Climate change
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Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study findsThe base of the ice around the south pole shrank by 1,463 square kilometres between 2010 and 2016
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The unstoppable rise of veganism: how a fringe movement went mainstreamHealth, climate change, animal welfare... what’s driving more people and brands to embrace a plant-based lifestyle? We investigate, and, below, four vegans explain their choice -
Play VideoThe Argentinian river that appeared suddenly in 2015 – aerial video
The Río Nuevo is believed to be the product of deforestation, changes in farming practices and climate change. Now as its changing course threatens farmland, roads and even a city, the government is struggling to contain it
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Sorry, Matt Canavan, no one believes coal magic means everyone winsEmpathy is fine from politicians, but truth is better because these communities aren’t stupid
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London’s air pollution is criminal. That’s why at 71 I’m risking prisonI’m standing up with protesters to draw attention to this crisis – I can’t watch while fellow citizens die because of our filthy air, says anti-pollution activist Genny Scherer
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Pollutionwatch: petrol, not diesel, is less polluting in the short termA decline in the number of diesel cars would not jeopardise CO 2 targets – in fact it would make them cheaper to achieve
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Australia's emissions rise again in 2017, putting Paris targets in doubtExclusive: Excluding unreliable land-use data, 2017 greenhouse emissions were again highest on record -
Majority of Australians support phasing out coal power by 2030, survey finds50% of Coalition voters and 67% of Labor voters want to phase out coal, and majority also support striving to cut greenhouse gas emissions -
Vanishing Glaciers by Project Pressure - in picturesProject Pressure is a charity that has been working with renowned artists in a pioneering project to document the world’s vanishing glaciers. This week it brought its touring photographic exhibition to the Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, Hong Kong, where visitors can experience the different types of glaciers found on each continent and take a video journey to see how glaciers are retreatingGallery -
'Extreme' fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump, report revealsSharp rise globally in the dirtiest fossil fuel investments reverses progress made after the Paris agreement, with tar sands holdings more than doubling in Trump’s first year in office
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Keeping the collapse of civilisation at bayLetters: Readers respond to Damian Carrington’s interview with Paul Ehrlich whose book The Population Bomb was published 50 years ago


Planet Oz You don't have to be a climate science denier to join the Monash coal forum, but it helps