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The ozone layer is healing and redirecting wind flows around the globe

Environment

The ozone layer is healing and redirecting wind flows around the globe

The hole in the ozone layer is starting to recover thanks to regulations banning ozone-depleting substances, and this is now leading to changes in Earth’s atmosphere

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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft

Space

Weird clumps of air that disrupt radio signals found on Mars

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pondweed with oxygen bubbles

Environment

Why is Earth so rich in oxygen? The answer is simpler than we thought

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Northern lights

Space

See the northern lights or aurora borealis: Follow this easy guide

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meteor shower

Space

The Leonid meteor shower peaks this week: Here's how to see it

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Amazon

Environment

Earth's most important rivers are in the sky – and they're drying up

Features

Inside the powerful fire clouds that pack a volcanic punch

Earth

Inside the powerful fire clouds that pack a volcanic punch

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Northern lights

Earth

The Northern Lights make a mysterious noise and now we might know why

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logs

Environment

Deforestation in the Amazon could raise local temperatures by 1.5C

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Pluto

Space

It will be 'snowing' nitrogen on Pluto for the next century

A 30-year study of Pluto’s nitrogen atmosphere suggests it has reached maximum pressure and will now start to form 'snow'

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Health

The death of 9-year-old girl may be a tipping point for air pollution

Insight

Earth

Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

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Earth

Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped

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Earth

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

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