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Henry Petroski

Henry Petroski is the author of 18 books, including The Road Taken and The Pencil. He is professor of history and civil engineering at Duke.

All Fall Down

All Fall Down

Tackling America’s aging infrastructure problem

by Henry Petroski | Monday, February 29, 2016
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After the Storm

by Stephanie Bastek

In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, we’re revisiting our interview with environmental reporter Elizabeth Rush. Smarty Pants host Stephanie Bastek asks what the future looks like for America’s coastal residents, especially as climate change contributes to rising sea levels and worsening storm seasons. “The options for the people and animals in these places is stark: retreat or die,” Bastek says. “Those are the options we generally associate with far-off islands, like Fuji or Kiribati. But dramatic, life-changing climate change is happening right now in our own backyard.”