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Join NASA’s Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission
This photoset is a glimpse into life as an ice watcher – flying long missions over frozen polar terrain to keep tabs on the warming world
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Why the US is wrong to say burning wood is carbon neutral
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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them
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Why climate engineers are targeting Earth’s last pristine spots
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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’
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A melting ice shelf can cause rapid ice loss 900 kilometres away
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Carbon-free shipping is possible, so why aren’t we doing it?
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The Antarctic is melting even in the middle of subzero winter
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2017 was the year of the biggest fire storms ever seen
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Antarctica still losing ice despite big rise in snowfall
A 10 per cent rise in snowfall in Antarctica is adding more ice to the continent each year, but the ice sheets are still shrinking because it's being lost faster too
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A simple mathematical rule shapes the behaviour of Arctic ponds
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Spending on renewables in rich countries has halved in six years
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Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage
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Refusing to accept GM food is safe is like climate change denial
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