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Mega-tsunami caused Earth to vibrate for nine days, study shows | Climate News
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A mega-tsunami caused by a landslide in Greenland caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days, a new study has shown. The collapse of a 1.2km-high (0.7 miles) mountain peak last September caused water in the fjord below to splash back and forth, causing vibrations right through to the Earth’s crust, researchers found. It was…
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Are alternative proteins going mainstream? This multimillion pound new project hopes so | Climate News
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If I eat a burger partly made from crushed insects, will I notice the difference? Does it matter if my veggie sausage has been ultra-processed? Why will some people eat a prawn but not a cricket? Is lab-grown meat as nutritious as the real thing – and is it safe? Such questions about new “alternative…
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Haptic hoses and hot suits: How VR is helping firefighters prepare for climate change challenges | Climate News
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It’s summer season in the Northern Hemisphere and wildfires have been raging in Greece, Madeira and France. As the risk of forest fires changes in a hotter climate, so is the way firefighters respond to them. Traditionally firefighters have practised with live fires to prepare for the real thing. But these come with risk, cost…
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‘The coral in the coalmine’: Seas around Great Barrier Reef hottest in 400 years | Climate News
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Temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef have soared to their highest in 400 years, a new study has found. It said the “unprecedented” heat on the sea surface around the natural wonder is driving increasingly frequent mass bleaching events that are putting it in danger. Without stronger and faster action to tackle climate change, our…
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Bill Gates says AI will make it easier to combat climate change but must be ‘used by people with good intent’ | Science & Tech News
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Bill Gates has said artificial intelligence (AI) will accelerate innovation and make it easier to combat climate change – but also warned it must be “used by people with good intent”. The philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder made the comments during an interview with Sky News at the Breakthrough Energy Summit in London. Gates told The…
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Prehistoric DNA being dug up to see if it can help modern-day crops cope with climate change | Science & Tech News
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Prehistoric plant DNA is being dug up from deep below the Arctic to see if it can help modern-day crops cope with the effects of climate change. Researchers from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are working with European scientists to analyse microbes from the palaeolithic period, when, like today, the planet was becoming warmer. The university…
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‘Exciting’ discovery of material that can store greenhouse gases faster than trees | Climate News
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Scientists have hailed the “exciting” discovery of a type of porous material that can store carbon dioxide. The material is made up of hollow cage-like molecules that have high storage capabilities for greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur hexafluoride – a more potent gas that can last thousands of years in the atmosphere.…
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Human-driven climate change has ‘slowed the Earth’s rotation’ and could affect how we measure time, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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The melting of polar ice due to human-driven climate change has slightly slowed the Earth’s rotation – and it could affect how we measure time, according to a study. Although the disappearance of the ice has reduced the speed of the planet’s rotation, the Earth is still spinning a bit faster than it used to.…
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Lab-grown meat could be about to take a small step closer to our plates | Climate News
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Ivy Farm, on the outskirts of Oxford, is not a farm as you know it. There is grass but it’s artificial, there are pigs and sheep but they are upholstered foot-stools with sewn-on faces. There are offices and labs where meat is grown. This could be the future of farming. That future could be about…
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More than 1km under the North Sea is a climate-friendly mineral that could help feed the world | Climate News
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What lies 1,000 metres beneath the North Sea could help the climate of the atmosphere above. And I’m on my way down to see it. The rattly lift drops at 10 metres per second, the speed of a sprinter, ruffling the air and flapping my shorts as it plunges down. Yes shorts. I wear a…