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Paris agreement impacts and drought realities

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10 years on from the Paris climate agreement, has it helped? Also, an international drought experiment, insights from 2D water, and social distancing… in ants.


Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Alex Mansfield
Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth

(Image: Small bushfire. Credit: Lea Scaddan via Getty Images).
16 Oct English United Kingdom Science

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