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Warming and droughts led to collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation

Hotter temperatures and a series of droughts in what is now Pakistan and India fragmented one of the world’s major early civilisations, providing a "warning shot" for today

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Young woman, wearing a orange jacket, is reading a book on an ebook reader during sunset over Himalayas. She is sitting on the top of a mountain and holding the e-reader.The afternoon sun on the background. Mount Everest National Park. This is the highest national park in the world, with the entire park located above 3,000 m ( 9,700 ft). This park includes three peaks higher than 8,000 m, including Mt Everest. Therefore, most of the park area is very rugged and steep, with its terrain cut by deep rivers and glaciers. Unlike other parks in the plain areas, this park can be divided into four climate zones because of the rising altitude. The climatic zones include a forested lower zone, a zone of alpine scrub, the upper alpine zone which includes upper limit of vegetation growth, and the Arctic zone where no plants can grow.

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The 13 best popular science books of 2025

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Environment

Why is climate action stalling, not ramping up as Earth gets hotter?

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Environment

COP30 keeps climate cooperation alive but hanging by a thread

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The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica

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Undersea ‘storms’ are melting the ‘doomsday’ glacier’s ice shelf

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Icebergs in the Arctic

Environment

Climate heating has reached even deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean

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Environment

What is cloud seeding and could it end the drought in Iran?

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Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current

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Environment

Fossil fuel emissions rise again – but China's are levelling off

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Earth

When rift lakes dry up it can cause earthquakes and eruptions

Lake Turkana in Kenya, known as the cradle of humanity, has shrunk in recent millennia – and the loss of water has led to increased seismic activity, which could have impacted our ancient ancestors

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COP30: What’s on the agenda at the Belém climate summit

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COP30: Can Brazil summit get climate negotiations back on track?

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Antarctic glacier's alarming retreat is the fastest ever seen

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Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest

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