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Ecocide may be on its way to becoming a new international crime

Ecocide may be on its way to becoming a new international crime

5 May 2021

There have long been calls for international laws to make environmental destruction, or ecocide, a crime. Now that movement may have a chance, writes Graham Lawton
I lived under a glacier for two weeks looking for life

I lived under a glacier for two weeks looking for life

5 May 2021

There are many methane-producing microbes that live under glaciers and we still have much to learn about their climate impact, says Jemma Wadham

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