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Inflatible green Aliens standing in line

Life

Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

Our conceptions of alien life are based on a sample of one: Earth’s life. That means even our wildest imaginings are likely to be completely off beam

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Meadow pipits, here near a lighthouse in the Channel Islands, are in decline

Environment

Young people can't remember how much more wildlife there used to be

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Ice sheets

Environment

Could climate tipping points lead to collapse of human civilisation?

Analysis

A badger

Environment

The grand plan to sequence the genomes of 66,000 UK and Irish species

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animals and plant life cartoon

Life

Who owns life? The world is about to decide, with huge ramifications

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USA, West Virginia, Winfield, Steam billows from smokestacks at John Amos Coal-Fired Power Plant above neighborhood along Kanawha River on spring night

Environment

Global climate pledges need to be ramped up to keep warming below 1.5C

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aquarium fish from genus Goodea

Life

Home aquarium hobbyists are helping save 30 rare fish from extinction

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Poly Tunnels - growing crops under plastic, Leeds Northern England

Environment

Thousands of UK wildlife and plant species are in decline

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Pigs

Environment

Our diets must change to halt nature loss, says UN biodiversity chief

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George McGavin will be at ��è��Ƶ Live 2019

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'What have insects ever done for us,' asks George McGavin

Insects hold the key to our survival and we need to realise this before it’s too late, entomologist George McGavin will argue at ��è��Ƶ Live next month

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Environment

Why are countries failing on their promise to stop deforestation?

Analysis

Earth

Planet Earth has 9 safety limits and we’ve already exceeded 4 of them

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People in Science

Alexander von Humboldt

Life

Forget pristine habitats - for biodiversity save abandoned quarries

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