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The world’s uncontacted peoples under threat
The Explainer Indigenous groups face ‘silent genocide’ from growing contact with miners, missionaries and influencers
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The return to the stone age in house building
Under the Radar With brick building becoming ‘increasingly unsustainable’, could a reversion to stone be the future?
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Eel-egal trade: the world’s most lucrative wildlife crime?
Under the Radar Trafficking of juvenile ‘glass’ eels from Europe to Asia generates up to €3bn a year but the species is on the brink of extinction
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Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica as Category 5 storm
Speed Read The year’s most powerful storm is also expected to be the strongest ever recorded in Jamaica
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How climate change poses a national security threat
The explainer A global problem causing more global problems
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Megabatteries are powering up clean energy
Under the radar They can store and release excess energy
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The Earth is getting darker
Under the radar The planet’s reflectivity is out of whack
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Scientists want to use enhanced rock weathering to cool the Earth
Under the radar Rock dust could trap atmospheric carbon
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Icarus programme – the ‘internet of animals’
The Explainer Researchers aim to monitor 100,000 animals worldwide with GPS trackers, using data to understand climate change and help predict disasters and pandemics
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Renewables top coal as Trump seeks reversal
Speed Read For the first time, renewable energy sources generated more power than coal, said a new report
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China vows first emissions cut, sidelining US
Speed Read The US, the world’s No. 2 emitter, did not attend the New York summit
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Endangered shark meat is being mislabeled and sold in the US
Under the radar It could cause both health and ecological problems
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How clean-air efforts may have exacerbated global warming
Under the Radar Air pollution artificially cooled the Earth, ‘masking’ extent of temperature increase
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Africa's largest dam is making diplomatic waves
Under the Radar Ethiopians view using the Nile as a 'sovereign right' but the vast hydroelectric project has 'fuelled nationalist fervour' in Egypt and Sudan
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