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Environment

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

We knew marine plastic strangles birds and poisons fish. But it can also pick up some deadly hitch-hikers – with even more profound consequences

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Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

Earth

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

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Artist's impression of the Swansea tidal power project, showing a walkway around the periphery

Earth

Why tidal power won't solve the world's renewable energy needs

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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

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The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

Life

The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

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The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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Iceberg being towed away from an oil rig

Earth

Towing icebergs to Cape Town is a poor way to halt water crisis

Hauling chunks of polar ice to dry regions to provide fresh water sounds tempting but there are many reasons to reject it, says Olive Heffernan

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Life

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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Life

Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Health

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cross oceans hidden in cargo ships

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