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The 'Ellis Island Of The South' Hides In A Georgia Suburb Home To The Most Diverse Square Mile In America

This town 12 miles outside of Atlanta is an entry point for thousands of refugees and immigrants to the U.S., and it shows in ...

Monster iceberg's 42-month journey towards wildlife island

Scientists say the iceberg could grind over the island's shelf, crushing underwater life. If it lodges at the island’s flank, it could remain a fixture for up to 10 years before the ice melts or ...

Inside a Georgia beach’s high-tech fight against erosion

Grist reports on a UGA team using drone lidar technology to map Tybee Island's erosion, aiding local efforts to protect its ...
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World’s Largest Free Iceberg Drifted for Decades—Now It’s Cracking

The world's largest iceberg is shedding large chunks of ice in the South Atlantic Ocean nearly 40 years since it first broke off from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf. An image from NASA's Aqua ...

Georgia’s highest court sides with slave descendants fighting to protect threatened island community

Georgia's highest court is siding with Black landowners in a zoning dispute affecting a historic Gullah-Geechee community.

Georgia Supreme Court sides with Sapelo Island residents to put battle over zoning on the ballot

On Tuesday, the state's highest court unanimously reversed a ruling that had halted a referendum on a county zoning ordinance that had passed in 2023. The ordinance doubled the size of homes allowed ...