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Jonathan Feakins

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Pay Dirt: How Colonialism Left Its Mark on the Soil of the American Southwest

by Jonathan Feakins 29 June 202629 June 2026

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More than 15 years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, researchers are still searching for new ways to tackle disastrous spills. Some are looking to flaming twisters.

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