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Crescent moon rise at dawn with passing passenger jet

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How pie-in-the-sky conspiracies distract from climate dangers

The conspiracy theory that bad actors use "chemtrails" from aircraft to poison us sucks energy from legitimate protest against aviation's effects on the climate, says Graham Lawton

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Jane Goodall, dogged advocate for the natural world, has died aged 91

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'We're precipitating an extermination rather than an extinction event'

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'We're precipitating an extermination rather than an extinction event'

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DTYENM A sign on the site of a proposed wind farm at Reeves Hill (Stonewall Hill) on the Herefordshire and Powys border. The project was later abandoned

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Exciting new research shows ways to defuse the "green backlash"

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Filipino fishermen unload catches of Yellowfin tuna, Bigeye tuna, and Blue Marlin, after being at sea for approximately one month, at General Santos fish port, the Philippines, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. General Santos is known as the Philippines? tuna capital and hub for tuna fishing and exports of the products. The city hosts numerous processing facilities where the fish, primarily tuna, is packaged or canned for sale to the Filipino market and for export worldwide.

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Powerful images show dark side of South-East Asia’s fishing industry

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We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

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We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

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Deadly poisonous white mushrooms (Amanita phalloides, death cap) grow in forest

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The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons

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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

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Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

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2T96G2H Harvesting shrimp in a shrimp farm in Loc An, Ba Ria Vung Tau, Vietnam

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What would it take to rebuild economics around the natural world?

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Exposure to microplastic makes animals want to eat it more

Over multiple generations, small nematode worms began preferring microplastic-contaminated food over cleaner options, which could have consequences for ecosystem health

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Have we found an unlikely solution to the climate impact of flying?

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Greenland village has close encounter with giant iceberg

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Fish rescue wins New ��ý Editors Award at Earth Photo 2025

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Could undersea living be the future as sea levels rise?

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