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Chris Turney, The Conversation

UK has become the first country to declare a ‘climate emergency’. Will others follow suit?

The move has been likened to putting the country on a ‘war footing’.

Chris Turney, The Conversation
· May 04, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Earth’s destruction by humans began in 1965, according to signs in the world’s ‘loneliest tree’

Nuclear bomb tests potentially mark the start of a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene – and proof of this has been found in a Sitka spruce.

Chris Turney, The Conversation
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Mark Maslin, The Conversation
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Jonathan Palmer, The Conversation
· Feb 26, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Revenge served cold: Did an act of sabotage lead to Robert Scott’s death in the Antarctic?

Evidence suggests Edward Evans – kicked off the expedition – exhausted food stocks at base camp, which contributed to the deaths of Robert Scott and his team.

Chris Turney, The Conversation
· Oct 11, 2017 · 11:30 pm