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5,000-Year-Old Timber Found Perfectly Preserved in Marsh

Environment

A 5000-year-old dense forest of towering black oak trees once covered this eastern region of England. Recently a farmer made a discovery there near Cambridgeshire when his plow hit a massive oak tree buried in the wet soil.

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Riccardo Crespo: Brazilian Music with New Orleans Flavors

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New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: The Crescent City Looks to Africa

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Trumpeting New Orleans’ Rebirth

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Trumpeting New Orleans’ Rebirth

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New Orleans: Lessons Not Learned

Two years after Katrina, New Orleans and coastal Louisiana remain vulnerable to catastrophic flooding. A veteran of years of reporting on the US Army Corps of Engineers says the Corps, Congress and the American people are to blame.

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Neighbors and Volunteers

Organized neighbors and out-of-town volunteers fuel rebuilding in New Orleans.

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Future Outlook

To guard against future hurricanes, engineers will have to rethink New Orleans’ flawed protection system. Scientists are looking not just at man-made defenses, but also to restoring Louisiana’s wetlands as natural storm barriers.

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A Checkered Past

For decades, New Orleanians placed their trust in a storm defense system that, 40 years since its construction, was still not completed when Hurricane Katrina swept in. A look at the history of the levees reveals misplaced priorities and outdated science

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Future Outlook

To guard against future hurricanes, engineers will have to rethink New Orleans’ flawed protection system. Scientists are looking not just at man-made defenses, but also, to restoring Louisiana’s wetlands as natural storm barriers.

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