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Competition results: Winning words to describe the Anthropocene

In the spirit of Landmarks, Robert Macfarlane's book of vanishing terms for natural phenomena, CultureLab asked for words to describe our planet's future

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South England's 2014 floods made more likely by climate change

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Floods in Europe will cause five times more damage by 2050

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Decades-long heatwaves may hit Europe as climate change bites

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Decades-long heatwaves may hit Europe as climate change bites

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Doomsday Clock: The retro metaphor that's still relevant today

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Doomsday Clock: The retro metaphor that's still relevant today

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US east coast snowstorms linked to slowdown of Atlantic current

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US east coast snowstorms linked to slowdown of Atlantic current

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El Niño means glaciers in the Andes are melting at record rates

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El Niño means glaciers in the Andes are melting at record rates

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US snowmageddon: Why a warmer world can mean more snowfall

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US snowmageddon: Why a warmer world can mean more snowfall

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2016 will be even hotter than 2015 – the hottest year ever

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2016 will be even hotter than 2015 – the hottest year ever

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UK rains broke river flow record and climate change is to blame

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UK rains broke river flow record and climate change is to blame

Record-breaking flows caused rivers to break their banks and landslides compounded subsequent flooding. Climate change, not El Niño, was behind the rainfall

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State of the science: The real message in Obama's last address

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Climate change means the flood defence rule book needs a rewrite

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Climate change credibility tool shows what news you can trust

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Oil price plunge will be bad news for climate efforts

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