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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

UK’s rising temperatures and ageing population raises risks from climate change (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Climate change ‘already damaging the health of the world’s children’

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

Climate change declared 'emergency' by 11,000 scientists © Rui Vieira/PA

Climate change declared ’emergency’ by 11,000 scientists