A legal fight over access to burial grounds has pitted the Gullah Geechee against wealthy landowners around Hilton Head Island.

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Peat bogs have huge potential to store planet-warming carbon. The ones in North Carolina just need some help to get healthy again.

The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times.

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