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In the beginning: How Earth got its continents

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In the beginning: How Earth got its continents

Dry land was essential for life like us to evolve – but how did Earth evolve dry land? A unique mountain landscape in northern Pakistan holds the clues

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Future ruin: Can we design our way out of eco-crisis?

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Future ruin: Can we design our way out of eco-crisis?

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Artificial islands appear on reef in disputed sea

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Artificial islands appear on reef in disputed sea

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Ocean commotion: Protecting sea life from our noise

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Ocean commotion: Protecting sea life from our noise

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Record-breaking winds sculpt mountaintop ice

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Record-breaking winds sculpt mountaintop ice

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<i>Future Arctic</i>: Why it's time for action, not resignation

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Future Arctic: Why it's time for action, not resignation

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Drought prompts 25 per cent water cut in California

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Drought prompts 25 per cent water cut in California

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Is imagery the real key to marketing outrage?

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Is imagery the real key to marketing outrage?

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Great Barrier Reef reserves protected fish from cyclone

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Great Barrier Reef reserves protected fish from cyclone

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Natural disaster amnesia: Threats we choose to forget

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Natural disaster amnesia: Threats we choose to forget

Two centuries ago the biggest volcanic eruption in history unleashed mayhem across the world. Are we prepared for an inevitable repeat, asks Bill McGuire

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Secret-science bill inches a step closer to US law

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Swiss cheese is not a sign of Martian climate change

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Sneak attack on science by US Congress must stop

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Electric cars are so cool they may make it colder

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