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Extreme heat: Why its origins could lie deep in the Atlantic

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Extreme heat: Why its origins could lie deep in the Atlantic

Swathes of the northern hemisphere are smashing temperature records. Could it be because we’ve broken the ocean currents that stabilise our weather?

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Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Environment

Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Culture

plastic bottles in sea

Environment

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

Features

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

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Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

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Artist's impression of the Swansea tidal power project, showing a walkway around the periphery

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Why tidal power won't solve the world's renewable energy needs

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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

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The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

Life

The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

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The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

As lava from Kilauea plunges into the Pacific Ocean, clouds of hot acidic steam are being blasted off – and the eruption shows no signs of slowing down

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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Towing icebergs to Cape Town is a poor way to halt water crisis

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Life

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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