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UK's industrial badlands are surprise ecology hotspots

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UK's industrial badlands are surprise ecology hotspots

Fred Pearce finds something remarkable in post-industrial land east of London – wildlife is thriving. It's happening all over the UK, but will the trend last?

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The wonder year: Why 1978 was the best year ever

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The wonder year: Why 1978 was the best year ever

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30-kilometre ice crack makes PIG calve

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30-kilometre ice crack makes PIG calve

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Rise of renewables starts climate-change fightback

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Rise of renewables starts climate-change fightback

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What do we fix first – environment or economy?

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What do we fix first – environment or economy?

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In this echo-free room you can hear your heartbeat

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In this echo-free room you can hear your heartbeat

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Nano magic: The power of powder to save energy

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Nano magic: The power of powder to save energy

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No more excuses over switch to clean energy

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Plastisphere microbes go to sea on flotsam fragments

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Plastisphere microbes go to sea on flotsam fragments

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Gaia's comeback: How life shapes the weather

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Gaia's comeback: How life shapes the weather

The world would be warming even faster if forests weren't calling in the clouds. Could it be that Gaia is not so helpless after all, asks Stephen Battersby

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Go green to profit from environmental change

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Earth's plant life glows green in hi-res space map

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Electric Avenue: When the people have the power

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Inside Fukushima: Draining a radioactive flood

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