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Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea

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Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea

An earthquake that struck South Korea in 2017 was caused by a geothermal energy project that injected water underground – and risk assessments missed it

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Acid lakes may be a false alarm but we can’t afford complacency

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Baffin Bay

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Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission

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waste pile

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How can India clean up when all of its waste has an afterlife?

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Acid bath: The new threat to lakes and rivers

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Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

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Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Greenland

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Why climate engineers are targeting Earth's last pristine spots

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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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World's biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish

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World's biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish

A crucial feeding ground for migrating birds has been almost destroyed by pollution and a bad winter, but help is at hand in the form of an all-you-can-eat buffet

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A melting ice shelf can cause rapid ice loss 900 kilometres away

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The Antarctic is melting even in the middle of subzero winter

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2017 was the year of the biggest fire storms ever seen

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Antarctica still losing ice despite big rise in snowfall

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