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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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Climate Science Digest: July 16, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 16, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 16, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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How heat-tolerant corals pass resilience to their offspringScience

How heat-tolerant corals pass resilience to their offspring

New study reveals how corals teach their offspring to beat the heat Summary: As ocean temperatures rise, coral bleaching is endangering the health of reef…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2025 Full article
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Southern Hemisphere jet stream shift explained with new prediction methodClimate

Southern Hemisphere jet stream shift explained with new prediction method

Researchers uncover how climate change impacts the 'weather motor' Summary: The Southern Hemisphere’s eddy-driven jet (EDJ) – a high-altitude wind belt that shapes summer weather…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2025 Full article
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Indigenous Australians lose landmark climate court case against governmentNews

Indigenous Australians lose landmark climate court case against government

Sydney, Australia | AFP Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 15, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 15, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 15, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Cities with risk-tolerant leadership more likely to adopt bold climate policiesClimate

Cities with risk-tolerant leadership more likely to adopt bold climate policies

Research develops concept of 'transformative governance capacity,' or how able cities are to evolve in terms of climate resiliency Summary: Cities led by governments that…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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East Asia’s cleaner air may be fueling faster global warming, study findsClimate

East Asia’s cleaner air may be fueling faster global warming, study finds

Research ties China’s anti-pollution efforts to a global spike in warming Summary: The rapid acceleration in global warming since 2010 may be linked to a…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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What scientists got right, and wrong, about threats to coastlines in 2025Science

What scientists got right, and wrong, about threats to coastlines in 2025

Scientists revisit turn-of-the-century forecasts about threats that would face the world’s shorelines Summary: In 2002, a team of scientists made a series of long-range forecasts…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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‘Hope isn’t enough – we need action when it comes to climate change’, an earth scientist’s guide for the futureNews

‘Hope isn’t enough – we need action when it comes to climate change’, an earth scientist’s guide for the future

Climate change is coming… but what on Earth can we do about it? Scientist Dr. Kimberley Miner has written a guide to riding out the…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: June 2025 breaks heat records across western EuropeFacts

Image of the day: June 2025 breaks heat records across western Europe

Western Europe endured its warmest June on record in 2025, with temperatures driven to extreme levels by back-to-back heatwaves and unusually warm seas. Data from…
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Climate Science Digest: July 11, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 11, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 11, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Heat-related deaths in England and Wales could rise fiftyfold by 2070sClimate

Heat-related deaths in England and Wales could rise fiftyfold by 2070s

The annual number of heat-related deaths in England and Wales is set to rise up to fiftyfold over the next 50 years because of climate…
SourceSourceJuly 11, 2025 Full article
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Melting glaciers turn carbon-storing land into greenhouse gas sourcesClimate

Melting glaciers turn carbon-storing land into greenhouse gas sources

A new study conducted by geologists from the University of Florida and the University of Maryland reveals that, as land is exposed by melting glaciers,…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 10, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 10, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 10, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Bowhead whale samples reveal link between Arctic warming and rising algal toxinsScience

Bowhead whale samples reveal link between Arctic warming and rising algal toxins

Filter-feeding whales sample the Arctic food web, tracking decades of change Summary: Fecal samples collected from bowhead whales over a 19-year period reveal that climate-driven…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2025 Full article
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Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: expertsNews

Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts

Kathmandu, Nepal | AFP Flash floods that killed at least nine people in a mountainous region between China and Nepal and swept away a key bridge…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 9, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 9, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 9, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2025 Full article
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Heatwave durations accelerating faster than global warming, study findsClimate

Heatwave durations accelerating faster than global warming, study finds

The longest and rarest heatwaves – which can last for weeks – show the greatest increase in frequency Summary: As global temperatures rise, the world’s…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2025 Full article
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Almost half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by droughtNews

Almost half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought

Paris, France | AFP Europe and the Mediterranean basin has been hit by a long-lasting drought covering over 45 percent of the region since mid-March, according…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2025 Full article
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Record heat and extreme weather hit China’s Three Gorges region in 2024Climate

Record heat and extreme weather hit China’s Three Gorges region in 2024

The Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River hits record high temperatures in 2024 Summary: China’s Three Gorges region experienced record-breaking heat and a series…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2025 Full article
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Heat and heavy metals are changing the way that bees buzzScience

Heat and heavy metals are changing the way that bees buzz

Antwerp, Belgium | SEB Ongoing research into the effect of environmental change on the buzzing of bees reveals that high temperatures and exposure to heavy…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2025 Full article
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What’s behind the North Atlantic ‘cold blob’? It’s not just ocean currentsClimate

What’s behind the North Atlantic ‘cold blob’? It’s not just ocean currents

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find Summary: A persistent patch of cool water in the subpolar North Atlantic – often called…
SourceSourceJuly 7, 2025 Full article
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Desperate search for the missing as more than 80 people dead in Texas floodsNews

Desperate search for the missing as more than 80 people dead in Texas floods

Hunt, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Rescuers in Texas raced against time to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash…
SourceSourceJuly 7, 2025 Full article
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Arctic Ocean stayed partly ice-free even during the coldest ice agesClimate

Arctic Ocean stayed partly ice-free even during the coldest ice ages

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ice ages. Now a new…
SourceSourceJuly 6, 2025 Full article