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What is longtermism and why do its critics think it is dangerous?

Longtermism is an increasingly influential branch of moral philosophy. At its most extreme, it can justify ignoring problems like homelessness and climate change – but other versions are available

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Antarctic ice melt may be reversible due to rising land beneath

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Lab-grown meat could be 25 times worse for the climate than beef

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Extreme rainfall could lead to 'big disaster' for rice yield in China

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Kettleman City, CA - Jan 29, 2022: Many cars charging at a Tesla Supercharger station. Supercharger stations allow Tesla cars to be fast-charged at the network within a hour.

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California's electric car boom reduces pollution – but not everywhere

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2H56E72 Activists from Friends of the Earth during a demonstration calling for an end to all new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, starting with the proposed Cambo oil field, outside the UK Government's Cop26 hub during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture date: Sunday November 7, 2021.

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How a campaign to keep fossil fuels underground is gaining traction

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Spanish heatwave: Is climate change behind record heat in Europe?

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Can we use salt to lock away carbon for thousands of years?

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Wildfires have drastically reduced lynx habitat in Washington state

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TOPSHOT - Aerial view of homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28, 2022. - Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP) (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Once-a-century extreme precipitation could occur every 30 years in US

High-resolution projections of extreme precipitation in North America show the US north-west and south-east experiencing more severe and frequent floods by the turn of the century

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2022 was Europe’s hottest summer but warmer years are likely to come

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Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

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Vikings left Greenland after growing ice sheet caused sea level rise

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World's first drilling project to seek natural hydrogen hits a snag

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