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A polar bear on a rock

Life

Field notes: Polluted polar bears await the great Arctic land grab

As global warming melts the Arctic, all eyes are turning to the riches under the ice. But will polar bears survive the pollutants trickling into the food chain?

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permafrost

Environment

Acid is dribbling out of the melting permafrost in the Arctic

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A coral reef

Life

Warming seas kill coral - but some are beginning to resist the heat

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The surface of Mars

Space

Terraforming Mars might be impossible due to a lack of carbon dioxide

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Weather forecast for Los Angeles

Health

There are more suicides in US and Mexico when the temperature rises

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People in park on deck chairs

Environment

Heatwaves show global warming is not just a future threat

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Hayhoe

Environment

The climate change evangelist with God on her side

Features

Missing 1.5°C warming target will cost $14 trillion in floods

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Missing 1.5°C warming target will cost $14 trillion in floods

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

Earth

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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

Earth

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

Climatologists have tried to set a “carbon budget” that tells us how much greenhouse gas we can emit and stay below 2°C, but their efforts have only caused confusion

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Polar melt may shut down the Atlantic current that warms Europe

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Earth

The Arctic is sending us signals of impending climate chaos

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Earth

How concrete and condoms could turn a greenhouse gas green

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Life

We could lose 40,000 species by 2100 due to climate change

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