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Protesters against sewage discharges

Most of England's sewage systems are overwhelmed, finds analysis

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Doubling trees in European cities could prevent thousands of deaths

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Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets by 2050

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A water engineer uses copper divining rods to trace the course of an underground pipe

Two of the UK's water companies are still using dowsing to find leaks

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Surplus wind energy to heat water for fuel-poor households in Ireland

NICASIO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 12: In an aerial view, the Nicasio Reservoir is seen at 100 percent capacity after a series of atmospheric river events drenched Northern California on January 12, 2023 in Nicasio, California. As several atmospheric river events bring record rainfall to California, reservoirs across state are seeing their levels rise following several years of extreme drought. Marin County's seven reservoirs are now at 100 percent capacity and other major reservoirs in the state are closing in on historic averages. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California storms didn't solve the state's drought and water crisis

Crabs and lobsters on a beach

Crab deaths on UK coast may be caused by unknown disease, finds report

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Serve vegan burgers in schools to trigger shift from meat, says report

Two people spreading fertiliser in rows of cabbage plants

Human waste could help tackle a global shortage of fertiliser

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The 12 innovations we need to save humanity and the planet

The 12 innovations we need to save humanity and the planet

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Dejong/AP/Shutterstock (13628749bk) Activists take part in a protest at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt COP27 Climate Summit, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - 18 Nov 2022

This year's COP27 set up a major battle for next year's climate summit

H60RX2 Deck and Turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from Bow, James River, Virginia, by James F. Gibson, July 1862

How a US civil war shipwreck became a template for marine conservation

TOPSHOT - Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuers attend an exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, 2022, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant located near the city. - Ukraine remains deeply scarred by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, when a Soviet-era reactor exploded and streamed radiation into the atmosphere in the country's north. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was occupied in the early days of the war and it has remained in Russian hands ever since. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine started a new kind of nuclear war

Wildlife photography of a Red Fox diving into deep snows to capture Winter prey in Yellowstone National Park A Red Fox dives into deep Winter snow in Yellowstone National Park to capture prey in an epic mousing leap driving his face, paws and half his body into the snow. Some naturalists believe that Red Foxes use not only their incredible sense of hearing, but that they might actually use a sense of the planet?s magnetic field to guide their trajectory. After observing and documenting many such leaps, they make a very compelling case, adding to the mystique of these animals.

Subnivium: The secret ecosystem hidden beneath the snow

Inside the decadent – but still ethical – world of vegan fine dining

Inside the decadent – but still ethical – world of vegan fine dining

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