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Gigantic blaze tears across Manchester moors
How bad are the moorland fires? They have raged for weeks in the north of England, destroying a lot of wildlife. Firefighters are bravely fighting them, but they could become more frequent.
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The search for a life-saving earthquake emoji
Could a picture save your life? We have emoji for most disasters, but not earthquakes. Some scientists think that a new quake emoji would speed up reactions in a crisis, and even save lives.
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Hawaii hit by fiery eruption and earthquakes
Would you live near a volcano? In Hawaii, Kilauea has erupted dramatically, destroying homes and causing people to flee. Eruptions are common, yet people stay near them. Why?
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Exposed: how tourism feeds global warming
Is “mass tourism” wrong? Tourism is a booming industry, but a study has shown that it pollutes far more than previously thought. In other words, global travel is causing global warming.
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Eureka! Scientists create plastic-eating mutant
Do the biggest changes happen by accident? While investigating an enzyme that breaks down plastic, scientists mistakenly made it better. It could “help with society’s growing waste problem”.
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How to stop Antarctica’s ice from melting
Could we create new glaciers to stop Antarctic ice from melting? The continent’s huge ice sheet has been slowly shrinking for the last 16 years. It could have terrible results for the world.
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Whoosh! Windy weather disrupts Winter Olympics
Do you prefer the Winter or Summer Olympics? The Games are all about the world’s top athletes competing to be the best, but this year in Pyeongchang there is another contender — the weather.
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For lunch today: locusts, crickets and worms
Could eating insects save the human race? With the global population expanding fast, experts are worried the planet may run out of food. One good answer would be to eat more bugs...
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The family that gave up plastic
Should you cut out plastic for a week? People are becoming more aware of the issue of plastic pollution. One journalist decided to avoid the material for seven days. He found it very hard…
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Woodland revolution inspires huge new forest
Is this really the best way to spend so much money? Praiseworthy though it is, the new Northern Forest will cost around £500 million by the time all the trees have been planted.
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Yes it really is snowing in the Sahara
How worried should we be about weird weather? Snow in the world’s most famous desert. Alligators in ice. Boiling bats. And these are just a few of the freak events of last week.
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Starving bear highlights climate crisis
Can a video help fight climate change? This week heartbreaking footage of a starving polar bear has been beamed around the world. Some blame melting ice for the animal’s terrible condition.
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Shock as Britain discovers its tallest mountain
Should Britain be proud of its new highest peak? Mt Hope, in the part of Antarctica claimed by Britain, is taller than previously thought. However, few people will ever see it…
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‘Let it snow!’ An Arctic blast is on its way…
Is the weather outside frightful? Or delightful? Meteorologists say that a wave of Arctic air will soon bring cold winds, frost, and perhaps even snowstorms to Europe and North America.
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Nightmare in paradise as Bali volcano rumbles
Are volcanoes the greatest threat to mankind? On the Indonesian island of Bali, Mount Agung could be about to erupt in a big way. However, it is not the world’s most dangerous volcano…