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Naked volunteers pose for the US photographer Spencer Tunick in the ice-cold Swiss glacier of Aletsch, the largest in the Alps, as background for an environmental campaign about global warming

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Tiny individual decisions really could help avert climate chaos

A new computer model has shown individual decisions can massively influence how bad global warming might get. Time to take the human factor seriously, says Adam Corner

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UK's plastic bag ban is a pitiful attempt at a greener future

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Spouts carry meltwater from the surface of the Austfonna Ice Cap

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If the sea floor is sinking, are we safe from sea level rise?

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Extreme weather in US and Australia may be due to climate change

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Extreme weather in US and Australia may be due to climate change

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A cyclist on a busy road

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Tackle UK's killer toxic air before waging war on ocean plastic

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Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change

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Cocktail umbrellas can save Earth from the Anthropocene

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Cocoa pods

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Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree

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China tackles climate change with world's largest carbon market

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China tackles climate change with world's largest carbon market

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

Tardigrades can famously survive almost anything, including being sent into space, but the Antarctic species could face problems as a result of climate change

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Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

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Why 2018 is gearing up to be a tipping point for climate action

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Faltering carbon capture needs more investment not doubt

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'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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