From the Antarctic ice sheet to the Amazon rainforest, the consequences of climate change can be seen right now – but it’s not the only threat to the natural world. In a series of graphics, we take a look at some of the biggest environmental challenges facing our planet.
Blazing fires, biblical floods and catastrophic storms are becoming increasingly common but they could be just a taste of things to come. Scientists say our planet is teetering towards a number of climate “tipping points” which could cause irreversible changes to the place we all call home. Dwindling biodiversity Human activities including logging, pollution, overfishing and urban development are driving a staggering loss of biodiversity.
Not even the planet’s tallest peak or the world’s deepest ocean trench can escape plastic pollution. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a 620,000-square-mile swirl of trash, floats on the ocean surface between California and Hawaii, threatening aquatic life with entanglement and chemical contamination. Plastics pose a significant threat to wildlife from seals to seabirds, and have been found in the guts of many aquatic organisms, including every marine turtle species.
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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate studentsA man who was accused of physically assaulting a woman in Antarctica was then assigned to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press
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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate studentsA man who was accused of physically assaulting a woman in Antarctica was then assigned to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The man remained assigned to the camp for a full week after charges were filed against him.
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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate studentsA man who was accused of physically assaulting a woman in Antarctica was then assigned to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate studentsA man who was accused of physically assaulting a woman in Antarctica was then assigned to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate studentsA man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was then sent to a remote icefield where he was tasked with protecting…
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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate studentsA man accused of assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica stayed there for a week after an warrant for his arrest was issued, legal documents show.
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