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How an asteroid near-miss shocked the UN

Spurred by a near miss, the world built an alert system to detect asteroids heading for Earth. But it’s not clear who would decide what to do next.

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Always look up: Earth’s top 7 asteroid defences

If an asteroid threat emerged, Earth would need to be ready. Scientists are continually working to give the planet the best range of defensive strategies.

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Real heroes plan ahead: collaboration to protect Earth

It’s unlikely to happen, but if a large space object ever hit Earth, the outcome would be calamitous. Humanity needs to start preparing now.

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The amateur asteroid hunters giving NASA a run for its money

Even with millions in funding and super high-tech equipment, the world’s space agencies need a helping hand from people at home.

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We‘ll need years of warning to deflect an asteroid

Using a spacecraft to knock an asteroid off a collision course is the best planetary defence we have. But it will take complex calculations, and plenty of time.

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Planning Earth’s defence against cosmic objects

A large asteroid or comet on track for Earth would be a global threat. It would require national and international efforts to stop it.

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Special Report: Climate-smart food

Climate change is taking a tremendous toll on the world’s food systems, leading scientists to rethink how we feed ourselves.

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Trouble is brewing for the future of beer

Brewers are pursuing solutions to reduce water usage, encourage more sustainable farming, limit material use, and power facilities with clean energy.

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How Inca wisdom can fix our food crisis

The world currently has only 10 weeks of wheat supplies left, a far cry from the three to seven years of food supply the Incas kept in storage.

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Lab-grown answers to food’s triple threat

A food crisis like few have ever seen could be the impetus for lab-grown and other food alternatives to thrive. But it won’t be without its own challenges.

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When local matters, food quality improves

Degrowth focuses on quality products, local economies and basic needs. It promises a more ecologically sustainable future.

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Agriculture 4.0 is helping farmers do more with less

The fourth agricultural revolution promises to grow more food on less land while feeding more people.

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Extinction on our plates

Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action

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Indonesia's farmers adapt to climate change

As the effects of climate change become more apparent, long-held traditions will need to be resurrected. Others will need to be abandoned.

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No one's betting the farm on robots

Robots can help farmers improve crop yields and ease labour shortages but their adoption has been dramatically low.

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Asia's largest cities lack water security

Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource.

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Special Report: Cities in drought

In the grips of drought, cities are turning to innovative solutions to preserve their water supplies for the present and the future.

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Building resilience in Indonesia’s drought-ridden island of Java

Community engagement can ease the pressures of urban drought, but government interventions are the key to sustained change.

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Lessons to stop drought becoming disaster

The best of traditional and modern approaches can support each other to avoid droughts becoming disasters.

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Indigenous peoples have adapted to drought for millennia

Indigenous communities around the world pioneered drought resilience and adaptation. As extreme heat intensifies, the world needs to heed their lessons.

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From Cape Town to Santa Cruz: urban drought lessons

As cities move to secure their water supplies in the backdrop of extreme drought, two cities in two continents provide blueprints for solutions.

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Surviving the megadrought in Southwestern US

Parts of the United States have endured an epoch-defining megadrought, but continue to find ways to survive through a diverse policy-based response.

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Afghan crisis is a migration crisis

Afghanistan is facing a perfect storm of threats, and climate change is pushing it to breaking point. The world seems unaware of the coming catastrophe.

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Special Report: Migration's changing face

Ahead of World Refugee Day, it is time to re-examine the state of migration as global crisis drive more people from their homes.

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There's no such thing as a climate refugee

Billions of people are likely to be displaced by climate change. But calling them ‘climate refugees’ oversimplifies the complex reasons people flee their homes.

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