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To understand vulnerable glaciers, climate scientists extract ice from continent’s remote and stormy coast
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Striking Amazonian butterfly is result of ancient hybrid event
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‘Myconauts’ aim to reveal the often hidden soil fungi that shape ecosystems
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Oldest ever ice offers glimpse of Earth before the ice ages
Climate snapshots suggest carbon dioxide levels were surprisingly modest during ancient warm period
Anthropologists take up arms against ‘race science’
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