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Alec Luhn

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Did a cloud-seeding start-up really increase snowfall in part of Utah?

The weather-modifying equipment used by Rain Enhancement Technologies in UtahRain Enhancement Technologies…

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Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher

Solar geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but stopping it could…

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First treaty to protect the high seas comes into force

A trawler in the Southern OceanShutterstock A treaty that will protect areas…

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Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2

Trees floating towards the Arctic OceanCarl Christoph Stadie/The Alfred Wegener Institute Cutting…

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Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again

A glacier near the edge of the Greenland ice sheet in the…

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The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarctica for science

Matthieu Tordeur, Heïdi Sevestre and the bust of Vladimir Lenin at the…

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2025’s best photos of the natural world, from volcanoes to icebergs

Mount Etna eruptingEuropean Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery Mount Etna in Sicily is…

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Some Arctic warming ‘irreversible’ even if we cut atmospheric CO2

A glacier meets the sea in Dickson Fjord, GreenlandJane Rix/Alamy The Arctic…

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2025 is the second hottest year since records began

Firefighters working in Spain in AugustPedro Pascual/Anadolu via Getty Images This year…

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Africa’s forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb

The Congo rainforest is the second largest in the worldguenterguni/Getty Images African…

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