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Is cleaner air accelerating global warming more than we expected?

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but researchers still disagree on the size of this effect

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Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half

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Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half

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Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits

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Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent greenhouse gas emissions

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Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide

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Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide

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Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and it's getting worse

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What will it take to solve our planet's plastic pollution crisis?

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2AFX2PH aerial view of Allerton Waste Recovery Park, on the A1(M) near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK

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Putting food waste in the bin felt wrong until I learned where it went

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Mounting evidence points to air pollution as a cause of eczema

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A fifth of the world's plastic garbage is either burned or littered

Patchy garbage collection services result in more than 50 million tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste each year, and the majority of this is incinerated

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Chemistry

Quantum dots help destroy ‘forever chemicals’ with light

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Little-studied pollutant from planes threatens the health of millions

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Overheated trees are contributing to urban air pollution

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Cleaner ship emissions may warm the planet far faster than expected

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