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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries

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Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped

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Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped

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Whale swimming past plastic

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Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse

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plastic bags

Earth

Fixing planet plastic: How we'll really solve our waste problem

Features

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

Earth

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

Earth

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

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Iceberg being towed away from an oil rig

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Towing icebergs to Cape Town is a poor way to halt water crisis

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Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

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Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

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People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

Humans

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

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Baffin Bay

Earth

Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission

This photoset is a glimpse into life as an ice watcher – flying long missions over frozen polar terrain to keep tabs on the warming world

Regulars

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Why the US is wrong to say burning wood is carbon neutral

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Life

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Earth

Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Earth

Why climate engineers are targeting Earth's last pristine spots

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