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High-flying microplastics could pose a threat to the ozone layer
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River restoration could help bring beavers back to Somerset
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English rivers regularly pumped full of oxygen to prevent fish deaths
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Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies?
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Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold
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Curiously cool summers in US Midwest linked to crop irrigation
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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful
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Earth has just seen its hottest three-month spell on record
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Engineers are building the first bridge over a moving rock glacier
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Heat pumps are poised to help breweries and other industries go green
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How the Unlocking the Severn project is helping fish return to breed
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Even rail trucks full of coal look beautiful in a J Henry Fair photo
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