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2021: The year of variants
The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?
Omicron – mild or monster?
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story
Omicron’s rapid replication rate
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
Can the weather trigger a volcano?
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
Omicron, racism and trust
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
Deliberately doomed dart
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
The end for coal power?
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
Bambi got Covid
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
Jet fuel from thin air
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases
Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.