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Image: Swiss Alps, Switzerland
Image of the day: Glacial collapse devastates Swiss villageNews

Image of the day: Glacial collapse devastates Swiss village

A catastrophic glacial collapse in the Swiss Alps triggered a massive landslide on 28 May 2025, engulfing much of the village of Blatten in the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 31, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Haweswater Reservoir, United Kingdom
Image of the day: UK drought deepensNews

Image of the day: UK drought deepens

The United Kingdom is heading into summer 2025 under intensifying drought conditions, following what scientists have confirmed as the driest spring on record. Rainfall was…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 30, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Lake Alakol, Kazakhstan
Image of the day: Colour-shifting landscape of Kazakhstan’s Lake AlakolNews

Image of the day: Colour-shifting landscape of Kazakhstan’s Lake Alakol

Seasonal changes in eastern Kazakhstan paint a vivid picture in this radar image of Lake Alakol, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission using false-colour processing…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 29, 2025 Full article
Still life with the scales of justice (climate,green justice, Youths sue Trump over US climate orders)
Youths sue Trump over US climate ordersNews

Youths sue Trump over US climate orders

Washington, United States | AFP Twenty-two young Americans sued the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that its executive orders to expand fossil fuel development and…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2025 Full article
Image: Aerial shot the Swiss village of Blatten after a massive glacier collapse
Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapseNews

Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapse

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: New South Wales, Australia
Image of the day: Widespread flooding transforms eastern AustraliaNews

Image of the day: Widespread flooding transforms eastern Australia

Three days of intense rainfall in late May 2025 inundated eastern Australia’s New South Wales, triggering severe flooding across the state’s Hunter and Mid North…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 28, 2025 Full article
3D globe graphic (s. climate, flood, water)
Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapseNews

Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapse

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP A massive glacier collapse on Wednesday in southern Switzerland partially destroyed the small village of Blatten, which had been completely evacuated…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2025 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods, environment)
EU adopts CO₂ targets reprieve for car industryNews

EU adopts CO₂ targets reprieve for car industry

Brussels, Belgium | AFP EU countries gave final approval on Tuesday to a reprieve for European carmakers over new emission targets, as they seek to…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2025 Full article
Image: Aerial view of Okinotorishima, Japan (12 June 2007)
Japan says China conducted research near Pacific atollNews

Japan says China conducted research near Pacific atoll

Tokyo, Japan | AFP Japan has accused China of conducting unnotified maritime scientific research within its exclusive economic zone around its southernmost island in the…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Gdańsk, Poland (s. EU Space Days)
Image of the day: Gdańsk hosts EU Space DaysNews

Image of the day: Gdańsk hosts EU Space Days

Today, Gdańsk becomes the European hub for space policy and innovation as it hosts the EU Space Days from 27 to 28 May 2025. Organised…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 27, 2025 Full article
Satellite Images: Tipperary County, Ireland (s. drought)
Image of the day: Drought warning conditions take hold in IrelandNews

Image of the day: Drought warning conditions take hold in Ireland

Since early 2025, parts of Ireland have been affected by higher-than-average temperatures and prolonged dry weather, leading to mounting concern over water availability. Reservoir levels…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 26, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Falsterbonäset peninsula, Sweden
Image of the day: Sweden’s Falsterbonäset peninsula from aboveNews

Image of the day: Sweden’s Falsterbonäset peninsula from above

At the southwestern edge of Sweden, the Falsterbonäset peninsula stretches into the sea like a narrow, windswept finger, bordered by the Öresund Strait to the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 25, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Andorra
Image of the day: Mountain nation of AndorraNews

Image of the day: Mountain nation of Andorra

Nestled in the eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain, Andorra is a country defined by its mountains. With a total area of just 468 square…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 24, 2025 Full article
Image: A reindeer in nature (s. climate change, military)
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland’s reindeer herdersNews

Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland’s reindeer herders

Rovaniemi, Finland | AFP A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign…
SourceSourceMay 24, 2025 Full article
Image: Flooded road near Windsor, Western Sydney, NSW, Australia (July 5, 2022) (s. floods, climate change)
Record floods devastate eastern AustraliaNews

Record floods devastate eastern Australia

Taree, Australia | AFP Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Onda, Spain
Image of the day: Onda, a model for sustainable tourismNews

Image of the day: Onda, a model for sustainable tourism

Nestled in the heart of the Valencian Community, the town of Onda blends cultural heritage with a growing commitment to sustainable tourism. With its medieval…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 22, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Žemaitija National Park, Lithuania
Image of the day: Forests and lakes of Žemaitija seen from spaceNews

Image of the day: Forests and lakes of Žemaitija seen from space

This satellite view captures Lithuania’s Žemaitija National Park, a protected area celebrated for its lakes, woodlands, and diverse wildlife. The image, taken by Copernicus Sentinel-2…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 21, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Biomass burning in Brazil (s. wildfire detection, climate, AI, Amazon rainforest)
‘Red alert’: Fires drive tropical forest loss to record highNews

‘Red alert’: Fires drive tropical forest loss to record high

Paris, France | AFP Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: that is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed last…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Iceland
Image of the day: Iceland scorched by historic May heatNews

Image of the day: Iceland scorched by historic May heat

A rare and intense heatwave struck Iceland in mid-May 2025, breaking multiple national and local temperature records. On 15 May, temperatures at Egilsstaðir Airport in…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 20, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Kuiseb River, Namibia
Image of the day: Kuiseb River cuts through desert and dunesNews

Image of the day: Kuiseb River cuts through desert and dunes

The Kuiseb River traces a dramatic line through the Namib Desert, forming a natural divide between the towering red dunes of the Namib Sand Sea…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 19, 2025 Full article
Image: Wind Farm (s. Denmark, wind farms)
Denmark earmarks $8.3 bn in aid for offshore wind farmsNews

Denmark earmarks $8.3 bn in aid for offshore wind farms

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP Seeking to boost flagging investment in offshore wind power, Denmark's government on Monday announced aid of up to 55.2 billion kroner…
SourceSourceMay 19, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Cagayan River, the Philippines
Image of the day: The winding lifeline of the Cagayan RiverNews

Image of the day: The winding lifeline of the Cagayan River

The Cagayan River, the longest and most voluminous river in the Philippines, winds across the northern island of Luzon for over 350 kilometers. Originating in…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 18, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Basel, Switzerland
Image of the day: Basel – where borders meetNews

Image of the day: Basel – where borders meet

Captured on 10 May 2025 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, this striking image reveals the Swiss city of Basel, perched at the juncture of three…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 17, 2025 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods, environment)
Carbon capture startup Climeworks to cut staffNews

Carbon capture startup Climeworks to cut staff

Swiss firm Climeworks, which has pioneered the direct capture of CO2 using huge industrial fans in Iceland, is holding talks with staff representatives to cut…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2025 Full article