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sea turtle hatchlings

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Why climate change is creating more female sea turtles and crocodiles

As the world gets warmer, animals whose sex is determined by temperature are finding cool ways to control their own fate. But can they adapt in time?

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Extreme hot days and nights to soar by 2100 even in best-case scenario

Environment

Extreme hot days and nights to soar by 2100 even in best-case scenario

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Humans are cooling down so average body temperature is no longer 37°C

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Humans are cooling down so average body temperature is no longer 37°C

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Perito Moreno glacier

Environment

Ancient Earth reveals terrifying consequences of future global warming

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Environment

Deforestation in the Amazon could raise local temperatures by 1.5C

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Environment

Climate change is happening, but how fast? This is what we really know

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voles huddling together

Life

Huddling for warmth gives animals a more efficient gut microbiome

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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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Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

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Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

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Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

Life

Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

Blowflies repeatedly blow bubbles of saliva, which look like brown bubble gum – and it turns out this odd behaviour helps them keep cool

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Physics

I'm building a machine that breaks the rules of reality

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Earth

US and Russia will soon face mega-heatwaves from climate change

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Life

Ancient microbes caused Earth’s first ever global warming

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Cold climate may have driven ancient humans’ move out of Africa

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