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COP26 climate summit

Baffin Bay

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Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission

This photoset is a glimpse into life as an ice watcher – flying long missions over frozen polar terrain to keep tabs on the warming world

Regulars

Why the US is wrong to say burning wood is carbon neutral

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Why the US is wrong to say burning wood is carbon neutral

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Greenland

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Why climate engineers are targeting Earth's last pristine spots

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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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A melting ice shelf can cause rapid ice loss 900 kilometres away

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A melting ice shelf can cause rapid ice loss 900 kilometres away

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Carbon-free shipping is possible, so why aren't we doing it?

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Carbon-free shipping is possible, so why aren't we doing it?

Analysis

The Antarctic is melting even in the middle of subzero winter

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The Antarctic is melting even in the middle of subzero winter

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2017 was the year of the biggest fire storms ever seen

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2017 was the year of the biggest fire storms ever seen

The record-breaking 2017 wildfires in the US generated massive thunderstorms that pumped as much smoke into the stratosphere as a volcanic eruption

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Antarctica still losing ice despite big rise in snowfall

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Humans

Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

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A simple mathematical rule shapes the behaviour of Arctic ponds

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Spending on renewables in rich countries has halved in six years

Analysis

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