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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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…
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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…
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Image of the day: November 2025, the third warmest on recordFactsNews

Image of the day: November 2025, the third warmest on record

The November 2025 temperature map brings attention to a month that ranked as the third-warmest November on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service…
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Climate Science Digest: December 10, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 10, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 10, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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EU agrees deal to cut emissions 90 percent by 2040News

EU agrees deal to cut emissions 90 percent by 2040

Brussels, Belgium | AFP European Union countries and lawmakers reached a final deal Wednesday on an ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, allowing…
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How air travel and renewable power differ in their air quality impactsClimate

How air travel and renewable power differ in their air quality impacts

Cutting air travel and purchasing renewable energy can lead to different effects on overall air quality, even while achieving the same CO₂ reduction, new research…
SourceSourceDecember 9, 2025 Full article
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Mapping Denmark’s microbiome and its impact on agriculture and climateScience

Mapping Denmark’s microbiome and its impact on agriculture and climate

Agriculture shapes microbial communities - and with them eutrophication and greenhouse gas emissions Summary: Denmark’s microbiome has now been charted at an unprecedented national scale,…
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Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls riseNews

Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls rise

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP Regions hit by floods that killed hundreds in Indonesia were suffering from food and medical shortages, authorities said, as elephants pitched in…
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Satellite Image: Graham Land, Antarctica
Image of the day: Graham Land’s complex glacial terrainNews

Image of the day: Graham Land’s complex glacial terrain

Graham Land, the northern section of the Antarctic Peninsula, forms one of the fastest-warming parts of the continent. Its steep mountain chain and the outlet…
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UN slams world’s ‘apathy’ in launching aid appeal for 2026News

UN slams world’s ‘apathy’ in launching aid appeal for 2026

United Nations, United States | AFP The United Nations on Monday hit out at global "apathy" over widespread suffering as it launched its 2026 appeal for…
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Climate Science Digest: December 8, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 8, 2025

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Climate change drives birds toward Europe’s upper elevationsClimate

Climate change drives birds toward Europe’s upper elevations

Many bird species have moved toward colder areas in the mountains of Europe as the climate has warmed over the past two decades. Sunny southern…
SourceSourceDecember 7, 2025 Full article
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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

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 5, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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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…
SourceSourceDecember 4, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: December 3, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 3, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 3, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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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…
SourceSourceNovember 30, 2025 Full article
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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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