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Healthy Planet Inquiry

Rice Paddy People

The young Chinese laborer was desperate. Like millions of other migrant workers in China’s dash to industrialize, he had left his home and family to work in a factory in the rural interior. Now, environmental officials had closed the zinc smelter in Futian where he worked, and without a job, nearly out of money and separated from his support community, he knocked on the door of the inquisitive American who had been conducting interviews in the village.

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Earth Healthy Planet

Polar Plunge

With ice coverage shrinking in the Arctic and parts of the Antarctic, scientists are scrambling to predict future consequences.

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Earth Healthy Planet

Bug Zoo

The other day, I found myself sharing a room with 3 million dead bugs.

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Earth Healthy Planet

Carbon Sink

Oregon State University forestry scientists have a habit of redefining the conversation about carbon and forests. Professors Beverly Law, Mark Harmon and their colleagues have demonstrated that old-growth stands on the west side of the Cascades store as much carbon or more than that held in tropical rain forests.

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Earth Healthy Planet Stewardship

On Call in Earthquake Country

“We’re amongst people who have had their lives ruined and are in upheaval,”Scott Ashford says. “Even though it’s exciting to see the things we’ve been doing research on in action, you can’t show any of that. It’s an emotional rollercoaster.”

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Hydro-deja vu: 50 Years of Water Resources Research at OSU

“The Congress has found that we have entered a period in which acute water shortages are hampering our industries, our agriculture, our recreation, and our individual health and happiness.”