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If we manage to reach the climate target set by the Paris Agreement, we could be living in a world that is, on average, 2 degrees Celsius hotter than preindustrial levels by the end of this century, ...

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The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...

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Astronomers are keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4. This asteroid has a small probability of impacting the Earth in ...