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2 degrees: key to climate change

CNN's John D. Sutter explores climate change and the importance of one number: 2 degrees Celsius.

Heart found in field near Ohio gas station

Julia Olson, chief legal counsel of Our Children's Trust, is helping 21 young people sue President Obama and the federal government over inaction on climate change.

Meet the mom litigating the 'biggest case on the planet'

In this January 2009 file photo, airline passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York, after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines.

Preventing another 'Miracle on the Hudson' emergency

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Jose Avillez, part 2: Seafood

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The UK village leading a green revolution

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: Members of the public cross the new diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus after it's official opening by Mayor of London Boris Johnson on November 2, 2009 in London, England. The crossing becomes Europes largest diagonal crossing and is based on the famous crossing in the Shibuya district in Japan. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Can London mayor's car ban solve pollution crisis?

London Mayor's plan to tackle deadly smog

The Shard - depicted here at sunset - towers over London's skyline. The 306m building could be a sign of what is to come - more than 430 new tall buildings are currently in various stages of planning for London.

Race to the sky: Is London's tall tower addiction ruining its skyline?

9/11 audio tapes reveal livid Hillary Clinton

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UK town aiming to be carbon neutral

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - FEBRUARY 06: Bruno Senna of Mahindra Racing Formula E Team during the Buenos Aires ePrix as part of 2015-2016 FIA Formula E Championship at Puerto Madero Street Race Track on February 06, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Amilcar Orfali/Getty Images for TAG Heuer)

Formula E: The 'laboratory' for tomorrow's urban transport

One of the most famous images of the twentieth century, this view of the fully lit globe of Earth was taken from Apollo 17 shortly after its launch on December 7, 1972. The full view was enabled by the fortuitous alignment of Earth, spacecraft, and the Sun.

Warning: World's wildest places disappearing fast

Native Americans ride with raised fists to a sacred burial ground that was disturbed by bulldozers building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline slated to cross the nearby Missouri River, September 4, 2016 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota.
Protestors were attacked by dogs and sprayed with an eye and respiratory irritant yesterday when they arrived at the site to protest after learning of the bulldozing work. / AFP / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Green light, red light for Dakota Access Pipeline

MIAMI, FL - AUGUST 06: A plane sprays pesticide over the Wynwood neighborhood in the hope of controlling and reducing the number of mosquitos, some of which may be capable of spreading the Zika virus on August 6, 2016 in Miami, Florida. This is the second round of aerial spraying in the area as the county continues to try and prevent the Zika virus from spreading. The CDC has advised pregnant women to avoid the area. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Zika aerial spraying in Miami completed despite health concerns

Chelsea Clinton speaks during the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Chelsea Clinton cites climate change as reason to vote for her mother

Vew of the Half Dome monolith from Glacier Point at the Yosemite National Park in California on June 4, 2015. At first glance the spectacular beauty of the park with its soaring cliffs and picture-postcard valley floor remains unblemished, still enchanting the millions of tourists who flock the landmark every year. But on closer inspection, the drought's effects are clearly visible. AFP PHOTO/MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Yosemite National Park to expand by 400 acres

Why North Korea's capital is the 'perfect science fiction film set'

Dakota Access Pipeline: What's at stake?

South China Sea: China building more islands?

Mike Glasgow, utilities administrator for city of Flint, Mich., answers questions while testifying in front of the Flint Water Public Health Emergency on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center on the University of Michigan's Flint campus. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press/TNS via Getty Images)

Flint water official says he could have done things differently

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Man charged in Flint water crisis speaks out

Stein charged with mischief, trespassing after environmental protest

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The best time to visit Argentina

Tobacco-fueled jets take off in South Africa

Scan Of The Brain Of A Patient Affected By Alzheimer's Disease Axial Section. Intersections Of Lateral Ventricles Are Dilated. (Photo By BSIP/UIG/Getty Images)

Air pollution particles found inside human brains

Even though Rhino horn is made of the same substance as your finger nails, millions believe it is medicine, or purchase it as a status symbol. This is one of four white rhinos purchased from a game farm in South Africa, about to be released to the wild, in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Pound for pound on the black market, rhino horn is worth more than gold, or cocaine. Across southern Africa, an average of four Rhinos are poached, every day. As of recent estimates, they're on track to be extinct within a decade.

A species in danger: Who holds the moral high ground?

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Brother drowns after little sister falls in river

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'One arm in India and one arm in Africa'

Emergency services surround protestors from the movement Black Lives Matter after they locked themselves to a tripod on the runway at London City Airport in London on September 6, 2016.
Flights at London City Airport have been delayed after Black Lives Matter protesters crossed the dock and "occupied" the runway. / AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Black Lives Matter protesters removed from London airport runway, police say

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD:A woman walks past car garages near the High Street in Stratford, east London on August 15, 2012.Stratford welcomed the world for the 2012 Olympics, but it remains to be seen whether the biggest show on Earth will bring long-term benefits to residents in the impoverished London district. The Games have revolutionised the landscape in Stratford, creating a park, new flats and Olympic sports venues out of an industrial wasteland. However, transforming the quality of life for many Stratford residents is something that will take decades, rather than months. AFP PHOTO/JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/GettyImages)

From regeneration to homelessness: The blessing and curse of London's Olympic legacy

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Eastern gorilla now critically endangered

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2007 file photo, Giant Panda panda mother Lun Lun , right, eats bamboo as her cub Mei Lan explores her new habitat at Zoo Atlanta. Zoo Atlanta said in a news release Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, that its veterinary team obtained an ultrasound image from Lun Lun confirming the presence of a second fetus. Lun Lun, who turns 19 on Thursday, was artificially inseminated in March. Her pregnancy was confirmed Aug. 16. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Giant panda no longer endangered

Kofi Annan, how to stop hunger in Africa opinion

4 ways to end hunger in Africa

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The plane powered by plants

Good news and bad news for the animal kingdom

Dubai to build a high-tech rainforest inside a hotel

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Water shortage plagues West Bank families

Earthquake rattles Oklahoma, six neighboring states

Residents look at Alligator Point road that collapsed during the storm surge from Hurricane Hermine.

Hermine grinds up East Coast

Vast doughnut-shaped reef found in Australia

Attenborough: Poaching 'will rest heavily' on humanity

David Attenborough reflects on his incredible life

Father: 'Not a trace' of my son left

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Five years after Gulf oil spill, looks can be deceiving

GULF OF MEXICO - APRIL 21: In this handout image provided be the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. An estimated leak of 1,000 barrels of oil a day are still leaking into the gulf. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew. (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

Revisit the BP oil spill, 5 years later

The White Tern is one of 19 bird species found on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean.

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