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Editor's note
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Fires burnt through much of the Amazon rainforest earlier this year. The fires emitted vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, threatened indigenous people who live in the forest, and destroyed vital habitats for plants and animals found nowhere else. But you probably know all this. What you may not know is that soot from fires in the Amazon is also blown westwards and settles on glaciers high in the Andes mountains. The soot makes the ice
darker, which means it absorbs more heat – and melts faster. Matthew Harris reports on a new study linking Amazon fires to melting Andean glaciers.
Disappearing glaciers are of course a classic example of global warming. It’s hard to maintain denial that the climate is changing when presented with evidence that a huge wall of ice is melting more and more each year. In the face of such obvious impacts, climate deniers have switched tactics. Mark Maslin looks at the five pillars of climate denial.
In the UK election, the two largest parties have both released their climate policies. Dénes Csala compares the two and says the Conservatives aren’t taking the climate crisis seriously – unlike Labour.
And finally, are “dog years” really a thing? A mathematical biologist has the answer.
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Will de Freitas
Environment + Energy Editor
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Top stories
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Matthew Harris, Keele University
'Black carbon' from rainforest fires is settling on glaciers and making them melt faster, according to new research.
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Don’t let the green naysayers drown you out.
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Mark Maslin, UCL
How to identify and understand different types of denial: scientific, economic, humanitarian, political and crisis.
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Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson at the State Opening of Parliament.
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Dénes Csala, Lancaster University
Long term climate targets are meaningless without concrete action. Here's what the plans of the UK's two biggest parties mean for the planet.
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Christian Yates, University of Bath
Your pup may be older than you think. Another reason to let sleeping dogs lie.
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Business + Economy
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Martin Andersson, Lund University
Economic growth is a red herring if economies can't stop themselves shrinking more and more.
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Rachel Lee, Keele University
Now in its tenth year in the UK, the great American post-Thanksgiving bonanza is starting to look like a turkey.
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Simon Chadwick, University of Salford
One of the world's biggest tech investors has bought a 10% stake in Manchester City's owners, valuing the group at nearly £4 billion.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Russell, University of Liverpool; David Cutts, University of Birmingham
The drive for popular and distinctive policies too often appears secondary to the challenge of proving the party’s relevance to the general public.
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Richard Whitman, University of Kent
What the UK's main political parties have pledged on foreign policy in their manifestos.
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Matt Walsh, Cardiff University
The voting public is being forced to wade through a fog of disinformation thanks to some cynical ploys.
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Environment + Energy
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Neil Carter, University of York
The presence of an active and dynamic Green Party would be vital in helping to keep Labour on track.
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Derek Groen, Brunel University London; Diana Suleimenova, Brunel University London
Beware those who say it is a solved problem.
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Arts + Culture
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Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Ruskin University
Miler halted the terms 'Renaissance Man' and 'polymath' but was one of the most wide-ranging intellects of his era.
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Science + Technology
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Robin Smith, Sheffield Hallam University
From the subatomic to the cosmic, don't think for a second that we're at the end of scientific history.
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Health + Medicine
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Anouschka Foltz, University of Graz; Christopher Shank, Bangor University
Many Deaf people worldwide face inequalities when it comes to accessing health services and information. Our study of Deaf people in Wales shows what improvements still need to be made.
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