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Wildfires: the science behind the burn © USDA Forest service

Wildfires The science behind the burn

Washing laundry on a delicate cycle releases more plastic microfibres into the ocean © Owen Humphreys/PA

Washing laundry on a delicate cycle releases more plastic microfibres into the ocean

Climate change: extreme weather events could occur every year by 2050 (Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse on the south coast of England on October 21, 2017 as Storm Brian hits the country © GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

Climate change Extreme weather events could occur every year by 2050

Climate change: "To stop a global temperature increase ... the level of ambition needs to be tripled" (Protesters march and hold placards as they attend the Global Climate Strike on 20 September 2019 in Edinburgh © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Triple the level of ambition to slow climate change, experts warn

Science focus Podcast: Are Generation Z our only hope for the future? – John Higgs (Students and activists participate in a climate change strike on 15 March 2019 in Chicago, USA Scott Olson/Getty Images

John Higgs Are Generation Z our only hope for the future?

Giant asteroid collision in outer space kicked off ancient ice age © Don Davis, Southwest Research Institute

Giant asteroid collision in outer space kicked off ancient ice age

How can we save our planet? - Sir David Attenborough © BBC

Science Focus Podcast How can we save our planet? - Sir David Attenborough

Year-long expedition departs for Arctic to study climate change © Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB Scanpix via AP

Year-long expedition departs for Arctic to study climate change

Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic

Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic

Do we really know what climate change will do to our planet? © Getty Images

Do we really know what climate change will do to our planet?

How does plastic get into the oceans? © Getty Images

How does plastic get into the oceans?

Rock sample reveals mystery of the day the dinosaurs died © Getty Images

Rock samples reveal mystery of the day the dinosaurs died

Can planting billions of trees help tackle climate change? © Getty Images

Interview Can planting billions of trees help tackle climate change?

The real value of Greenland is in the ice, rather than the minerals

Jon Gertner

Seven beautiful clouds to brighten your day © Tania Ritchie

Seven beautiful clouds to brighten your day