‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases: fixing them is about to get a lot easier https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03307-x
#Fungi Possibly Dryad's Saddle
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‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
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‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying
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Starlink and Astronomers Are in a Light Pollution Standoff | Scientific American
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A New Satellite Space Race Is Blocking Our View of the Stars
Satellite streaks are ruining astronomical images. Can scientists and space companies find solutions before it’s too late?
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02009-8
Wake up call for AI: computer-vision research increasingly used for surveillance https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01745-1
Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule
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Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule
A new study proves for the first time that the ‘two-thirds scaling law’ applies to large animals as well as small ones, offering key lessons fo...
Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequences
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Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequences
Even allowing warming to exceed 1.5°C for a few decades could trigger irreversible damage.
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How lichens are bringing stone to life and reconnecting us with the natural world
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How lichens are bringing stone to life and reconnecting us with the natural world
Lichens bridge the living and non-living – understanding them allows us to better see how to conserve our heritage, and also ourselves.