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What are the factors making floods worse?
Why has the huge amount of rainfall that hit South Yorkshire had such a large impact on people and property?
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What are the factors making floods worse?
Why has the huge amount of rainfall that hit South Yorkshire had such a large impact on people and property?
Where plastic outnumbers fish by seven to one
Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research.
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The Conservatives are accused of harbouring ambitions to revive fracking after the general election.
Warming makes bigger hurricanes more damaging
The most damaging tropical cyclones are three times more frequent now than they were 100 years ago.
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A loss of snow and ice cover are the main reasons for the reduction of the Arctic's albedo effect, not soot as had been previously thought.
Some people 'genetically wired' to avoid veg
An inherited gene makes certain healthy foods taste exceptionally bitter and unpleasant, according to researchers.
Vaping nearly killed me, says British teenager
Vaping caused a catastrophic reaction in Ewan Fisher's lungs that meant he could not breathe.
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What are the factors making floods worse?
Why has the huge amount of rainfall that hit South Yorkshire had such a large impact on people and property?
Where plastic outnumbers fish by seven to one
Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research.
Is the back door being left open to fracking?
The Conservatives are accused of harbouring ambitions to revive fracking after the general election.
Warming makes bigger hurricanes more damaging
The most damaging tropical cyclones are three times more frequent now than they were 100 years ago.
Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat
A loss of snow and ice cover are the main reasons for the reduction of the Arctic's albedo effect, not soot as had been previously thought.
Some people 'genetically wired' to avoid veg
An inherited gene makes certain healthy foods taste exceptionally bitter and unpleasant, according to researchers.
Vaping nearly killed me, says British teenager
Vaping caused a catastrophic reaction in Ewan Fisher's lungs that meant he could not breathe.
Where plastic outnumbers fish by seven to one
Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research.
Is the back door being left open to fracking?
The Conservatives are accused of harbouring ambitions to revive fracking after the general election.
Warming makes bigger hurricanes more damaging
The most damaging tropical cyclones are three times more frequent now than they were 100 years ago.
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