Civil and Environmental Engineering

September 23, 2020

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Imari Walker Karega worries over the plastic water bottle you鈥檙e drinking from.

July 7, 2020

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The mountainside behind the Vajont Dam in Italy is left barren where a massive landslide broke away in 1963, killing an estimated 2,000 people. Trees and other vegetation have grown on top of the landslide鈥檚 final resting place.

June 25, 2020

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Beijing air pollution, captured by satellite

April 22, 2020

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Photo of smog covering city downtown skyline

April 9, 2020

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February 5, 2020

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Researchers twist rock discs against one another under large amounts of pressure at high speeds to simulate what happens during earthquakes at fault lines. New models from Duke engineers are the first that can accurately reproduce how the amount of fricti

January 17, 2020

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New research suggests how numerous tiny eddies such as the ones seen in this wisp of smoke squeeze themselves and transfer energy to smaller scales throughout a turbulent flow

December 17, 2019

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Small-scale, artisanal mining operations such as the one shown here cause deforestation, which in turn leads to erosion that exacerbates the release of mercury into the local watershed.

December 12, 2019

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a bridge that needs replacing. Photo by EIA Bridge program

October 4, 2019

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