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COP26 climate summit

Solar & Wind Farm

Earth

A renewables revolution is afoot – but who will benefit?

Donald Trump's commitment to coal is short-sighted and wrong-headed. A 100 per cent renewable future is coming – and other countries will reap the rewards

Leader

renewable energy

Earth

Finally we can power the planet on renewables alone – here's how

Features

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Earth

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

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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

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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

Leader

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

A possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believed

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Earth

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

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Towing icebergs to Cape Town is a poor way to halt water crisis

Comment

Earth

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

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Humans

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

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