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P3T3AG Black-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus) in rainforest canopy, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica

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Tropical trees grow less in warmer years so they take in less CO2

A 21-year study of a patch of tropical forest shows that the trees produce less wood in years when temperatures are higher, suggesting these forests will mop up less carbon dioxide in future

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City skyline view of London, England with autumn trees on a misty morning as viewed from a North London park; Shutterstock ID 506890648; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Trees cool the land surface temperature of cities by up to 12°C

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (12595454g) Participants attend Climate Action for Health session during the tenth day of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC inside the COP26 venue - Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland on November 9, 2021. COP26, running from October 31 to November to 12 in Glasgow, is the most significant climate conference since the 2015 Paris summit as the nations are expected to set new greenhouse gas emission targets in order to slow the global warming, as well as firming up other key commitments. Day 10 Of COP26 UN Climate Conference In Glasgow, United Kingdom - 09 Nov 2021

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COP26 could never be a true success without delivering climate justice

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alberto Pezzali/AP/Shutterstock (12593497a) People gather in the Action Zone inside the venue for the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, . The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow is entering it's second week as leaders from around the world, are gathering in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming Climate COP26 Summit, Glasgow, United Kingdom - 08 Nov 2021

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The many twists and turns that led to a new climate pact at COP26

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Red Line Walk Out

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An emotionally gruelling fortnight for those pushing for change

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An attendee during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the worlds most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow the rise in global temperatures. Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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What difference will the COP26 climate summit make?

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Trees are dying at increasing rates in forests across Europe

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Trees are dying at increasing rates in forests across Europe

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The Blue Zone at COP26

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COP26: World agrees to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and reduce coal

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A delegate from the Marshall Islands at the COP26 summit on Thursday.

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What it’s like negotiating at COP26 as a small island state

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South Sudanese refugees try to repair their hut in flooded waters from the White Nile at a refugee camp which was inundated after heavy rain near in al-Qanaa in southern Sudan, on September 14, 2021. - Nearly 50 villages have been submerged in southern Sudan, displacing some 65,000 people including South Sudanese refugees whose camp was inundated, the UN said in a report last week. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP26: People from climate-ravaged regions say we need action now

Severe flooding and droughts are displacing people from their homes, and attendees at the COP26 climate summit pushed for action on adaptation to climate change

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Birds in the Amazon are adapting to climate change by getting smaller

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COP26 news: Real progress made but more emissions cuts are needed

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New COP26 draft text adds caveats to fossil fuel subsidies phase-out

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COP26 news: US-China climate pact is important but largely symbolic

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