Climate Change

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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Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty, deepening global pullbackNews

Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty, deepening global pullback

Washington, United States | AFP President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from a bedrock climate treaty was slammed Thursday by the EU, which…
SourceSourceJanuary 8, 2026 Full article
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Clearing small areas of rainforest has outsized climate impact: studyClimate

Clearing small areas of rainforest has outsized climate impact: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing…
SourceSourceJanuary 7, 2026 Full article
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German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on recordNews

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record,…
SourceSourceJanuary 7, 2026 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: January 6, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: January 6, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (January 6, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. A new…
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Climate-driven tree deaths speeding up in Australia: studyScience

Climate-driven tree deaths speeding up in Australia: study

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said…
SourceSourceJanuary 6, 2026 Full article
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Ancient warming erased part of Greenland Ice Sheet, evidence showsClimate

Ancient warming erased part of Greenland Ice Sheet, evidence shows

Core samples pulled from beneath ice sheet suggests region is highly sensitive to the temperatures of our current interglacial period Summary: Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome ice…
SourceSourceJanuary 6, 2026 Full article
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Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025FactsNews

Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDeskRecords shattered in Central Asia Up to 1.5 °C hotter in the Sahel Scorching summer in Europe Central Asia, the…
SourceSourceDecember 31, 2025 Full article
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The hidden leaf mechanics behind uneven tree growth in a high‑CO₂ worldScience

The hidden leaf mechanics behind uneven tree growth in a high‑CO₂ world

The mechanics of how water and carbon dioxide move in and out of plants greatly affects how trees grow in a carbon-dioxide-enriched environments Summary: Rising…
SourceSourceDecember 30, 2025 Full article
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Clean energy subsidies work best when pollution has a priceClimate

Clean energy subsidies work best when pollution has a price

Study finds that when clean energy incentives are applied consistently, the economy can reach an 80% reduction in energy-related carbon emissions by mid-century Summary: Climate…
SourceSourceDecember 30, 2025 Full article
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Mountain uplift and climate change drive alpine biodiversityScience

Mountain uplift and climate change drive alpine biodiversity

Researchers show impact of mountain building and climate change on alpine biodiversity Summary: Mountain building and long-term climate cooling have played a central role in…
SourceSourceDecember 29, 2025 Full article
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Europe wanted its carbon border tax to go global – is it working?Climate

Europe wanted its carbon border tax to go global – is it working?

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The EU's carbon border tax was designed to do more than clean up its own economy: it hoped to…
SourceSourceDecember 29, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier retreat traced over decadesNews

Image of the day: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier retreat traced over decades

Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of the Vatnajökull ice cap in south-eastern Iceland, has been steadily withdrawing from the lowlands for more than a century. Its…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 28, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: December 28, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 28, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 28, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Japanese eels,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 28, 2025 Full article
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How diet changes could cut food-related climate emissionsClimate

How diet changes could cut food-related climate emissions

Why reducing food-related emissions will require diet changes across much of the global population Summary: The way food is produced and consumed worldwide plays a…
SourceSourceDecember 27, 2025 Full article
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Satellites miss most aviation contrails, MIT study findsClimate

Satellites miss most aviation contrails, MIT study finds

Images from geostationary satellites alone aren’t enough to help planes avoid contrail-prone regions, MIT researchers report Summary: Aviation contrails play a major role in the…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Arctic sea ice far below December averageNews

Image of the day: Arctic sea ice far below December average

Arctic sea ice extent has entered December at levels rarely seen for this time of year, continuing a pattern that developed through late autumn. Satellite…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against cement giantNews

Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against cement giant

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP A Swiss court has decided to hear a landmark climate case pitting residents of a tiny Indonesian island being swallowed by rising…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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CO₂ soon to be buried under North Sea oil platformNews

CO₂ soon to be buried under North Sea oil platform

Esbjerg, Denmark | AFP In the North Sea where Denmark once drilled for oil, imported European carbon dioxide will soon be buried under the seabed in…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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EU weakens 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industryNews

EU weakens 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industry

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight…
SourceSourceDecember 16, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: December 15, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 15, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 15, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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Old rules limit Sámi reindeer herding in a changing climateClimate

Old rules limit Sámi reindeer herding in a changing climate

A warming climate and pressure on land use complicate life for Norway's Sámi reindeer herders. Regulations designed to help them don't work the way they…
SourceSourceDecember 14, 2025 Full article
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Hungary winemakers fear disease may ‘wipe out’ industryNews

Hungary winemakers fear disease may ‘wipe out’ industry

Zalaszentgrót, Hungary | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Hungarian winemaker Viktor Keszler had to rip out young vines after only three harvests -- when they should last…
SourceSourceDecember 14, 2025 Full article
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Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ for rare orangutansNews

Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ for rare orangutans

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage…
SourceSourceDecember 12, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: A decade of glacier loss on the Hoher Dachstein massifNews

Image of the day: A decade of glacier loss on the Hoher Dachstein massif

International Mountain Day offers a moment to reflect on the role that mountain regions play in sustaining life far beyond their summits. The retreating glaciers…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 11, 2025 Full article