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Cloud of Flying-foxes in riparian monsoon forest on escarpment of central range, Broadmere Station, western Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia

Life

Climate change may increase the spread of viruses between land mammals

Models of mammal migration in response to 2°C of global warming show that there could be more than 4500 new types of viral transmission between species by the end of the century

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Landing plane

Environment

EU plan for cutting emissions from planes could end up increasing them

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Rock dust and lime spreading on fields

Environment

Rock dust can meet half of the UK's net-zero carbon removal target

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Coal power station

Environment

We can now tell how much CO2 in the air is due to fossil fuel burning

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Rich countries must pay for the environmental damage they have wreaked

Humans

Rich countries must pay for the environmental damage they have wreaked

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This year, we need to start taking our impact on the oceans seriously

Environment

This year, we need to start taking our impact on the oceans seriously

Leader

How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

Environment

How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

Features

30 by 30: The conservation breakthrough we need to save biodiversity

Earth

30 by 30: The conservation breakthrough we need to save biodiversity

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NEAR ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL - JUNE 15: Construction continues at the Belo Monte dam complex in the Amazon basin on June 15, 2012 near Altamira, Brazil. Belo Monte will be the world???s third-largest hydroelectric project and will displace up to 20,000 people while diverting the Xingu River and flooding as much as 230 square miles of rainforest. The controversial project is one of around 60 hydroelectric projects Brazil has planned in the Amazon to generate electricity for its rapidly expanding economy. While environmentalists and indigenous groups oppose the dam, many Brazilians support the project. The Brazilian Amazon, home to 60 percent of the world???s largest forest and 20 percent of the Earth???s oxygen, remains threatened by the rapid development of the country. The area is currently populated by over 20 million people and is challenged by deforestation, agriculture, mining, a governmental dam building spree, illegal land speculation including the occupation of forest reserves and indigenous land and other issues. Over 100 heads of state and tens of thousands of participants and protesters will descend on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, later this month for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development or ???Earth Summit???. Host Brazil is caught up in its own dilemma between accelerated growth and environmental preservation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Environment

Early warning system for Amazon forest losses seen in climate models

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Orca plant.

Environment

Carbon removal project in Iceland suffers setback due to harsh winter

Climeworks is aiming to remove 4000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year with its Orca plant, but Arctic conditions have put the project behind schedule

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Environment

The Helsinki neighbourhood leading the way to zero-carbon cities

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Environment

We can still avert climate catastrophe – but there is barely time

Analysis

Environment

Global emissions must peak in just three years to stay below 1.5°C

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Environment

Climate change may mean more extreme rain after wildfire in western US

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