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We need to test solar geoengineering techniques soon, say researchers

Solar geoengineering has met opposition, but dozens of climate scientists say in an open letter that more research is needed soon to understand the effectiveness of techniques to counter the planet’s warming

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A Kemp's ridley sea turtle makes its way to the ocean on June 29, 2022, at West Dennis Beach in West Dennis, Massachusetts after eight months of rehabilitation at the New England Aquariums sea turtle rehabilitation center in Quincy. - Over 500 were found on the shores of Cape Cod cold-stunned in November and December of 2021. (Photo by Lauren Owens Lambert / AFP) (Photo by LAUREN OWENS LAMBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sea turtle strandings on the US east coast have increased drastically

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Dry ground in a former lagoon

Environment

Rare triple-dip La Niña is mostly to blame for South America's drought

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Oosterschelde flood barrier with windmills in the Netherlands at the Northern Sea taken from above with a drone

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Coastal cities have added 2500 squares kilometres of land since 2000

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Hulhumale, a new island in the Maldives

Environment

Artificial urban islands could supply homes in Maldives as waters rise

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H7WWT1 Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) pair calling from burrow entrance, Volunteer Point, East Falkland Island, Falkland

Life

How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up

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A view of mountain habitat, with blooming pink rhododendron flowers in the foreground, with grassy slopes and craggy peaks in the distance below a sky with scattered clouds

Life

Plants are spreading up mountains faster than thought in North America

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We don't need 'miracle' green technologies to save the planet

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We don't need 'miracle' green technologies to save the planet

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Launching a huge dust cloud from the moon could ease global warming

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Residents work to extinguish a wildfire in Chile

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Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country's record

Fires in central and southern Chile, exacerbated by extreme temperatures and megadrought, have led to at least 26 deaths and burned more than 2700 square kilometres

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Environment

The truth behind how to reduce your energy use and still live well

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Environment

15 million people live in possible flood path for melting glaciers

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Forests bioengineered to capture more carbon will be planted in the US

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Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets by 2050

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