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Environment

Earth in 2050: This is what a world warmed by 1.5°C looks like

From wild weather to huge ecosystem shifts, dramatic effects from global warming are already baked in – but by acting now we can prevent the worst

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Hoar frost on rose

Environment

Six spectacular ice phenomena to look out for this winter

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Environment

New Scientist 60 years ago: Exploding bombs to fix the climate

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Space

Weather forecasts from alien worlds are in - and it's wild out there

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Sunbathers on a beach

Environment

Lengthy warm spells and heavy rainfall are on the rise in the UK

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Coal power plant

Environment

Cutting aerosol pollution may lessen extreme weather even with warming

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hurricane damage

Environment

There's little doubt we're to blame for hurricanes getting worse

Insight

Hurricane Florence, as seen from the International Space Station

Environment

Hurricane Florence: Mass evacuation of 1.5 million residents ordered

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Rock layers show our sun has been in same cycle for 700 million years

Environment

Rock layers show our sun has been in same cycle for 700 million years

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California's worst wildfire in history is now the size of Los Angeles

Earth

California's worst wildfire in history is now the size of Los Angeles

Firefighters are battling high winds and extreme heat as they try to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California

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Humans

How many people did Hurricane Maria really kill in Puerto Rico?

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Environment

Thousands dead or homeless after hydroelectric dam collapses in Laos

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Earth

China is building a huge weather-control machine – will it work?

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Earth

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

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