Independent
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2026-02-02
The findings – published in the influential health journal The Lancet – show that Donald Trump’s closure of USAID could lead to more than 14m deaths alone
Los Angeles Times
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2026-02-02
Plug-in solar has remained in the shadows because of a lack of safety standards and often costly requirements imposed by utilities, but that’s changing.
Independent
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2026-02-02
With the return of millions of Afghans to their homeland as they are forced from neighbouring nations, the country’s water crisis is spinning out of control – compounded by brutal aid cuts and how the Taliban is handling it. Nick Ferris reports
Los Angeles Times
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2026-02-02
While cold-stunned iguanas fall from trees in Florida and videos circulate of frozen “exploding” trees in the Northeast, Southern California is working up a sweat.
The Guardian
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2026-01-30
Soaring temperatures, heat at altitude and hot summer nights combine to create one of south-eastern Australia’s ‘most significant’ heatwaves
Independent
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2026-01-27
Fire in forested region southwest of Melbourne breaches containment lines and threatens half a dozen towns
The New York Times
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2026-02-02
Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse at the warming waters underneath.
The Atlantic
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2026-01-31
Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.
Independent
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2026-01-29
Researchers have never drilled into the Thwaites glacier before
