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Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital AMOC ocean current

Global warming already threatens to destabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and new research shows that regional clean-air policies could reduce its strength further

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Cancer-causing chemical found to be leaking from gas cookers

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Why is black rain falling on Iran and how dangerous is it?

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Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals

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Atmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem

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Methane surge in 2020 was linked to lower pollution during lockdowns

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Forever chemical TFA has tripled due to ozone-preserving refrigerants

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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell

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How worried should we be about noxious chemicals from dead satellites?

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Is Earth’s climate in a state of 'termination shock'?

Cleaning up air pollution has saved millions of lives, but it has also given us an inadvertent taste of a nightmare climate scenario. The race is on to understand how bad it could be – and how to swerve the worst effects

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Cleaner air has increased the number of city heatwaves

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Exposure to microplastic makes animals want to eat it more

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

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Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment

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