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Shipping at sea

Technology

Camera spots hidden oil spills and may find missing planes

For the first time, a polarising infrared camera – never before used on Earth – has been made small and light enough to detect concealed oil spills

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China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

Earth

China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

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Europe and the US were most responsible for deadly heatwave

Earth

Europe and the US were most responsible for deadly heatwave

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How to clean up the dirty water Puerto Ricans are drinking

Earth

How to clean up the dirty water Puerto Ricans are drinking

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Air pollution blamed for 500,000 early deaths in Europe in 2014

Earth

Air pollution blamed for 500,000 early deaths in Europe in 2014

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A beach on Hainan

Earth

Early farmers may have polluted the sea 4000 years ago

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Cyclist carrying Flow

Technology

A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads

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Plan to save Great Barrier Reef from encroaching farm pollution

Life

Plan to save Great Barrier Reef from encroaching farm pollution

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lightning strike

Earth

Lightning storms triggered by exhaust from cargo ships

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Hand with cigarette

Health

Third-hand smoke in furniture and clothes damages mouse organs

Exposure to smoke residue increases rodents’ stress hormones and puts them at higher risk of diabetes, as well as harming their livers and brains

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Earth

Air pollution changes what bugs colonise our airways

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Earth

Extreme wildfires in the US could lead to long-term lung damage

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Technology

Fallen leaves could be turned into devices that store energy

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Earth

Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea

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