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Surge in ocean heat is a sign climate change is accelerating

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Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half

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Paris Agreement: The US is leaving the global climate pact – what happens next?

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Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback

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The evidence that suggests you don’t need alcohol as a social crutch this Dry January

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Melting ice reveals millennia-old forest buried in the Rocky mountains

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World’s first 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours

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AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-world tests

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Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent HFC-23 greenhouse gas emissions

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Blinking may give your brain a micro break during cognitive tasks

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