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The wildfires and melting ice that science warned us about are here

15 January 2020

News reports of long-predicted disasters are starting to sound familiar. Scientists, too, must carry on repeating calls for rapid cuts to carbon emissions

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Captured carbon dioxide could be used to help recycle batteries

13 January 2020

We have to capture carbon dioxide to slow climate change, but instead of simply burying it we could first use it to extract useful metals from old electrical equipment

Members of the IBAMA forest fire brigade (named Prevfogo) fight burning in the Amazon area of rural settlement PDS Nova Fronteira, in the city of Novo Progresso, Para state, northern Brazil, this Tuesday, September 3rd. Since the end of August Prevfogo has been acting with the assistance of Brazilian Army military. Bolsonaro government budget cuts since January 2019 have severely affected brigades, which have been reduced in critical regions such as the Amazon. (Photo by Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Area of Amazon affected by wildfires predicted to grow by 2050

10 January 2020

Wildfires in the Amazon in Brazil are projected to worsen, with double the amount of an important region of forest affected by 2050

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