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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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Human overpopulation Can having fewer children really make a difference?

Chris Packham interview: Overpopulation, Alan Turing, and Donald Trump © Getty Images

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Chris Packham on overpopulation "The first thing I’d do is globally emancipate and educate women"

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Clam shell study issues dire warning over Arctic sea ice melt

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It’s official: the oceans are warmer than ever

Microsoft boss outlines plans to entirely reverse carbon footprint by 2050 (Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., speaks during a climate initiative event at the Microsoft Corp. campus in Redmond, Washington, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 © David Ryder/Bloomberg)

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Microsoft boss outlines radical plans to entirely reverse its carbon footprint by 2050

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What would happen if the Earth became tidally locked to the Sun?

Bacteria growing and mineralising in the sand-hydrogel structure © Colorado University Boulder/PA

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Environmentally friendly ‘living concrete’ capable of self-healing

More than 160,000 people could die over the next decade from strokes and heart attacks caused by air pollution, the British Heart Foundation has warned © Getty Images

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Air pollution could kill ‘equivalent of more than 40 people’ a day by the next decade

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Wild ideas in science Mushrooms could save the world

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If global warming increases rainfall, could the extra clouds block sunlight and help cool the Earth?

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Planet Earth

Human overpopulation Can having fewer children really make a difference?

Chris Packham on overpopulation "The first thing I’d do is globally emancipate and educate women"

Clam shell study issues dire warning over Arctic sea ice melt

It’s official: the oceans are warmer than ever

Microsoft boss outlines radical plans to entirely reverse its carbon footprint by 2050

What would happen if the Earth became tidally locked to the Sun?

Environmentally friendly ‘living concrete’ capable of self-healing

Air pollution could kill ‘equivalent of more than 40 people’ a day by the next decade

Wild ideas in science Mushrooms could save the world

If global warming increases rainfall, could the extra clouds block sunlight and help cool the Earth?

How to reduce your carbon footprint – for next to nothing

UK climate 2010s second-hottest decade in last 100 years

Reality Check Should we change the terminology we use for climate change?

Volcanoes 5 things that’ll shake up what you know about them

What would have happened if we’d carried on using CFCs?

Planet Earth

Human overpopulation | Can having fewer children really make a difference?

Chris Packham on overpopulation | "The first thing I’d do is globally emancipate and educate women"

Wild ideas in science | Mushrooms could save the world

UK climate | 2010s second-hottest decade in last 100 years

Reality Check | Should we change the terminology we use for climate change?

Volcanoes | 5 things that’ll shake up what you know about them

Human overpopulation Can having fewer children really make a difference?

Chris Packham on overpopulation "The first thing I’d do is globally emancipate and educate women"

Wild ideas in science Mushrooms could save the world

UK climate 2010s second-hottest decade in last 100 years

Reality Check Should we change the terminology we use for climate change?

Volcanoes 5 things that’ll shake up what you know about them