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COP26 climate summit

Environment

Lakes are losing winter ice cover at an astonishing rate

Fewer lakes are freezing over each winter compared with past years, posing environmental and economic consequences around the world

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BRAZIL - MAY 05: The Trans-Amazonian highway, Amazonas State, Brazil. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Environment

The Amazon is teetering on the edge of a climate tipping point

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Solar panels on the North Barren Mountain in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China

Environment

Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

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Environment

The world is falling far short of its goal to halt biodiversity loss

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Environment

Earth is now gaining less heat than it has for several years

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Earth

Some wildfires are growing twice as fast as they did two decades ago

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Diver underwater with camera filming fish

Video

Gorringe seamount expedition reveals threats facing ocean biodiversity

Video

C8FAG5 York Minster, northern Europe's largest Gothic cathedral, York, Yorkshire, England,UK

Environment

Why we may be getting urban tree planting all wrong

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Tim Winton's post-apocalyptic new novel is terrifying and brilliant

Environment

Tim Winton's post-apocalyptic new novel is terrifying and brilliant

Culture

Environment

Nuclear waste tanker pilots futuristic aluminium sail

Adding blade-like sails to tankers could reduce their annual fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent, slashing the climate impact of the shipping industry

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Environment

The mystery of the missing La Niña continues – and we don't know why

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Environment

Can sensor technology stop a wildfire before it starts?

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Society

What the US election will mean for AI, climate action and abortion

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Environment

Simple plan could raise the billions needed to stem biodiversity loss

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