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Cleaner ship emissions may warm the planet far faster than expected

A 2020 rule that slashed air pollution from ships may have boosted global temperatures sooner than thought, helping to explain why 2023 was so hot

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Will sucking carbon from air ever really help tackle climate change?

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Global capacity to directly suck CO2 from air has just quadrupled

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Indoor climbing wall users may be breathing in toxic rubber dust

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A woman cools off with water distributed by the Red Cross near the entrance of the Acropolis archeological site in Athens, Greece, in July 2023

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European summers will be hotter than predicted because of cleaner air

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View Los Angeles financial district skyline at night

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The shift to LED lighting is stopping us from seeing our night skies

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Plastic pollution treaty would be 'failure' without tackling emissions

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Toxic chemicals from car tyres can get into soil and contaminate food

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RGY487 Used plastic crushed, Prepared to be re-melted into recycled plastic pellets

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The incredible new tech that can recycle all plastics, forever

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Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species

Ground-level ozone, a product of pollution from cars, degrades insect pheromones, and this can result in mismatched mating and sterile offspring

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These curious experiments are finding new ways to tackle pollution

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Wildfire smoke may be deadliest effect of climate change in US

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Dust clouds from the Sahara are reaching Europe more frequently

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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