Living Planet
By DW
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Episodes: 100
Sep 15, 2021
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Looking to reconnect with nature? Want to make better decisions for the health of the planet? Every Friday, Living Planet brings you the stories, facts and debates on the key environmental issues of our time.
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What we get wrong about eating protein
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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The Switch 3 | Bill McKibben: One big thing is going right
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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The Switch 2 | Blackout: What's really breaking energy grids
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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The Switch 1 | Deserted: Why solar power's failing where it should shine
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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The Switch — a miniseries
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Breaking gold's toxic bond with mercury pollution
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The resale illusion: Why second-hand isn't always better
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Introducing: Boy Wasted
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Can a cancer hotspot be saved from our addiction to plastic?
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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What are students really learning about climate change?
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The truly amazing world of fungi (Rebroadcast)
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Norway's big green lie
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Message in a bottle: Saving Louisiana’s sinking coastline
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Storms, science, and threats: The struggles of a local weatherman
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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What’s really holding back train travel?
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The forgotten children of hurricane Katrina
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Greener Living Ep 5 – Spilling the beans on tea vs. coffee
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Greener Living Ep 4 – The real cost of smelling clean
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Greener Living Ep 3 – Pets: A mirror on our mess
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Greener Living Ep 2 – What to look for in your sunscreen
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Greener Living Ep 1 – Should we all ditch our cars for EVs?
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Greener living with Living Planet
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Don't mention the climate!
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Targeting indigenous land for nuclear waste
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Epilogue: The true cost of climate change
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Cold rush: The race to visit Antarctica
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Introducing: Boiling Point
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Breaking the chains of consumerism
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Why are oceans getting darker? (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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What do horses know that we don't?
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May 30, 2025 |
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The woman who ran toward wildfires and came out a hotshot
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May 23, 2025 |
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Part 5: What the economy gets wrong about nature
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May 16, 2025 |
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Part 4: Heatstroke economy — the rising cost of extreme heat
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May 09, 2025 |
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Part 3: Who should pay for climate action?
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May 02, 2025 |
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Part 2: Can we afford a transition to clean energy?
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Part 1: How much does a hurricane cost?
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Prologue: The true cost of climate change
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Are PFAS affecting you? What you should know
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Nature's healing touch: Fact or fiction?
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Are your flowers bad for the environment? (Rebroadcast)
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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How far will governments go to stop climate protests?
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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What does 1 ton of CO2 look like?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Water, AI & the craic – Your questions answered
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Who's scared of 15-minute cities?
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Growing food in the dark
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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A Pacific island starts packing for metaverse move – but what to take?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Ireland's water dilemma: Protecting the River Shannon or powering the future?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Part 2: Light pollution – Rewilding the night
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Telling landscapes: The Brontes, Stoker and Herriot
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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The winter secrets of bees
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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The call of the sea
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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BONUS: Your questions answered, plus our favorite moments of 2024
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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What's better – real Christmas trees or fake ones?
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Introducing: Don’t Drink the Milk — The curious history of the lawn
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Part 1: Light pollution – Bright lights, big, LED cities
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Why woodpeckers are choosing the city over the forest
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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One country's shock solar revolution
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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The ticking time bombs at the bottom of the ocean
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Introducing: Up from Dust
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Can planting trees really offset my flight emissions?
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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What wild geese teach us about teamwork
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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How eco-friendly funerals are changing traditions
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The battle to ban fossil fuel advertising
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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What’s better – leather or vegan leather?
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Chirping from the crypt
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Introducing: What on Earth
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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When ants invade
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Suck, bury, store – Denmark wants your CO2, but why?
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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The dirty truth about laundry
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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What’s better – dairy or plant-based milk?
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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The fox's tale
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Finding humanity beneath the Arches
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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The lost art of foraging
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Murky waters - what's stealing the light from our oceans?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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What's better - the 4 or 5 day workweek?
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Why you’d better check the sunscreen you use
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Can soccer go green?
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Are we blind to our pets’ climate crimes?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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The true cost of sugar
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Could ocean viruses be used for carbon capture?
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Where do all the flowers come from?
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Quick update – Living Planet gets a refresh
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Reviving repair culture
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May 29, 2024 |
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What's better – electric or combustion cars?
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May 23, 2024 |
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Introducing: Feet in 2 Worlds
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May 16, 2024 |
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Learning from your local stream
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May 09, 2024 |
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The hidden toll of roadkill
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May 02, 2024 |
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The evolution of our plastic dependency
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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A mercurial problem
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Illegal bushmeat trade
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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What's better – cotton or polyester clothing?
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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An ode to the crow
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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What's better – contact lenses or glasses?
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The iron grip of Brazil's mining industry
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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What's better – tea or coffee?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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What's better – paper or plastic?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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What's better – e-readers or paper books?
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The memory of trees
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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We need to talk about farmers and mental health
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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The truly amazing world of fungi
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Feb 01, 2024 |