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Whale swimming past plastic

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Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse

Plastics have done wonders for hygiene and human health. We need to fix the waste problem – but don’t throw out the baby with the bath tub

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Biodegradable plastic: Waste that eats itself

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Biodegradable plastic: Waste that eats itself

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plastic bags

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Fixing planet plastic: How we'll really solve our waste problem

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Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

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Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

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Hawaii’s erupting volcano may blast out ‘10-tonne cannonballs’

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Hawaii’s erupting volcano may blast out ‘10-tonne cannonballs’

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

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Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

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

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

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A plague from South Korea is killing frogs and toads worldwide

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A plague from South Korea is killing frogs and toads worldwide

The world’s amphibians are dying in swathes because of the lethal chytrid fungus, and it seems the epidemic had its origins on the Korean peninsula

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It is worth valuing trees, but all deserve our respect

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China is building a huge weather-control machine – will it work?

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Treeconomics: How to put a fair price tag on urban forests

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The world's tallest tree costs more than a private island

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