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British researchers on the hunt for world's oldest ice

As the Antarctic spring comes to an end and the "summer" enters into force, a team of geoscientists is seeking 1.5-million-year ice.

In times of turmoil, academics stand up, develop code of conduct and reaffirm fight against racism, misogyny and climate change denial

In times of political turmoil, academics are often the first to react.

People use more bikes than cars now to enter Copenhagen's city center

Copenhagen seems to be the capital of cycling in the world.

China is building a huge solar plant at Chernobyl

When one door closes, another one opens.

New high-tech shelter reminds us that Chernobyl is still deadly, thirty years after the meltdown

The new one is much better than the last one though.

Michigan's biggest energy provider will phase out coal, despite Trump

The coal industry seems to be singing its swan song, despite political efforts to save it.

World's poorest countries pledge to 100% renewable energy

They're leapfrogging developed countries.

We should prepare for bad surprises in the Arctic climate, new report finds

Unless we start reducing fossil fuel consumption drastically and fast, irreversible changes will happen in the Arctic and that will affect all of us.

Canada set to join US in banning microbeads

An important move for protecting wildlife and the environment.

West Antarctic ice sheet is melting from the inside, signaling an accelerated collapse

The ice shelf is far more fragile than we hoped.

Fiji ants were the first plant farmers some three million years ago

Most ants scavenge your picnic, but these ones don't need anything.

Comprehensive study finds that sustainable eating could save the planet

Cutting down on meat could drastically reduce global warming.

Finland plans to completely ban coal use by 2030. Decision soon to come in front of Parliament

A completely radical approach to fighting the dirtiest energy source.

Stay away from the coconut crab's pincers. It's crushing force is almost the strongest of all land animals

Only alligators carry a heavier clamping force.

Scientists are trapping more and more CO2 into volcanic basalt

Storing CO2 underground might be one pivotal for our climate future.

Stunning photos of uncontacted Amazon tribe emerge - just as they're threatened by illegal gold miners

Spectacular images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon have emerged, but conservationists and indigenous populations fear that the villagers are in grave danger.

That's probably not cod that you are eating

There's something fishy with your fish!

New Zealand town builds a 25 meter long tunnel to save blue penguins

Blue penguins were facing a perilous transit to their nests, so a New Zealand city decided to build an underpass to protect them.

Just 1C global warming impacts every aspect of life on Earth, new study finds

Things are already bad.

Video: watch how a beautiful forest changes during a year

Filmmaker Samuel Orr took 40,000 still images from his front window in a forest cabin to show how nature changes day by day.

Tesla converts an entire island of American Samoa from 100% diesel to 100% solar energy

The island used to import 100,000 gallons of diesel each year from overseas. Now renewable energy meets all its needs!

NASA tells us which plants to buy for cleaner air -- in 100% infographic format

Plants > Chemicals.

The Garden of Eel: the out of this world, mildly disturbing feeding pattern of garden eels

It's no nightmare -- just nature. And it's actually beautiful!

Slovenia just declared water a universal right for all

This might make a big difference in the future.

Number of plastic bags found on UK shores almost halved after just 5p tax

A few cents can make a big difference.

Environmentalists plead Japanese and French banks to stop financing coal-fired plants in Indonesia

A story of broken promises and land grabbing.

The North Pole is a whopping 36F (20C) hotter than it should be right now

Things are not looking good in the North Pole.

Smog kills more than 400 people in Iran's capital Tehran

Unprecedented levels of smog pollution in Iran's capital have killed over 400 people.

Australia lobbies coal mine at climate talks

Bad Australia, bad!

China to Trump: We didn't invent global warming

China is schooling the US on climate change. What a time to be alive.

Unique new species of spider found in China masquerades as a leaf

In China's Yunnan rain forest, one exploring arachnologist came across one of the most peculiar spider species ever.

"Escape our fragile planet" in the next 1,000 years or perish, Stephen Hawking says

Pack up!

Science can't afford to be slowed down by unrealistic standards while politics runs around the house naked

"We are not on the right track and we need to deal with that."

The Canadian government's double standards: acting on climate but seeking to export more fossil fuels

It seems unbelievable, but this cabinet pretends these new oil and gas exports will become someone else's problem.

The war on drugs has failed, study finds. It's time to try something else

Let's face it: the war on drugs has failed.

US businesses urge Trump to support climate deal

Over 360 multinationals and investing groups have published an open letter to president-elect Donald Trump.

John Kerry: "Above all, consult the scientists"

A heartfelt plea, sometimes said with a breaking voice.

Experiment proves beyond a doubt that Goffin's cockatoos deliberately craft and use tools

Maybe change their name to cockatools now?

Fighting climate change with inner change: a case for heightened spiritual awareness

How one organization is proposing solving climate change by looking inwards, not outwards for solutions.

This is the tallest tropical tree in the world

Biologists have located the world's tallest tropical tree, a 94.1-metre (309-foot) specimen in Borneo. I

Historic U.S. court ruling says stable climate is a fundamental right, okays bunch of kids to sue the federal government

Changing things from the ground up.

Will geoengineering save us from climate change? Not if we don't care enough to research it, COP22 panel says

We could cool down the planet starting tomorrow if we wanted to, but we don't know what would happen next.

Former French president Sarkozy says Europe should impose carbon tax on US if Trump pulls out of Paris Pact

We need leaders that address global issues.

UK red squirrels found to be leprosy bacteria carrier in new study

You're pretty safe unless one coughs on you.

So, 2016 is set to be the hottest year on record. By far. Now what?

According to data published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN, 2016 will be the hottest year on record.

The wild chimpanzee who cared for her disabled child

Heartwarming.

Male chimpanzees take an active interest in their offspring's well-being, suggests early humans did the same

Up to now, we didn't even think they knew which were theirs.

Rats tickled past squeaking point to identify the brain's "tickle center"

Their videos should used to identify my brain's "awww" center.

The ZME Diaries: #COP22 -- The heart of COP

A look at what likely is the liveliest part of the conference.

Here's how Donald Trump might bring the U.S. back to the climate 'dark ages'

President Trump could be a disaster for the climate.

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