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Planting trees could mop up ten years’ worth of greenhouse gases

Planting trees could mop up ten years’ worth of greenhouse gases

7 November 2017

The planet is still warming inexorably, with 2017 set to be one of the three hottest years on record, but a major programme of tree-planting could help cool the world
China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

7 November 2017

While China’s capital Beijing is once again suffering a severe smog, a new study suggests that nationally pollution has fallen 21 per cent over two years
Europe and the US were most responsible for deadly heatwave

Europe and the US were most responsible for deadly heatwave

3 November 2017

A lethal heatwave that struck Argentina in 2013 was made more likely by climate change – and greenhouse gases from Europe and the US played the biggest role

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