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Tim Winton on why he tackled climate change in his novel Juice

The acclaimed Australian author discusses his blistering new sci-fi novel Juice, how environmental activism informed the story and the surprising challenge of finding a US publisher

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The toxic burden of pesticides is growing all around the world

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Pinning extreme weather on climate change: Best ideas of the century

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Lichen: Image made using visible light (sun or Xenon flash), the two "synthetic" looking ones are "UV stimulated visible fluorescence" using different cut filters

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How lab-grown lichen could help us to build habitations on Mars

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Aerial view of the round structures of the AmazonFACE experiment built in a National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) research area, located 80 km north of Manaus. AmazonFACE is one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted in the Amazon. It simulates, in a tropical forest area, the impact of the increase in atmospheric CO2 predicted for the coming decades. Using FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) technology, the project seeks to understand how climate change will affect the forest, its biodiversity, and the beneficial functions it currently carries out.

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Testing the Amazon’s ability to soak up increasing carbon emissions

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A hand holding glowing prion proteins, from which fossils and microbes emerge.

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A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

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Dramatic images show where water and humanity meet

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Crescent moon rise at dawn with passing passenger jet

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How pie-in-the-sky conspiracies distract from climate dangers

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Jane Goodall, dogged advocate for the natural world, has died aged 91

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‘We’re precipitating an extermination rather than an extinction event’

Broadcaster and campaigner Chris Packham is on a mission to cut overconsumption, take on fossil fuel giants and create a fairer world

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Exciting new research shows ways to defuse the “green backlash”

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Powerful images show dark side of South-East Asia鈥檚 fishing industry

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We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

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The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons

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