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Humans losing out to Africa's big game industry

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Cities may be abandoned as salt water invades

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Histories: Pyramids of dew

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Detritus of life abounds in the atmosphere

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Climate change: Menace or myth?

Features

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Climate change: Act now, before it is too late

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Returning war-torn farmland to productivity

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Tsunami: The impact will last for decades

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European trading in carbon-emission permits begins

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Meltdown: The predictable distortion of global warming by scientists, politicians and the media by Patrick J. Michaels

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A most precious commodity

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Tsunami's salt water may leave islands uninhabitable

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