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Stark photos show quest for profit cutting swathes through the Amazon

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Stark photos show quest for profit cutting swathes through the Amazon

Photographer Lalo de Almeida has been documenting the industrialisation taking place in the Amazon rainforest after the Brazilian government relaxed environmental controls

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Dust rising from combine during crop harvesting, no-till technology professional occupation.

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The Iran war is exposing the huge risks in our food system

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Estuaries near the coast of Guinea?Bissau branch out like a network of roots from a plant. With their long tendrils, the rivers meander through the country?s lowland plains to join the Atlantic Ocean. On the way, they carry water, nutrients, but also sediments out from the land. This natural?color image captures the movement of the sediments as the rivers move east to west. The image was acquired on May 17, 2018, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. The discoloration is most apparent in Rio Geba, which runs past the country?s capital city of Bissau. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/the-meandering-estuaries-of-guineabissau-92266/

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Oceans are darkening all over the planet – what’s going on?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Albert Llop/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15351897e) Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) is an American writer and activist. She writes on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art. In Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on June 6, 2025 . Rebecca Solnit In Barcelona, Spain - 06 Jun 2025

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Rebecca Solnit: 'The great majority of people want climate action'

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Ice core reveals low CO2 during warm spell 3 million years ago

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Route-planning AI cut climate-warming contrails on over 100 flights

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Why global warming is accelerating and what it means for the future

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Can species evolve fast enough to survive as the planet heats up?

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Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse

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Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades

Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expected

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Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought

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Why I'm still an environmental optimist – despite it all

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Why 1.5°C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse

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Methane surge in 2020 was linked to lower pollution during lockdowns

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