Climate change
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Was that climate change? Scientists are getting faster at linking extreme weather to warmingAttribution studies are letting researchers respond quickly to questions about human influence – before the news cycle turns elsewhere
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Switching banks: nearly half of all Australians would consider move over climate changePoll findings released as prominent Australians call on big four to withdraw backing for fossil fuel industry
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Polar bears losing crucial sea ice: studyLife-sustaining sea ice needed for hunting, resting and breeding is declining in all 19 regions of the Arctic inhabited by the species
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Trump and the Republican Party are doing Big Oil's biddingDana Nuccitelli: The fossil fuel industry is dictating Republican Party actions on climate change in attorney generals offices, Congress, and for its presidential nominee
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Malcolm Roberts’ belief that sustainable development is a disguised attempt to impose global communism has entered US mainstream politics. It could here tooAgenda 21 is conspiracy theory. But don't dismiss Malcolm Roberts as a harmless kook
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Debunking Malcolm Roberts: the case against a climate science denierThe One Nation senator dismisses the conventional scientific view of climate change. Here are the holes in his most commonly deployed arguments
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Nasa scans Great Barrier Reef to find answers to coral's poor healthImpetus for the new survey came from analysis that could not find clear link between reef health and human impacts
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August ties with July as hottest month on recordAugust continued the remarkable streak of record hot months in 2016, equalling July as the hottest month on record
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Can our need for a carbon-free future override our fears of nuclear energy?Unlike coal and natural gas plants that emit carbon emissions while producing electricity, nuclear generates none. So why aren’t more states getting onboard?
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World's first large-scale tidal energy farm launches in ScotlandMeyGen tidal stream project leads the way in tackling climate change and providing jobs, says Nicola Sturgeon
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The world needs leaders who refuse to fly, not another airport runway for the UKLetters: My response to the 40 business leaders who demand a new runway is to ask if they think planet Earth can afford further inaction and hypocrisy on climate change
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Why we should have fewer children: to save the planetThe Earth’s ability to absorb greenhouse gases without violently disrupting the climate is finite, and each additional person contributes to the total amount
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Fasten your seat belt – turbulence is on the riseSevere turbulence, which recently forced the emergency landing of a transatlantic flight, is on the rise. But why and what can be done?
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Balmy September ushers in season of mellow fruitfulness – with added slugsApple trees are laden, vines are healthy, and in Norfolk the harvest is in. But with bees still in shocking decline, all is not rosy
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Our best shot at cooling the planet might be right under our feetStudies suggest that regenerating soil by turning our backs on industrial farming holds the key to tackling climate change
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Opencast coal mine application 'called in' over climate change concernsApplication for a mine in Northumberland will now be subject to a planning enquiry to determine if it is compatible with government climate change policy
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Climate change made Louisiana's catastrophic floods much more likelyA study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found human-derived rising temperatures increased the risk of the natural disaster by at least 40%
Common ground Lives in the balance: climate change and the Marshall Islands