The rocks under our feet shape every aspect of human existence
From agriculture and art to our emotional and psychological weather.
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Plastic kills – let’s stop treating it like a normal part of modern life
British seafood eaters may ingest more than 10,000 pieces of plastic each year.
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Don’t call Hurricane Irma a “perfect storm“ – you’re playing into Donald Trump’s narrative
Irma is the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. But its spectacle is also a political tool.
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We are heading towards a world without animals
A little over 20 years ago, I saw a slender-billed curlew. Now it’s extinct.
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Badger cull: could new evidence end this feud for good?
Are supplementary badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset just another shot in the dark when it comes to fighting bovine TB?
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Nectar robbers: how flowers discriminate against the wrong kind of bees
Toxic nectar is used to turn away short-tongued bees.
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Houston floods: Hurricane Harvey is exactly the time to talk about climate change
Three reasons we need to talk not just about flood relief – but adaptation and climate-change mitigation too.
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Imitation game: the parrot that learned to mimic a ringtone
The sound of a son calling his mother again and again, and the sound of her not answering.
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