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Earth
We live on it, and it sustains us: The Earth. It's impressive and inspiring and not without threats.
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From the Arctic to Paris
Cara Augustenborg, a leading climate activist, says a trip to Alaska motivated her even more to fight climate change.
How is the Moon important for the Earth?
asks Christian Emecheta from Makurdi, Nigeria
'Carol' leads Golden Globes race
The Golden Globes provide more hot contenders for Hollywood's awards race. "Carol" leads the pack for the Globes.
Cloud art: heaven on earth
Berndnaut Smilde creates clouds on the ground and photographs his surreal scenes.
Down and dirty
World Soil Day draws attention to a resource that is being lost to deforestation, farming, pollution and building.
On the trail of Australia's gold rush
Gold has been mined in Western Australia for more than a century. Today, rare earths are also coveted.
Luxury globes from London
Peter Bellerby produces exquisite handmade globes.
Dead comet flies by on Halloween
A "dead comet" eerily resembling a skull has passed within 500,000 kilometers (310,000 miles) of earth on Halloween.
Saving Senegal's peanut basin
Senegal's soil is paying the price for years of peanut monoculture. One organization is trying to turn the tide.
'Walk lightly on the earth'
Casa de los Amigos in Mexico City leads by example to encourages people to make small lifestyle changes.
Euromaxx - Lifestyle Europe
In this special edition Euromaxx features a sand artist, a luxury globe manufacturer and urban gardeners.
Extreme weather: what's normal - what isn't?
When the weather goes crazy - does is mean climate change is necessarily to blame?
Stargazers sight 'super blood moon'
Across several continents, people have had a rare glimpse of the celestial phenomenon.
Oktoberfest goes green
Two weeks of drunken debauchery at the world's biggest people's party - an environmental disaster, right? Think again!
A space lab on Earth
At Cologne's Envihab, doctors can simulate every possible environment.
Trips to Mars - on Earth
Scientists are working on shipping up to Mars. First stop: Earth.
The Earth’s Metabolism
Markus Reichstein from the Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry likes to spend his time on the beeches - trees that can live two to three hundred years in the right atmospheric humidity and soil conditions. But now, as the climate changes, so are those conditions.
Images show moon crossing Earth
Impressive photos from a satellite show the Earth from the dark side of the moon.
How special is Kepler-452b?
German scientist Heike Rauer says the sensational celestial discovery is not a milestone for interplanetary research.
Nasa's Kepler mission discovers Earth's 'cousin'
US space agency Nasa confirms the discovery of a 6 billion-year-old Earth-like planet, Kepler-452b.
Human impact on Earth
Human activities have pushed the earth into a new geological epoch and it's not good news.
The end of the cold chain
Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute fear the world's oceans are changing irreversibly.
Earth art
Astronaut Scott Kelly has been tweeting some incredible photos of our planet from the International Space Station.
Earth art: Spectacular photos from space
Earth art
Taking the great leap
On Wednesday night, the atomic clock is going to be held back one second. What is that all about? DW takes a look.
ESA satellite boosts color vision of Earth
The space agency launches one of its new generation of satellites aimed at giving scientists a better view of Earth.
ISS astronauts make delayed return to Earth
Three astronauts from the ISS land back on Earth. The three spent an extra month in space.
Nature's extremes
Our world is an amazing place. Check out some of Earth's highest, driest, wettest and hottest spots.
Controversial deal in Burundi
German company ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products has been given purchase rights for rare earths in Burundi.
Russian spacecraft drifting in space
Contact is lost to the Progress M-27M cargo craft, bound for the ISS; it's expected to burn up on uncontrolled re-entry.
Russian spacecraft plunging back to Earth
An unmanned spacecraft is out of control, Rusian officials said Wednesday.
When the earth turns to dust
Every year, around 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil are lost. But, this the foundation for feeding the world.
Need-to-know eco-hacks
The first Earth Day took place 45 years ago. But how eco-friendly have our actions become, really?
Luxury Globes from London
Peter Bellerby produces exquisite handmade globes in his workshop in the UK - with prices up to 64,000 euros.
Top wettest places on earth
Top wettest places on earth: Shift Ranking of April 16
Easter greetings from Middle Earth!
DW meets hobbits, dwarves, elves and orks at annual J.R.R. Tolkien convention. Take a look!
Skygazers witness 'Blood Moon'
Observers from Japan to Hollywood observe a brief total eclipse of the moon.
Earth Hour plunges world landmarks in darkness
Lights illuminating landmarks around the world were turned off for an hour on Saturday to mark Earth Hour.
Hit the switch
Saturday, March 28th is Earth Hour. The worldwide event encourages you to turn off non-essential lights for one hour.
By Jove! An ocean on Ganymede
An ocean beneath the icy crust that forms the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede could be a cradle for life.
Space station crew returns safely to Earth
A three-person crew is back on planet Earth after spending six months aboard the International Space Station.
The safest cities on the globe: Shift Ranking of February 9
1. Tokio (JP)| 2. Singapure(SG)| 3. Osaka (JP) | 4. Stockholm (S)| 5. Amsterdam (NL)| Source: Safe Cities Index 2015
Jordan promises 'earth-shaking response'
King Abdullah of Jordan has sworn that the death of a young army pilot "will not be in vain."
The invisible but vital imprint of turtles
Scientists have solved the mystery of how turtles find their way back to where they hatched to lay their own eggs.
An asteroid's near miss
A giant rock, 550 meters (one-third of a mile) in diameter, whizzed by planet earth.
Not alone
New inroads into space exploration include the discovery of new Earth-like worlds, and a planet-hunting telescope.
Search for Earth-like planets
In the next decade, a new European mission aims to examine new stars and their planets.
Could we find extraterrestial life?
We interview Ralf Jaumann of German Aerospace, or DLR. He talks to us about why we're looking for extraterrestrial life, including life that is similar to that on earth. We also ask if it's possible to find very different life forms, and what it would mean if we actually found life one day.
Earth's hottest year was 2014
The year 2014 was earth's warmest on record in more than a century.
The sea turtles' compass
Sea turtles use the Earth's magnetic field as GPS to return back to their home beach for nesting.
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