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COP26 climate summit

solar site

Technology

Outshining fossil fuel: Your guide to the revolution in solar energy

Solar power is getting so cheap it is overtaking fossil fuels – and that’s without next-generation photovoltaic technology and artificial photosynthesis

Features

The amazon

Environment

Space agency chief fired after revealing recent Amazon deforestation

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Earth

Environment

James Lovelock at 100: Ecclectic conference considers Gaia's future

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An RAF helicopter drops bags of aggregate to shore up the dam and divert water

Environment

The world's ageing dams are not built for ever more extreme weather

Analysis

hot day in Europe

Environment

Hottest day records set across Europe this year will soon be broken

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turtle eggs

Life

Turtle embryos may control their sex by moving inside their eggs

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Wasps may be getting smaller

Life

Wasps are shrinking in size and it may be because of climate change

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A view of a wildfire seen from an amphibious aircraft

Environment

Russia has declared a state of emergency over Siberian wildfires

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The record temperature was measured in Cambridge, UK

Environment

Met Office confirms highest temperature ever recorded in the UK

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Map showing Greenland's ice sheet

Environment

Huge hidden canyon under Greenland ice sheet may have flowing water

A valley longer than the Grand Canyon hidden beneath the Greenland ice sheet may carry running water. How quickly it flows may affect how the ice melts

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Environment

China is on track to meet its climate change goals nine years early

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Environment

Coal power in Europe has had its biggest ever decline

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Environment

How to keep your house cool in the heatwave

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Environment

Huge Arctic fires have now emitted a record-breaking amount of CO2

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