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Present-day climate change includes both global warming – the ongoing increase in global average temperature – and its wider effects on Earth’s climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth’s climate. The current rise in global temperatures is driven by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel use, deforestation, and some agricultural and industrial practices release greenhouse gases. These gases absorb some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary gas driving global warming, has increased in concentration by about 50% since the pre-industrial era to levels not seen for millions of years. (Source: Wikipedia | CC BY-SA)

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To counter climate denial, UN scientists must be ‘clear’ about human role: IPCC chiefNews

To counter climate denial, UN scientists must be ‘clear’ about human role: IPCC chief

Saint-Denis, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk With US President Donald Trump and other sceptics calling climate change a hoax, the UN's climate science body must…
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Climate Science Digest: December 5, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 5, 2025

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Deep-sea nodules offer a climate-smart source of critical metalsClimate

Deep-sea nodules offer a climate-smart source of critical metals

If manganese nodules can be mined in an environmentally friendly way, the critical metals needed for the energy transition could be produced with low CO₂…
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Climate Science Digest: December 3, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 3, 2025

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Race to get aid to Asia flood survivors as toll hits 1,300News

Race to get aid to Asia flood survivors as toll hits 1,300

Banda Aceh, Indonesia | AFP Governments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked Tuesday to rush aid to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly…
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Toxic floods heighten climate anxiety in vulnerable communitiesScience

Toxic floods heighten climate anxiety in vulnerable communities

Major storms are spreading industrial contaminants across entire neighborhoods, raising concerns about future well-being, especially in communities of color, according to new research from Rice…
SourceSourceDecember 2, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Cluj-Napoca from above during a season of reflectionNews

Image of the day: Cluj-Napoca from above during a season of reflection

Cluj-Napoca has become one of Romania’s most active centres for climate-related planning, taking part in European initiatives that rely on detailed environmental monitoring to support…
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Swiss reject compulsory civic duty, climate tax for super-richNews

Swiss reject compulsory civic duty, climate tax for super-rich

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Swiss voters on Sunday resoundingly rejected a proposal to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for all…
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How climate change intensifies the dangers of microplastic pollutionClimate

How climate change intensifies the dangers of microplastic pollution

Increased toxicity from plastic pollution in a warmer climate is highly likely to be affecting whole ecosystems, with potentially disproportionate impacts on apex predators such…
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Australia arrests dozens in coal port protestNews

Australia arrests dozens in coal port protest

Sydney, Australia | AFP Australian police said Sunday they had arrested dozens of people during climate protests that claim to have halted two cargo ships at…
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IPCC wording found to weaken public trust in climate scienceScience

IPCC wording found to weaken public trust in climate science

The United Nations’ climate change body may unintentionally be eroding public trust in science because of the way it communicates risk, new University of Essex…
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Climate Science Digest: November 28, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: November 28, 2025

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Australia projected to miss 2035 emissions targetNews

Australia projected to miss 2035 emissions target

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Fossil fuel giant Australia's current policies put it on track to miss a two-month-old target to slash greenhouse gas…
SourceSourceNovember 27, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: November 26, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: November 26, 2025

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Mountains face faster climate change, with risks for billionsClimate

Mountains face faster climate change, with risks for billions

A major global review has revealed how climate change has impacted mountain regions over the last 40 years Summary: Climate change in mountain regions is…
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As ice thins, Antarctic mountains reveal a hidden iron supply to the oceanClimate

As ice thins, Antarctic mountains reveal a hidden iron supply to the ocean

Research led by polar scientists from Northumbria University has revealed new hope in natural environmental systems found in East Antarctica which could help mitigate the…
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Climate Science Digest: November 24, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: November 24, 2025

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COP30: Key reactions to climate dealNews

COP30: Key reactions to climate deal

Belém, Brazil | AFP Nearly 200 nations on Saturday pushed through a modest deal at the UN's COP30 climate summit in the Amazon region of host…
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Fossil fuel showdown looms on UN climate summit’s final dayNews

Fossil fuel showdown looms on UN climate summit’s final day

Belém, Brazil | AFP A breach, a blockade, and a blaze: tumultuous UN climate talks head into their final day Friday in the Brazilian Amazon, with…
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Arctic phytoplankton blooms projected to begin earlier as climate change intensifiesClimate

Arctic phytoplankton blooms projected to begin earlier as climate change intensifies

Researchers find that climate change will push Arctic phytoplankton blooms to start earlier and last longer by 2100 Summary: Arctic ecosystems may face a significant…
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Lula pushes fossil fuel ‘roadmap’ back to center of COP30News

Lula pushes fossil fuel ‘roadmap’ back to center of COP30

Belém, Brazil | AFP Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva put his "roadmap" from fossil fuels back at the top of UN climate talks in…
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Climate Science Digest: November 19, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: November 19, 2025

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Europe’s summer could lengthen by 42 days by 2100Climate

Europe’s summer could lengthen by 42 days by 2100

New research reveals for the first time why Europe could gain more than an extra month of summer days by 2100 using climate data from…
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Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’: EU climate chief to AFPNews

Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’: EU climate chief to AFP

Belém, Brazil | AFP EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra on Tuesday ruled out revisiting financial pledges or being "lured into a phony conversation about trade" after…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2025 Full article