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2PMHEF7 Panoramic aerial of Pitcairn island, British Overseas Territory, South Pacific, Pacific

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How the infamous Pitcairn Island became a model of ocean conservation

Pitcairn Island, one of the remotest places on Earth, was once home to mutineers. Today it’s a trailblazer in biodiversity protection with lessons for us all

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Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s

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Spreading crushed basalt rock on a field in England

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Spreading rock dust on farms boosts crop yields and captures CO2

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Dust clouds from the Sahara are reaching Europe more frequently

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

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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

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

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

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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

Palaeontologist Donald R. Prothero squares up to the tough task of explaining how life and climate have shaped each other over the 4.5 billion years of Earth's history. Amazingly, his book mostly succeeds

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Sinking plankton poo could help store more carbon in the ocean

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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

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Melting of Greenland ice could cause European heat extremes this year

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