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An Earth made verdant by greenhouse gases brings its own dangers

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An Earth made verdant by greenhouse gases brings its own dangers

Fresh evidence that carbon pollution is greening our planet will be billed as good news by climate deniers. It isn't, says Olive Heffernan

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Bear dung helps Japanese cherry trees survive climate change

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Bear dung helps Japanese cherry trees survive climate change

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Abandoned polytunnel in Spain

Earth

Half a degree extra warming would lead to catastrophic impacts

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A US weather forecaster standing in front of a weather map

Earth

Climate change has been kind to Americans - but it won't last

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Dried out river in Greece

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A looming water crisis demands creative thinking

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A group of men and women mountain climbing on the Mer de Glace, France, circa 1870

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Victorians experienced early climate change but missed the signs

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Paris climate

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Do flatlining emissions make Paris climate deal more realistic?

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Jam of cars going both ways on a five-lane highway in LA, with the sun in the background making everything glow and giving an aura of hot, hot, hotness

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Unprecedented global warming as 2016 approaches 1.5 °C mark

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Some bleached coral at Lizard island

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Face-to-face with Great Barrier Reef's worst coral bleaching

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A mound of whitish green coral that doesn't look like the vibrant colourful stuff one associates with healthy reefs. Blue sea, shoal of small fish in background

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Coral reefs set to lose tolerance to bleaching as oceans warm

As ocean temperatures rise, coral reefs could lose the 'practice run' periods of milder warming that now prepare them to survive bleaching

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Trees share vital goodies through a secret underground network

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Feedback: The scientific predictions hiding in classic fiction

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UN climate chief: Here's why Paris climate deal will work

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What's behind bankruptcy of world's largest private coal firm

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