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A black and white ruffed lemur stares at the camera from a tree

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Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

Past extinctions have left tree species with no way to spread their seeds. If the island's critically endangered lemurs disappear, whole forests may follow

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The financial district near Canary Wharf in London

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Capitalism must be re-engineered if we want a low-carbon world

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Ruth Gates

Earth

I'm creating supercharged corals to beat climate change

Opinion

Aerial view of Abbot Point in Queensland, Australia

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Anger as coal mine that could damage Great Barrier Reef approved

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Scott Kelly selfie on the International Space Station, with a view of Earth out the window behind him

Earth

Colonise Mars as humanity's plan B? It's a dangerous fantasy

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Cloud atlas uses satellite data to predict where species live

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Cloud atlas uses satellite data to predict where species live

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Ice breaking off floating shelves and drifting at sea

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Unexpected Antarctic melt could trigger 2-metre sea level rise

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Javan warty pig

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UK's wildlife gets far more attention than tropical hotspots

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A picture of the big red boat that is Boaty McBoatface, sailing along

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Boaty McBoatface: where Monty Python meets serious science

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Pilot plant to turn CO<SUB>2</SUB> into house parts and paving stones

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Pilot plant to turn CO₂ into house parts and paving stones

What to do with carbon dioxide extracted from air? One initiative is aimed at locking it up in rock, making useful building materials in the process

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Bison return to forests across Europe as part of mass rewilding

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Reviving Europe's long-lost beasts through mass rewilding

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Invasive Soviet water flea cuts US lake’s visibility by a metre

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Weather records broken as world faces alarming levels of change

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