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Installing GPS Around Barisal, Bangladesh
Getting to remote sites started to prove challenging, and involved many forms of transportation by land and water.
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Evolving Landscape Added Fuel to Gobi Desert’s High-Speed Winds
A new study uncovers a previously undocumented relationship between erosion and wind speed.
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Bushfires in Australia Continue to Devastate New Zealand Glaciers
Smoke and ash from Australia’s devastating fires pose a significant threat to New Zealand’s glaciers.
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New Podcast: U.S. Energy and Climate Policy in 2020
In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Bill Loveless is joined by Ralph Izzo, a well-known leader in the U.S. utility sector and in the public policy arena.
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The Renewable Rather than Roaring Twenties: A Sustainability Decade
I believe we are entering the decade when humankind will firmly pivot in the direction of sustainability.
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Back to Bangladesh: How Fast Is the Delta Sinking?
I am back in Bangladesh once more to investigate the balance between sea level rise, the sinking of the land, and the filling of the space with sediments.
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Landscape Conversion and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation in the Middle East
Conservation initiatives in the region can only be successful when they transcend boundaries, much the same way nature itself transcends boundaries.
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Biodiverse Forests Better at Storing Carbon for Long Periods, Says Study
Supports policies that protect and regenerate natural forests instead of planting new ones.
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How Will Climate Change Impact the Gulf Stream?
Evidence suggests that this major ocean current, which influences the weather in parts of Europe and the U.S., is already changing.

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