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The Neurobiology of Nature vs. Culture
How might human neurobiology influence the ways that we distinguish nature from culture and culture from nature?
February 7, 2013 -
Wetlands as Borderlands: Where Land and Water Meet
The “in-betweenness” of wetlands extends far beyond the realm of ecology.
June 1, 2012 -
Deltas and Human History
Though only making up 5% of the Earth’s land surface, river deltas are home to over half a billion people.
May 13, 2012 -
Blue Holes
Some Mississippi River Delta floods have been so powerful that they tore enormous gashes in the landscape still visible over a century later.
May 6, 2012 -
A Watershed Border Crossing
An unusual “pop-up” border crossing follows a drainage culvert that joins San Diego to Tijuana.
April 28, 2012 -
The Physical Environment 3: Building on Its Own High Ground
As the Mississippi River lays down new land in the delta, its riverbed lengthens, decreasing the slope of the river and creating the perfect conditions for major upheaval in the landscape.
April 23, 2012
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