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The Amazon rainforest depends on fires in Africa for a vital nutrient

We thought the Amazon got the essential nutrient phosphorus from Saharan dust. Now it appears it mainly comes from forest fires and people burning wood

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koala in hospital

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Koalas burned in wildfires can now be saved but the treatment is gross

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Firefighters tackle a blaze on moorland in northwest England on 21 April

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The UK has already had more wildfires in 2019 than any year on record

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The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

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California's dry summer set the stage for the Camp Fire

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Fire crews prepare 'heavy attack' on massive moorland wildfire

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Fire crews prepare 'heavy attack' on massive moorland wildfire

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Burning Planet: Fire's intriguing role throughout Earth history

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Colombia’s peace deal unwittingly unleashed hell on the Amazon

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Colombia’s peace deal unwittingly unleashed hell on the Amazon

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Forest fires engulfed homes when a heatwave hit Russia in 2010

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US and Russia will soon face mega-heatwaves from climate change

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California fires

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California's wildfires are driven by climate and human error

Six separate wildfires are raging in California. They are driven both by hotter, drier climate and by human activities such as planting “alien” trees

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Will wildfires finally change Rupert Murdoch’s climate stance?

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Kids suing nations over climate change wildfire links are right

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Extreme wildfires in the US could lead to long-term lung damage

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Largest ever wildfire in Greenland seen burning from space

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