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Finally we can power the planet on renewables alone – here's how

Ditching fossil fuels to go 100 per cent renewable is a dream within reach – thanks to new tech that keep things humming even when wind and sun aren’t there

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Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

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Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

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A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

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A day used to be less than 19 hours long 1.4 billion years ago

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The Great Barrier Reef has died 5 times in the last 30,000 years

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The Great Barrier Reef has died 5 times in the last 30,000 years

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped

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Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped

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Whale swimming past plastic

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Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse

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Fixing planet plastic: How we'll really solve our waste problem

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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

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We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

Climatologists have tried to set a “carbon budget” that tells us how much greenhouse gas we can emit and stay below 2°C, but their efforts have only caused confusion

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Towing icebergs to Cape Town is a poor way to halt water crisis

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Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

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People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

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Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission

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