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Yellow warblers show how climate change is reshaping wildlifeClimate

Yellow warblers show how climate change is reshaping wildlife

Findings highlight the importance and difficulty of linking genes, traits and the environment together to better predict a species’ ability to keep pace with climate…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2025 Full article
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Climate change may bring fewer but larger hailstorms to EuropeClimate

Climate change may bring fewer but larger hailstorms to Europe

Warming may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hailstorms, new research has shown Summary: Climate change could make Europe’s hailstorms less frequent…
SourceSourceSeptember 28, 2025 Full article
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Flood risk predictions improve with new climate modeling methodClimate

Flood risk predictions improve with new climate modeling method

New modeling method offers clearer flood risk predictions under climate change, helping policymakers plan for future warming scenarios Summary: Flooding caused by extreme rainfall is…
SourceSourceSeptember 23, 2025 Full article
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Ocean carbon sink weakened as record heat drove CO₂ release in 2023Climate

Ocean carbon sink weakened as record heat drove CO₂ release in 2023

Measurements analysed by an international research team led by ETH Zurich show that the global ocean absorbed significantly less CO₂ than anticipated during the unprecedented…
SourceSourceSeptember 22, 2025 Full article
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Heatwaves worsened by major carbon producersClimate

Heatwaves worsened by major carbon producers

In brief: According to ETH Zurich climate researchers, greenhouse gas emissions from major fossil fuel and cement producers are significant contributors to the occurrence and…
SourceSourceSeptember 19, 2025 Full article
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Geoengineering method could disrupt El Niño, study warnsClimate

Geoengineering method could disrupt El Niño, study warns

UC Santa Barbara scientists find cloud seeding could destabilize El Niño, raising concerns about geoengineering impacts Summary: A modeling study in the journal Earth’s Future…
SourceSourceSeptember 17, 2025 Full article
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Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: studyClimateNews

Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities…
SourceSourceSeptember 17, 2025 Full article
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Machine learning boosts biochar efficiency and carbon captureClimate

Machine learning boosts biochar efficiency and carbon capture

Machine learning accelerates biochar research to cut carbon emissions and recycle waste Summary: Biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from organic waste, is gaining attention for…
SourceSourceSeptember 16, 2025 Full article
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Northerly winds found to drive West Antarctic ice lossClimate

Northerly winds found to drive West Antarctic ice loss

Rapid ice loss from West Antarctica has long been blamed on strengthening westerly winds pushing warm ocean water toward its ice shelves, but new research…
SourceSourceSeptember 11, 2025 Full article
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Deforestation drives sharp rainfall loss and heat rise in the AmazonClimate

Deforestation drives sharp rainfall loss and heat rise in the Amazon

For the first time, research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo quantifies the impact of forest loss and global climate change on…
SourceSourceSeptember 9, 2025 Full article
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Mediterranean Sea faces severe climate risks, study warnsClimate

Mediterranean Sea faces severe climate risks, study warns

A recent study led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel investigated how strongly marine and coastal ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea are already…
SourceSourceSeptember 8, 2025 Full article
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Treat carbon storage like ‘scarce resource’: scientistsClimate

Treat carbon storage like ‘scarce resource’: scientists

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The amount of carbon dioxide that can be stored underground is vastly overestimated, new research said Wednesday, challenging assumptions…
SourceSourceSeptember 4, 2025 Full article
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Global climate vulnerability projected through 2100Climate

Global climate vulnerability projected through 2100

Over the next few decades, climate change will pose new threats around the world. Researchers from Climate Analytics (Berlin) and Radboud University’s Global Data Lab…
SourceSourceSeptember 3, 2025 Full article
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Monsoon shifts intensify glacier melt across High Mountain AsiaClimate

Monsoon shifts intensify glacier melt across High Mountain Asia

Shifting precipitation patterns, driven by climate change, could reshape water security and environmental hazards for one of world’s most populated regions, research shows Summary: Glaciers…
SourceSourceSeptember 1, 2025 Full article
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Experts call for reform to bridge IPCC and UNFCCC for stronger climate actionClimate

Experts call for reform to bridge IPCC and UNFCCC for stronger climate action

A new paper on the science-policy interface by climate experts Svante Bodin and Örjan Gustafsson at the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, calls…
SourceSourceAugust 29, 2025 Full article
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Supercell thunderstorms in Europe set to rise with warmingClimate

Supercell thunderstorms in Europe set to rise with warming

In a new study, researchers from the University of Bern and ETH Zurich have shown how climate change is intensifying supercell thunderstorms in Europe. At…
SourceSourceAugust 28, 2025 Full article
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Deforestation linked to thousands of heat-related deaths in the tropicsClimate

Deforestation linked to thousands of heat-related deaths in the tropics

Deforestation in tropical countries could contribute to increased deaths from heat exposure in nearby populations, new research has shown Summary: Deforestation in tropical regions could…
SourceSourceAugust 27, 2025 Full article
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Electric cars slash emissions across the U.S., new study showsClimate

Electric cars slash emissions across the U.S., new study shows

Choosing a more electrified vehicle will reduce drivers' greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of where they live in the contiguous United States, according to a new…
SourceSourceAugust 26, 2025 Full article
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Wildfires linked to sharp rise in deaths during 2023 Maui blazeClimate

Wildfires linked to sharp rise in deaths during 2023 Maui blaze

Scientists studying the devastating Lāhainā, Maui fires of August 2023 found that deaths were two-thirds higher than expected that month – and 367% higher during…
SourceSourceAugust 24, 2025 Full article
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Why tropical trees cool more and burn less than forests elsewhereClimate

Why tropical trees cool more and burn less than forests elsewhere

More trees will cool the climate and suppress fires, but mainly if planted in the tropics, according to a new UC Riverside study Summary: Planting…
SourceSourceAugust 21, 2025 Full article
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Marine protected areas help kelp forests recover from marine heatwavesClimate

Marine protected areas help kelp forests recover from marine heatwaves

Marine Protected Areas can boost the recovery of globally important kelp forests following marine heatwaves, according to new research in Journal of Applied Ecology Summary:…
SourceSourceAugust 19, 2025 Full article
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Europe’s flood losses reduced by adaptation despite rising risksClimate

Europe’s flood losses reduced by adaptation despite rising risks

Humans adapt to floods through private measures, early warning systems, emergency preparedness and other solutions. A new attribution study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate…
SourceSourceAugust 18, 2025 Full article
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Melting glaciers boost Himalayan river flow but threaten long-term water securityClimate

Melting glaciers boost Himalayan river flow but threaten long-term water security

Melting glaciers are raising river levels and impacting hydropower Summary: Glaciers melting across High Mountain Asia are increasing water flow in at least 10% of…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2025 Full article
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Falling ice accelerates Greenland glacier retreatClimate

Falling ice accelerates Greenland glacier retreat

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2025 Full article