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‘We moved to the forest to fight climate change’
Janne Utriainen is tackling climate change in his own way – leaving the city to live off the land.
Plant-based diet can fight climate change – UN
A major report says the West’s high consumption of meat is fuelling global warming.
Start-up’s space radar has super-sharp eyes
Helsinki-based Iceye showcases high-resolution radar images from its growing satellite constellation.
Engineers design flat pack self-watering plant pot
Two young designers say their pot could have less environmental impact than the products it replaces.
Heatwaves ‘instantly turn coral to ghosts’
Expanded nature reserve ‘could protect homes’
Glasgow could host UN climate change summit
Features
How medieval monks are revealing our universe’s secrets
How much warmer will your city get?
Bloodhound Diary: All roads lead to South Africa
The people risking their lives to save whales
Russia wildfires art: ‘Siberia is burning’
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Dolphin spotted juggling with jellyfish
Dramatic rescues as typhoon causes floods in China
‘What in the world is this?’
Hunting for ‘the world’s purest water’
Drought reveals sunken Thai temple
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Twenty-eight are killed and more are missing as powerful Typhoon Lekima hits the south-east coast.
The Barkers have more than a dozen recycling bins on their drive for neighbours in Nuneaton to use.
Two people help push a car which became stuck at the Eisteddfod following the bad weather.
A range warden found the animal stuck in the concrete ditch at the Rogiet Moor range in Caldicot.
The money will help people in the Yorkshire Dales get back on their feet, an MP says.
Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated amid flooding in southern and western India, reports say.
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The 15-minute interruption to power generation caused serious knock-on effects, experts say.
Brazil’s president was replying to a journalist’s question about agriculture and deforestation.
Conditions are “soggy”, organisers say, but the show is under way after Friday’s cancellation.
A Defra email mistakenly sent to the BBC discusses the policing of waters in a no-deal situation.