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If you want to escape civilisation and head into the unaltered wilderness you may be in for a shock: it doesn’t exist.
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Warm seas are causing coral ‘bleaching’ in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
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What we need now are not ‘positive trends’ on emissions, but radical step changes.
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Low-lying islands helped guide the ambitious narrative of COP21 – next time, they should guide the policy.
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Success in dealing with common resources on a smaller scale proves it’s not impossible to manage the biggest common resource of all – planet Earth.
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Each year more than 15 billion trees are lost worldwide, according to a major new study.
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Humanity is on course for a population greater than 11 billion by the end of this century, according to the latest analysis from the UN’s population division. In a simple sense, population is the root…
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Even if humans survive the planet will never be the same again.
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There’s no point promoting renewable technology if all the power still resides with fossil fuel firms.
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A major new study looks at the risk global warming poses to the world’s plants and animals – it’s not good news.