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A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

Space

A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

The moon is making days on Earth last longer and longer, and we can track the changes through climate effects seen in the geological record

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The Great Barrier Reef has died 5 times in the last 30,000 years

Earth

The Great Barrier Reef has died 5 times in the last 30,000 years

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

Earth

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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

Earth

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

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Whale swimming past plastic

Earth

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

Earth

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

Earth

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

Tourism is being blamed for 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and it emits more every year – making it harder to stop dangerous climate change

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Humans

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

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Earth

Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission

Regulars

Earth

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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