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Aircraft contrails are a climate menace. Can we rid the sky of them?

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Aircraft contrails are a climate menace. Can we rid the sky of them?

The wispy cloud trails left by aircraft cause more warming than the carbon emissions from their fuel. Now there might be a simple way to stop them forming

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Pollinators are our secret weapon in the fight against global warming

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Pollinators are our secret weapon in the fight against global warming

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What does net zero emissions really mean?

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What does 'net zero emissions' mean?

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Keep warming under 1.5°C to stop tropics becoming too hot to live

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Carbon-negative crops may mean water shortages for 4.5 billion people

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Climate targets at risk as green tech triggers higher energy demands

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Global CO2 emissions have already rebounded above pre-pandemic levels

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Global CO2 emissions have already rebounded above pre-pandemic levels

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Climate change is leading to premature births in the Brazilian Amazon

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We are nowhere near keeping warming below 1.5°C despite climate plans

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Motor industry lobbied for a loophole in UK fossil fuel car ban

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Motor industry lobbied for a loophole in UK fossil fuel car ban

The UK government plan announced in 2020 is to ban new petrol and diesel model cars by 2030, but some fossil-fuelled cars are to be exempt. Now it has emerged that the concession came after lobbying by the UK car-makers' trade body

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How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

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Earth's magnetic field flipping linked to extinctions 42,000 years ago

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Covid-19 is a wake-up call to stop abusing the ecosystems we depend on

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