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Climate change and big tech are jeopardising the future of astronomy

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Climate change and big tech are jeopardising the future of astronomy

California's wildfires came worryingly close to burning down a treasured observatory. Sadly, fires aren't the only threat to astronomy, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Cattle are being gene edited to help them survive climate change

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Five named tropical storms pictured in the Atlantic

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Five named tropical storms pictured in the Atlantic

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Wildfire nightmare captured in harrowing image of California burning

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Wildfire nightmare captured in harrowing image of California burning

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When things look bleak, thinking in terms of ‘hope horizons’ can help

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When things look bleak, thinking in terms of ‘hope horizons’ can help

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China's 2060 carbon neutral pledge is a big deal but is it big enough?

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China's 2060 carbon neutral pledge is a big deal but is it big enough?

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UK citizens' assembly backs flight taxes to reduce climate emissions

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Rising CO2 levels mean trees increasingly live fast and die young

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Aviation’s contribution to global warming has doubled since 2000

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Winter ice in the Bering Sea is doomed to disappear within decades

A study of winter sea ice in the Bering Sea over the past 5500 year suggests that all the ice will be lost within decades, with knock-on effects for the Arctic

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David Attenborough helps podcast bring climate crisis centre stage

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Meltwater may fracture Antarctic ice shelves and speed sea level rise

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Historic California wildfires likely to be fuelled by climate change

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Greenland lost more ice in 2019 than any other year on record

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