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Aerial view of the round structures of the AmazonFACE experiment built in a National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) research area, located 80 km north of Manaus. AmazonFACE is one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted in the Amazon. It simulates, in a tropical forest area, the impact of the increase in atmospheric CO2 predicted for the coming decades. Using FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) technology, the project seeks to understand how climate change will affect the forest, its biodiversity, and the beneficial functions it currently carries out.

Environment

Testing the Amazon's ability to soak up increasing carbon emissions

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, an unusual experiment is deliberately pumping out greenhouse gas to measure how flora and fauna react to the levels we expect to reach in the future. Photographer Lalo de Almeida captures the vast machinery of the AmazonFACE project

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Images reveal the astonishing complexity of the microscopic world

Life

Images reveal the astonishing complexity of the microscopic world

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'Horrific and beautiful' whale rescue image wins photography prize

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'Horrific and beautiful' whale rescue image wins photography prize

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Dramatic images show where water and humanity meet

Environment

Dramatic images show where water and humanity meet

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Remarkable robot images provide a vision of the future

Technology

Remarkable robot images provide a vision of the future

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A Cornish Rex cat named Stella

Life

Cats revealed in all their glory in stunning new photographs

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New ��˾þ� Live NSL

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See all the action from this year's New ��˾þ� Live

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Once Upon a Time in Space book - James Bluemel Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov seen in Mir?s window from Shuttle Discovery STS063-711-080 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir Space Station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. This is one of 16 still photographs released by the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Public Affairs Office (PAO) on February 14, 1995. Onboard the Discovery were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Bernard A. Harris, Jr., payload commander; mission specialists C. Michael Foale, Janice E. Voss, and cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov. Page 134

Space

See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

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Hui Yu photographed this imposing portrait of a tropical flat-faced longhorn beetle on a family photography trip to a tropical rainforest at Gunung Jerai in Malaysia. A light bulb in a mosquito net attracted local invertebrates during the night, and in the morning there were lots of them to look at. Hui Yu is keen on macro-photography and chose the most colourful animal to take a portrait of. 'It had a strange look, like an alien, but it wasn't angry. It sat still on the branch all the time,' she says. 'I want people to know that all creatures, even small ones, count. So don't destroy the forest.'

Life

Stunning images highlight fight to save Earth’s rich biodiversity

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Trefoil Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus trifoliatus) range throughout most of Southeast Asia, living in understory forests. It roosts alone in foliage, including beneath palm and rattan leaves. and hunts by listening and waiting for insects to fly by it's feeding perches. Portraits

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Endearing photos of bats show clever adaptations like long tongues

In his book The Genius Bat, ecologist Yossi Yovel explains why these mammals are a vital part of ecosystems, pollinating plants and keeping insect populations in check

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Life

Amazing images expose inner world of mind-blowing plants and fungi

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Life

Dramatic photos show bid to save the Javan slow loris

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Life

Powerful images show dark side of South-East Asia’s fishing industry

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Life

Birds dazzle and amaze in stunning new photographs

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