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Carp and chips, twice please . . .
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Britain loses initiative on biodiversity
News
Not all fun at the fair: Many people face serious injury at funfairs this bank holiday weekend. The government’s safety inspectors want tougher rules to control the way fairground equipment is designed to thrill
Features
Licensed to thrill: Human frailty rather than engineering expertise, it seems, limits the design of modern rollercoasters. But they are still becoming bigger and more daring
Features
Focus: Return to Turtle Bay – Four-fifths of the Mediterranean’s loggerhead turtles lay their eggs on one Greek beach – but for how much longer?
News
Review: Population growth and the world’s fate
Books & Arts
Focus: Sitting on a toxic time bomb – Thousands of homeowners across Britain do not know that their houses stand on land contaminated by previous use. New government plans could give them a shock
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Flourishing forests mop up missing carbon
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Earth Summit: Earth at the mercy of national interests – Fred Pearce reports from Rio de Janeiro on the final days of the Earth Summit
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Despondency descends on Rio: Fred Pearce reports from the first week of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
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Earth
Last chance to save the planet?
Features
Last-minute ‘compromise’ saves biodiversity treaty
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