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Farmers in England will bury burnt wood in fields to capture CO2

A large trial is underway to see how much CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere by burying a charcoal-like material in fields

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Global food crisis is leaving millions hungry, but there are solutions

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Health

Climate change means people are losing 44 hours of sleep per year

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Kyoto's cherry blossoms are reaching full bloom 11 days earlier

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 08: (L-R) Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison debate on live television ahead of the federal election, during the second leaders' debate of the 2022 federal election campaign at the Nine studio on May 8, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. The Australian federal election will be held on Saturday 21 May with Liberal leader Scott Morrison looking to secure a fourth term in power for the Coalition against Labor and opposition leader Anthony Albanese. (Photo by Alex Ellinghausen - Pool/Getty Images)

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Australian election 2022: What will the outcome mean for the climate?

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 05: Young protestors attend the Fridays For Future COP26 Scotland March on November 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Day Six of the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow will focus on youth and public empowerment. Outside the COP26 site, on the streets of Glasgow, the

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We can't let short-term crises derail efforts to tame climate change

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TOPSHOT - Activists from the climate change group Extinction Rebellion (XR) take part in a protest in Glasgow on November 8, 2021, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. - The COP26 climate talks resuming Monday have so far unfolded on parallel planes, with high-level announcements stage-managed by host country Britain during week one riding roughshod over a laborious UN process built on consensus among nearly 200 countries. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP26: No countries have delivered on promise to improve climate plans

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India's extreme heatwaves show the need to adapt to a warming world

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We have 48% chance of breaching 1.5°C target by 2026, says Met Office

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A power station in North Yorkshire, UK

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Inside big tech's $925 million plan to speed up carbon removal

Alphabet, Meta and others have teamed up to turbocharge the removal of carbon from the atmosphere. Nan Ransohoff, who heads the project, tells New Scientist why they're betting on new technologies – and trying to avoid the pitfalls of carbon offsetting

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Our Time on Earth: Can creativity tackle the climate emergency?

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Environment

It worked with cigarettes. Let's ban ads for climate-wrecking products

Comment

Environment

The moon has a small but noticeable effect on climate change

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Life

Climate change may increase the spread of viruses between land mammals

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