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Plastic waste is a problem 鈥� but some solutions are even worse
Plastics have done wonders for hygiene and human health. We need to fix the waste problem 鈥� but don鈥檛 throw out the baby with the bath tub
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Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life
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Biodegradable plastic: Waste that eats itself
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Fixing planet plastic: How we’ll really solve our waste problem
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Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate 鈥� now there’s a fix
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Hawaii鈥檚 erupting volcano may blast out 鈥�10-tonne cannonballs鈥�
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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents
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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought
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Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere
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We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much
Climatologists have tried to set a 鈥渃arbon budget鈥� that tells us how much greenhouse gas we can emit and stay below 2掳C, but their efforts have only caused confusion
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A plague from South Korea is killing frogs and toads worldwide
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The world’s tallest tree costs more than a private island
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Treeconomics: How to put a fair price tag on urban forests
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China is building a huge weather-control machine 鈥� will it work?
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