Humans
Monsoon-driven wildfires may have shaped human evolution
A reconstruction of East Africa's environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked during wetter times, which may have influenced human evolution
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Environment
Why praying for rain appears to work – but only in some places
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Environment
Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year
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Seeding clouds with seawater could prevent a super El Niño
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June heatwave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe
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Cuts to US ocean programme will hinder monitoring of El Niño and AMOC
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Earth
Earth has a mysterious triple symmetry that may influence its climate
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Environment
Geoengineering can thicken Arctic sea ice, but for how long?
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Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win
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Environment
Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback with as little as 1.5°C of global warming
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Environment
2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts
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Environment
Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?
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A key solution to climate change isn’t happening – and that’s good
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Ice core reveals low CO2 during warm spell 3 million years ago
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