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Sam Ellis

Sam Ellis

Former Multimedia Producer

    Latest articles by Sam Ellis

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    How America could lose its alliesHow America could lose its allies
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    What is NATO? And why is it still around?

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    How the Beirut explosion was a government failureHow the Beirut explosion was a government failure
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    And why Lebanon is on the verge of collapse.

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    The global coffee crisis is comingThe global coffee crisis is coming
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    It’s getting harder and harder to grow coffee.

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    Why scientists are so worried about this glacierWhy scientists are so worried about this glacier
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    It’s at the heart of Antarctica and on the verge of collapse.

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    Watch: Why fighting the coronavirus depends on youWatch: Why fighting the coronavirus depends on you
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    If we can slow the virus down, we could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

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    Watch: Why new diseases keep appearing in ChinaWatch: Why new diseases keep appearing in China
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    Why Covid-19 was bound to happen.

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    How Iran’s Soleimani became a US targetHow Iran’s Soleimani became a US target
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    He commanded an army of militias across the Middle East.

    By Sam Ellis
    The Amazon rainforest is in trouble. Again.
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    Our three-part video series looks at the world’s largest rainforest, why it’s in jeopardy, and the people trying to save it.

    By Christina Thornell, Sam Ellis and 1 more
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    The war for the Amazon’s most valuable treesThe war for the Amazon’s most valuable trees
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    How one murder changed the fate of the Amazon.

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    Brazil’s indigenous land is being invadedBrazil’s indigenous land is being invaded
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    And the country’s president is part of the problem.

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