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COP26 climate summit

Environment

Dust clouds from the Sahara are reaching Europe more frequently

Changes in wind patterns and desertification may be increasing the amount of dust from the Sahara desert blown over western Europe and the frequency of these events

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Environment

'Red alert' after key global warming records were smashed in 2023

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Environment

One in eight ski resorts worldwide could have no snow by 2100

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https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/gallery-earth/en/ NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman tweeted this photo from the International Space Station on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, 2014. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Earth

It's time to accept that we are in the Anthropocene once and for all

Leader

Environment

There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice

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Environment

Engineers are diverting Mississippi river to restore Louisiana’s coast

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An animation of the primitive Earth in the process of formation, more than four billion years ago. We view the newborn world from its troubled surface a sea of lava dotted with volcanoes spewing more lava, ash and smoke into the atmosphere. Meteorites fall frequently, illuminating the black, lifeless, surface rocks. And in the sky, the Moon -- much closer to us then than it is now -- endures a similar bombardment.

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The Story of Earth's Climate review: 25 discoveries tell tangled tale

Culture

Adult female Calanus with food in the gut

Environment

Sinking plankton poo could help store more carbon in the ocean

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Environment

El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the world this year

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Life

Strange animals called pyrosomes are thriving as the Pacific heats up

Sausage-shaped pyrosomes are blooming in great numbers during marine heatwaves, but their success comes at the cost of other animals, including fish

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Environment

Melting of Greenland ice could cause European heat extremes this year

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Life

Thousands of humpback whales starved to death after marine heatwave

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Environment

Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground

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Environment

Playing underwater sounds could help coral reefs fight global warming

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