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Members of the Indigenous People Association stage a protest to demand action on climate change, holding big head cut-outs of world leaders U.S. President Joe Biden, China's President Xi Jinping, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, on the waters of Botafogo Bay, ahead of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tuane Fernandes SEARCH

Environment

To fix the world's problems, we need both optimism and pessimism

Solving challenges like climate change not only requires ambitious targets, but also an honest appraisal of uncertainty and possible failure

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2KEFP4Y London, England, UK. 12th Nov, 2022. A protester outside Shell HQ holds a sign referencing the film 'Don't Look Up'. Thousands of people gathered outside Shell Headquarters in London and marched to Trafalgar Square as part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice as world leaders meet in Egypt for COP27. (Credit Image: ?? Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire) Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Live News

Environment

After another dire year for the environment, here's to better times

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Lidar and crest lines, Tugunbulak Credit: SAIElab, J. Berner, M. Frachetti https://press.springernature.com/large-scale-medieval-urbanism-traced-by-uav-lidar-in-highland-ce/50086460

Technology

High-tech archaeology shows we aren't the first to endure hard times

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Scenic landscape with tundra, lonely mountain and moon. In June in the Arctic in the tundra, not all snow has melted yet. Beautiful nature of the far North. Anadyr tundra, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.; Shutterstock ID 1602740413; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Environment

Arctic tundra is now a source – not a sink – of carbon emissions

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Environment

Extreme heat may rapidly sap the ocean’s ability to absorb CO2

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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

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Why Kelly and Zach Weinersmith are sceptical about a future on Mars

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Environment

We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures

News

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

Life

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

Features

Stalagmites at Oregon Caves National Monument

Earth

What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

Features

Environment

Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future

The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which serves as a protective wall for the continent's huge ice sheets. Researchers are now racing to understand the global impact of what could happen next

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Environment

Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models

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Earth

Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters

News

Technology

Robot balloons are snapping centimetre-resolution photos of the US

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Environment

Images reveal how climate change is upending life in Morocco's oases

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