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At least 13 people die in latest outbreak of disease as officials warn of a rising death toll after Hurricane Matthew...

Victoria Orphan, 2016 MacArthur fellow, at the Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory in Corona Del Mar, Calif.. (John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

Victoria Orphan has a problem. The geobiologist wants to understand how tiny microorganisms interact with their physical environment. But the organisms she wants to study are not exactly easy to access: They live on the ocean floor...

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Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde’s giant air purifier turns the carbon in particulate matter into luxurious bling...

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World leaders are gathering this weekend in Kigali, Rwanda to make the biggest climate decision since December’s historic Paris Climate Agreement...

Aviation is counting on other sectors to deliver carbon cuts (Pic: Flickr/Eric Prado)

This week’s top climate politics and policy stories...

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For anyone who cares about climate change, I have a simple message: If you’re thinking of casting a protest vote for Gary Johnson, fahgetabowtit...

Flood waters sweep across Venice’s Piazza San Marco in 2014. Image: Yitpong via Flickr

Cities and towns across Europe are warned to adapt to the battering they face from intense storms as extreme weather events become more frequent...

Despite emissions stalling, around 35 billion tonnes of CO2 from fossil fuels and industry are still being emitted each year PA

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern – author of the influential Stern Review on climate change in 2006 – says 'strong investment' in green technologies could finally revive growth in the world economy...

HFCs are used in air conditioning (Credit: Flickr/Michael Ivanov)

Negotiators meet in Kigali next week to agree a global phase-out of HFCs, which could prevent up to 0.5C of global warming...

An anti-fracking protestor stands on the top of a vehicle attempting to enter an exploratory drill site in Manchester, England in 2014. CREDIT: AP Photo/Jon Super

Locals are outraged after a permit denial is overturned...

A boat plies a waterway in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Photo by LisArt/Flickr

No delta region in the world is more threatened by climate change. Will Vietnam act in time to save it?

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The importance of science-based emissions reduction targets cannot be overstated. Failure to adhere to these targets will augur a climate catastrophe...

Hurricane Matthew, October 4 (via NASA)

“Category 4 and 5 hurricanes could double or triple in the coming decades,” expert warns...

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According to a new report by the watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), ExxonMobil sent teams of lobbyists to meet with industry-friendly Republican state attorneys general to help stave off a flurry of investigations about the company’s role in obscuring the link between carbon dioxide and climate change, a cover-up which extends as far back as the 1970’s...

Map showing global methane concentrations in January 2016 at a pressure of 400 hectopascals, or roughly 6km above the surface. Concentrations are higher in the northern hemisphere because both natural- and human-caused sources of methane are more abundant there. Photograph: AIRS/Aqua/Nasa

Emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas from coal, oil and gas are up to 60% greater than previously estimated, meaning current climate prediction models should be revised, research shows...

Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011, by Gage Skidmore via Wiki Commons

The month of September 2016 marks the first time in human history that CO2 levels in the atmosphere topped 400ppm in all recorded areas. In fact, CO2 levels have not been that high since dinosaurs ruled the earth. And that’s not even the bad news...

A wildfire smolders over drought-stricken California, Aug. 18, 2016.

The U.S. Southwest is almost guaranteed to suffer scorching, decades-long "megadroughts" if the world continues producing greenhouse gas emissions at its current pace, a new study warns...

New research finds that urban warming reduces growth and photosynthesis in city trees by 12% per year. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

All hail the urban tree!!!

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Mention of the 1.5C and 2C global warming thresholds has been stripped from the latest text at Montreal talks...