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Marine cultivation technology opening the door to the rich sources of clean energy in our oceans © Getty Images

Marine cultivation technology opening the door to the rich sources of clean energy in our oceans

What if we just forgot about fashion? © Valentin Tkach

What if we just forgot about fashion?

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Why don’t hailstorms last as long as rainstorms? © Getty Images

Why don’t hailstorms last as long as rainstorms?

Plastic pollution killing more than 500,000 hermit crabs on remote islands © Getty Images

Plastic pollution killing more than 500,000 hermit crabs on remote islands

What would happen if we turned off the jet stream? © Getty Images

What would happen if we turned off the jet stream?

If we're going to combat climate change, we need to tackle air pollution too

Gary Fuller

Five deadly ways mosquitoes have steered the course of human history © Getty Images

Five ways deadly diseases carried by mosquitoes have steered the course of human history

What would happen if all the salt in the oceans suddenly disappeared? © Getty Images

What would happen if all the salt in the oceans suddenly disappeared?

Neanderthals may have died out without help from modern humans © Getty Images

Neanderthals may have died out without help from modern humans

Climate change causing Mongolian 'eternal ice' melt (An ice patch nearing complete melt in northern Mongolia’s Ulaan Taiga Special Protected Area in 2018 © William Taylor/Colorado University)

Climate change Global warming causing Mongolian 'eternal ice' to melt

‘War on drugs’ is driving deforestation © Getty Images

‘War on drugs’ is driving deforestation

BABYLON, HILLAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 20, 2016: This is DigitalGlobe closeup satellite imagery of the remains and location of Babylon -- and ancient city in Mesopotamia. Located in Hillah, Iraq. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)

Earth’s ancient geography ‘directed the course of human evolution’

How does plastic get into the oceans? © Getty Images

How does plastic get into the oceans?

Lichen age discovery reshapes understanding of complex ecosystem evolution © Getty Images

Lichen age discovery reshapes understanding of complex ecosystem evolution