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Rewind 2018: Know 6 positive stories you probably missed on climate change

Climate change news can be incredibly depressing. But things cannot be entirely bad, can they?

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Rick Greenough, Anna Pigott, Daniele Malerba, Mike Wood, Parakram Pyakurel, Rory Telford, Stuart Galloway | The Conversation
Climate change news can be incredibly depressing. In 2018 alone, The Conversation covered the loss of three trillion tonnes of ice in Antarctica; Brazil’s new president and why he will be disastrous for the Amazon rainforest; a rise in global CO₂ emissions; and a major IPCC report which warned we are unlikely to avoid 1.5-degree celsius of warming.

Then there were the rogue hurricanes, intense heatwaves, massive wildfires and the possibility we are emitting our way towards a