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Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference

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Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference

The new Climate Fiction prize aims to reward the best novels about climate change, because books can shift the narrative on global warming, says Tori Tsui

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How an audacious sonic survey could help revive damaged rainforests

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2WXAN77 Chennai, India. 29th Mar, 2024. The Power of Thumb during election depicted by a traditional art work of coloured powder, showing Indian flag and a woman's finger marked with indelible ink to raise awareness among people to vote in the upcoming general elections in Chennai, Credit: Seshadri SUKUMAR/Alamy Live News

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India's next leader will have the chance to lead the world on climate

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A sample of cement made from the mineral olivine, which can also help sequester carbon during production.

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Carbon-negative cement can be made with a mineral that helps catch CO2

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Digital generated image of huge sphere made out of wasted plastic on blue background.

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Let's not trash recycling technologies that could end plastic waste

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The man reinventing economics with chaos theory and complexity science

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The man reinventing economics with chaos theory and complexity science

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WW4018 Planes at Las Vegas airport

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We can't get to net zero without tackling inequality

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Researcher at work in one of the GPLabs laboratories. The Green Propulsion Laboratory is also an incubator for several innovative start-ups operating in the field of environmental technologies and sustainability.

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These curious experiments are finding new ways to tackle pollution

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PP65DP Building with climber plants, ivy growing on the wall and grass on the floor. Ecology and green living in city, urban environment concept.

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Why ivy growing on your walls may actually be beneficial

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Sand Martin Wood in Faugh near Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, was acquired by the carbon offset company co2balance in September 2006 It has been planted with a broad mix of native trees over 6 hectares and is managed for wildlife as well as the companies offset clients Though seen as controversial by some carbon offsetting is one way of a company or individual to reduce their emissions, as the trees absorb and sequestrate carbon as they grow. (Photo by Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

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Why biodiversity offsetting is a contentious issue in conservation

As a new law is introduced in England, requiring developers to create 10 per cent more wildlife habitat than they destroy when developing a site, does it really work to destroy nature in one place, but preserve it elsewhere, asks Graham Lawton

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It's time to accept that we are in the Anthropocene once and for all

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Environment

If gene-edited meat eases the climate crisis, then we must embrace it

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Greener way to dye denim could cut the environmental impact of jeans

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Health

Alarm over ultra-processed food shouldn't put us off plant-based diets

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