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The Mississippi River sculpted the nation, but now the people who live along it are dealing the effects of climate change. Here & Now traveled the Mississippi River to see how they're adapting. Click through to explore their coverage. How does climate change affect where and how we live? The energy used to operate buildings results in more than a fourth of global carbon dioxide pollution. And climate change threatens communities with risks like floods and wildfire.

Sep 19, 2024 | wbur.org | Lucio Vasquez |Peter O’Dowd

In 2019, a historic federal class-action lawsuit ended the use of cash bail for nonviolent misdemeanors in the Houston area. Legal experts say it made the criminal justice system more fair. People who couldn’t afford bail no longer have to spend days or weeks in jail awaiting trial. But it hasn’t made Houston’s jail complex any safer. “It's an irony,” says Sandra Guerra Thompson, a law professor and deputy monitor of the 2019 federal consent decree that enforced the changes.

Jul 23, 2023 | playcrazygame.com | Peter O’Dowd

A small vessel of salve found in a funerary urn from the ancient Roman city of Carmo, now Carmona in the province of Seville, has allowed a research team from the University of Cordoba to chemically unravel the composition of a perfume dating back to the first century AD.

Jul 22, 2023 | playcrazygame.com | Peter O’Dowd

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