Waste engineer Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgia surveys plastic waste in a southeast Asian village, where it will be recycled to make raw material for more plastic products. Jambeck advises Asian governments on how to keep plastic trash out of waterways.
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The engineer views a landfill as a living ecosystem, and the plastic that clogs it as a serious threat that crowds out life and never goes away. Can we eliminate the waste before it smothers us?
"There's nothing that makes a parent happier than having your kids up there doing things with you," Willie Nelson says of his sons Micah and Lukas.
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaking to reporters aboard an armored version of a 747 which functions as an airborne command post.
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Waste engineer Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgia surveys plastic waste in a southeast Asian village, where it will be recycled to make raw material for more plastic products. Jambeck advises Asian governments on how to keep plastic trash out of waterways.
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A firefighter next to a house burning during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, Greece, on Monday. Wildfires are not new to Greece but several blazes erupted especially quickly.
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Rep. Marsha Blackburn gave a speech during the Republican National Convention in 2016. Blackburn is running against former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen in one of the year's most critical and competitive Senate races.
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