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When nature gives people the ‘ick’
People living in urban environments are often alienated from the great outdoors and therefore find it scary and disgusting. This "biophobia" is on the rise, says Graham Lawton
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Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land
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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful
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The US is doing its biggest-ever survey of nature and wildlife
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One third of all vertebrate species are exploited by humans
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Air pollution monitors have been accidentally harvesting wildlife DNA
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We’ve been drastically underestimating Earth’s microbial diversity
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5000 species not known elsewhere live in area set for deep-sea mining
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Hundreds of species new to science discovered in South-East Asia
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Insects are thriving in England’s rivers after fall in metal pollution
An analysis of 30 years of monitoring data shows an upward trend in the population of insects and other invertebrates in English rivers, which may be linked to lower levels of zinc and copper
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Galapagos giant tortoise argument may threaten conservation efforts
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The shocking decline of Earth’s microbiome – and how to save it
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Farmland could feed 20 billion people but it might wreck the planet
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Squid fishing is booming in unregulated parts of the ocean
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