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Costa Rica: Laboratory of the Biosphere

Researchers at Biosphere II in Arizona have re-created tropical rainforest in a closed environment to study the effects of climate change. Scientists compare that artificial environment with a tropical rainforest reserve in Costa Rica, a living laboratory where scientists record the effects of global warming on the forest and its dwellers.
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The Azuero Peninsula in Panama is home to very different traditions, landscapes, and people.

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In Patagonia, all roads lead to San Carlos Bariloche, the crown jewel of Ruta 40 (Route Forty).

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The Wind River Range in western Wyoming is the state's largest mountain range.

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A small state in Brazil's dry northeast, Ceara is home to a variety of interesting traditions.

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