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San Francisco skyline. | Earth Focus

San Francisco Builds On Land Most Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise

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Farmland in California's Central Valley, near Fresno. | Earth Focus

Central Valley Turns to Technology to Address Contaminated Water

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Man standing next to fog catcher in Morocco. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Harvesting Fog to Address Drought At Edge of the Sahara

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People working on a sustainable sea cucumber farm in Madagascar. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation

A Fishing Community Shuts Down Periodically to Give Environment Time to Replenish

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Aerial view of open-ocean fish farm. | Earth Focus

Proposed Fish Farms Promise to Reverse High Number of U.S. Seafood Imports

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Students at Esperanza Elementary School. | Earth Focus

Students In High-Density Neighborhood Reconnect With Nature

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A coyote howling with city lights behind him. | Earth Focus

Urban Habitat: Coyotes and P-22

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The coqui frog. | Earth Focus

Understanding How Species Adapt in Urban Habitats

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Urban Ark Los Angeles

Urban Ark Los Angeles

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Polar bear on North Slope of Alaska. | Still from "Earth Focus"

Fueling Change: Alaskan Communities Divided Over Oil Drilling

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Oil pumpjacks in Kern County. | Earth Focus

Fueling Change: Two Neighboring Towns Pit the Legacy of Oil Against a Renewable Future

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Scientist testing wood at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics laboratory. | Still from "Earth Focus"

Building a Future: Scientists Build Lumber Library to Identify Poached Wood

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City Planning: Freetown

A deadly mudslide caused by torrential rains and deforestation in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown exposed the city's failure to plan for urbanization in the face of climate change.
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"Earth Focus" looks at three countries on the new fracking frontline: South Africa, Poland, and the UK.
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