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Aerial view of Lake Tefé during a severe drought, when its waters are low.
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Miguel Monteiro
Severe drought and heat in the central amazon turned Lake Tefé into a shallow spa, killing fish and endangered river dolphins.

Hotter than your average spa: Rising temps in Amazon lakes sound alarm over climate change

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From left, Bob Miller, Julie Black, Bradford Jones and Kyle Emery

Serendipity on the Shore
Man with brown hair and skin holds book as woman with black hair and braids looks at him

McNair Scholars Get Big Investment
A mechanical wheel topped with a tarp-like cover tiled in solar panels sits in a green river surrounded by green foliage

Catching Plastic at Its Source
Two silver colored fish swim above a red coral reef in dark blue water

Healing Our Ocean
Power company worker wearing a hardhat is repairing electrical wires from a utility bucket truck.

Denial, Doubt and Delay
woman reading nutrition label on grain package

A Nutrition Label for Earth

A Prehistoric Climate Feedback Loop

How the Earth is Changing
Wind farm in Western Cape, South Africa

Energizing Africa

Tracking Nitrogen Pollution

After the Debris Flow

Fine Tuning
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