Climate change
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BP reveals Great Australian Bight oil drilling sites are within marine reservePlan attacked as ‘outrageous’ as company says oil industry can safely coexist with the marine environment
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Surviving on wild seeds after failed harvests in Chad – in picturesIn Chad, 4.3 million people are food insecure, and 176,000 children have severe acute malnutrition, after erratic rains led to ruined crops
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Environmental records shattered as climate change 'plays out before us'Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international ‘state of the climate’ report finds
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UK's carbon footprint rises 3%Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly between 2012 and 2013, official figures show
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Are local efforts to save coral reefs bound to fail?Two recent reports on the state of the world’s coral reefs appear to contradict each other. So which is right?
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UN tries to hide involvement in deleting Australia from its climate reportFederal environment department says Unesco sought and was granted heavy redactions in freedom of information documents
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Anthrax outbreak triggered by climate change kills boy in Arctic CircleSeventy-two nomadic herders, including 41 children, were hospitalised in far north Russia after the region began experiencing abnormally high temperatures
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Can America's first floating wind farm shake off environmental concerns?Trident Winds proposes to install 765 megawatts’ worth of giant turbines on buoyant platforms in California, which could power more than 200,000 homes
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Britain’s energy dilemma: if not nuclear power, then what?The new delay to construction of the controversial plant raises a perennially difficult question: what else can provide baseload power without polluting?
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Scientists endure extreme Antarctic temperatures to extract ice cores – videoScientists endure extreme Antarctic temperatures to extract ice cores from the continent’s ice sheet
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What the Earth's frozen burps tell us about global warmingAnalysis of bubbles trapped in ancient Antarctic ice suggests that as the planet heats up, plants and soils will add more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
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Dear corporate Canada: it's time to pay for your part in climate changeCanada’s Justin Trudeau intends to unveil a program this fall that will require big polluters in business to pay for their carbon emissions
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World's largest carbon producers face landmark human rights caseFilipino government body gives 47 ‘carbon majors’ 45 days to respond to allegations of human rights violations resulting from climate change
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This year's wildfires are bad. Climate change will make future ones worseWarming temperatures dry out land, making it all more flammable
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EPA ruling on aircraft emissions paves way for new regulationsUS agency’s declaration that jet engine exhaust endangers public health represents key milestone, reports Climate Central
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Mangroves and incomes flourish as Sri Lanka's women promote conservation – in picturesA new project in Sri Lanka offers training and loans to women to start sustainable businesses as an alternative to cutting mangroves, and commits them to help replant degraded areas of the mangrove forests
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From Colombia to Côte d’Ivoire: how to help farmers tackle climate change? – eventJoin us for a seminar on 21 September 2016, 6pm-8.30pm BST, to discuss how to support the developing world’s farmers and help end rural poverty
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Disasters linked to climate can increase risk of armed conflictResearch found that 23% of violent clashes in ethnically divided places were linked to climate disasters
Scientists warn world will miss key climate target