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In the Arctic, planting more trees actually makes the world warmer
Sergey and Marina Pyataev / shutterstock Across much of the world, planting more trees means more carbon is stored, and
Peace on earth doesn’t look very likely any time soon
They don’t make world leaders like they used to, as far as Vladimir Putin is concerned. Talking to a Kremlin-friendly
Businesses that try to come clean about their impact on nature can end up concealing more than they reveal
Fahroni/Shutterstock Humans have overfished the ocean, cleared forests, polluted water and created a climate crisis by burning fossil fuels. These
What lunar caves tell us about the shared origins of the Earth and the Moon
NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio / Ernie Wright Using radar, a Nasa spacecraft, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), has confirmed the existence
If Earth gets sick, so do you
Alones/Shutterstock A hotter world is likely to be a sicker world. Earth’s growing fever has obvious repercussions for human health,
Small but mighty, plankton are some of the most powerful creatures on Earth
Choksawatdikorn/Shutterstock If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you might at first think it
3 Body Problem: is the universe really a ‘dark forest’ full of hostile aliens in hiding?
We have no good reason to believe that aliens have ever contacted Earth. Sure, there are conspiracy theories, and some
Japan’s first moon lander is aiming for a very small target
As Japan’s space agency prepares for its first moon landing early on Saturday, it’s aiming to hit a very small
Earth shatters heat record, flirts with warming limit
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of