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    Planet Earth

    Mother Earth, Gaia, the third rock from the Sun - whatever you call it, this 4.5 billion-year-old planet is the one that we and all known living creatures call home.

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    Planet Earth

    How is coal formed?

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    In pictures: The most iconic volcanic eruptions of 2021

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    What’s the environmental impact of cigarette butts?

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    What is a fogbow?

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    Planet Earth

    Tornadoes: Everything you need to know

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    Dinosaurs: The Final Day. A closer look at the fossil site uncovered in Attenborough’s new show

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    Is it true that the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans don’t mix?

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    How did dinosaurs sleep?

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    How does soil store carbon?

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    Dinosaur fossils discovered from the day the asteroid hit Earth

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    Artificial glaciers What are they and how are they made?

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    Does fossilised dinosaur poo exist?

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    Daylight savings: Why do the clocks change?

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    Spring equinox 2022: Everything you need to know

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