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A conception of a pulsar emitting beams of energy into space. NASA reveals hundreds of city-sized objects shooting light into space
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Greenland’s glaciers are melting twice as fast this century, study shows
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Artificial reefs could offer a new climate solution
A penguin colony walks near the edge of an icy landscape in Antarctica, with the vast ocean and icebergs visible in the background. Caption reads "Missing ice"
Missing Antarctic sea ice shows a new, worrying reality
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In a race against extreme floods, some cities look to nature
left to right) Ati Viviam Villafana, Greta Thunberg, Mya-Rose Craig and Daphne Frias, Dominique Palmer, Tori Tsui and Alice Aedy in discussion on stage at The Climate Conversation at the Royal Festival Hall, London, where climate activists are meeting to take stock and examine what progress has been made since COP26, ahead of COP28 later this year. Picture date: Sunday July 30, 2023. Intersectional climate activism matters. Dominique Palmer, Tori Tsui, Daphne Frias, and Greta Thunberg explain why.
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