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Photos of a rusting Alaskan river win New Scientist Editors Award

Taylor Roades's images of a river in north-west Alaska that has turned orange because of global warming have won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo competition

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Taylor Roades: Rust River Earth Photo 2024 Shortlisted Entry 2023 was the hottest year on global record and the Arctic is disproportionately affected by these elevated temperatures. The remote Western Brooks Range of North West Alaska has recorded a 2.4 degree increase in temperature since 2006. Permafrost, the layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year is thawing at an unprecedented rate, exposing the bedrock and all metals that have been frozen within it, to the elements. Tukpahlearick Creek and its tributaries are now flowing bright orange with oxidized iron and sulphuric acid. The change to water quality, and risks associated with metals in the water pose dire threats to ecosystems downstream that rely on these waters, and are symbolic of the far reaching consequences of climate change.

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Don't be fooled by El Niño's end – net zero is more urgent than ever

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2X4HHK9 extreme heat wave 2024

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Old-fashioned pessimism might actually help us fight climate change

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We can't get to net zero without tackling inequality

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A bird in branches during a forest fire in Santiago, Chile

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The world just experienced the hottest February on record

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Coast Mountains #16, British Columbia, Canada, 2023

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Stark mountain landscapes exposed in Canada as glaciers shrink

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Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

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TOPSHOT - A man wades through floodwaters brought about by heavy rains at a residential neighbourhood in Propseridad town, Agusan del Sur province on southern Mindanao island on February 1, 2024. Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have killed six people in the Philippines, with one other person missing, rescuers said February 1. (Photo by Erwin MASCARINAS / AFP) (Photo by ERWIN MASCARINAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Forget what long-lived sea sponges say, focus on reaching net-zero

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Will global warming continue even after we hit net-zero emissions?

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Saudi Arabian desert extreme heat experiment

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Extreme heat: Inside the expedition to find out how humans can adapt

Climate change means extreme heat will become the norm for millions across the world. We joined an experiment in the Saudi Arabian desert designed to find out what that means for our brains and bodies

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A huge chunk of glacier ice collapsing and falling into the sea

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Scientists 'shocked' by extreme events in Antarctica as Earth heats up

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The flowering shrub Tidestromia oblongifolia can still photosynthesize in 50°C conditions

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Flower that thrives in Death Valley may hold secret to heat adaptation

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Shortage of male turtles could be solved by splash of cold seawater

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Melting Arctic glaciers expose new sources of planet-warming methane

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