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Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

Earth

Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

We thought polar bears had neat tricks for conserving energy in lean periods, but it turns out they are not that thrifty, which could cause them trouble in the future

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These are the worst ready-made sandwiches for the climate

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These are the worst ready-made sandwiches for the climate

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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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Spy balloons flying 40km up track drug smugglers on the ground

Earth

Spy balloons flying 40km up track drug smugglers on the ground

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Earth from space

Earth

Our best way to geoengineer the climate may well trash Earth

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cartoon butcher

Life

Living on the veg: Should we all go vegan?

Features

Australia's A$60 million plan for Great Barrier Reef won't work

Earth

Australia's A$60 million plan for Great Barrier Reef won't work

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Tsunami warning for US west coast after magnitude-7.9 earthquake

Humans

Tsunami warning for US west coast after magnitude-7.9 earthquake

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A Stratollite balloon

Technology

Spy balloons flying 40km up track drug smugglers on the ground

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Ruptured Tibetan glaciers triggered massive speedy avalanches

Earth

Ruptured Tibetan glaciers triggered massive speedy avalanches

In 2016, a pair of glaciers suddenly collapsed and sent huge chunks of ice hurtling downhill. The events suggest such disasters are more common than we thought

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Earth

Cute cats the size of kittens are seeing their homes destroyed

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Humans

Planet and people: new books for Anthropocene times

Culture

Earth

A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea

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Earth

Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise

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