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The chemical menace inside glaciers and icebergs

Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.

Impacts

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Climate change is burying archaeological sites under tons of sand

Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.

Solutions

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This is where dirty old cars go to die

The electric vehicle revolution is gathering speed—but what happens to all those polluting cars already on the road?

Impacts

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Humans have broken a fundamental law of the ocean

The size of undersea creatures seemed to follow a strange but stable pattern—until industrial fishing came along.

Solutions

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Cutting methane is the best way to avoid disaster

Although climate change discussions focus mostly on carbon dioxide – the most important greenhouse gas by far – one of the big takeaways from the IPCC report is that to have any hope of staying below 1.5°C of heating we urgently need to cut methane emissions.

Impacts