Languages
Heinz Awards Celebrate “Environmental Champions”
Charting the Health of Coral in the Persian Gulf
Global Warming: Coral Reefs at Risk
Environmentalism, Indonesian Style
DISAPPEARING CORAL REEFS
BEACHES VS. REEFS
Science Note/Crustaceans in the Reef
The Oyster is Their World
Undersea Classroom
Coral Talk
Emerging Science Note/Coral Cornucopia
Coral Spawning
Coral Spawning