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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 1, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 1, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 1, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding: UNClimate

Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding: UN

Paris, France | AFP Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2025 Full article
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Mediterranean set new June temperature high on Sunday: French weather serviceNews

Mediterranean set new June temperature high on Sunday: French weather service

Paris, France | AFP The Mediterranean Sea on Sunday hit its warmest temperature on record for June at 26.01 degrees Celsius, said a French weather service…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 30, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 30, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 30, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Fires break out as southern Europe heatwave intensifiesNews

Fires break out as southern Europe heatwave intensifies

Rome, Italy | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Firefighters mobilised in several countries to tackle blazes as southern Europeans sought shelter from punishing temperatures of a heatwave…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2025 Full article
Satellite Imagery: Funafuti, Tuvalu
Image of the day: Reinforced coastal defenses on Tuvalu’s main atollNews

Image of the day: Reinforced coastal defenses on Tuvalu’s main atoll

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is taking visible steps to adapt to the worsening threats of coastal erosion and sea-level rise. In this image,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 29, 2025 Full article
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Cold baths, climate shelters as Southern Europe heatwave intensifiesClimate

Cold baths, climate shelters as Southern Europe heatwave intensifies

Rome, Italy | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Authorities across Southern Europe urged people to seek shelter Sunday and protect the most vulnerable as punishing temperatures from…
SourceSourceJune 29, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Floods engulf southern Brazil’s river valleyNews

Image of the day: Floods engulf southern Brazil’s river valley

Severe flooding has once again devastated Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, with extensive rainfall since mid-June 2025 pushing rivers far beyond their…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 27, 2025 Full article
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New Danish project to predict ice-free Arctic summersNews

New Danish project to predict ice-free Arctic summers

A new climate forecasting project aims to provide early warnings of ice-free Arctic summers, a phenomenon that could emerge as soon as the 2030s and…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 27, 2025 Full article
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Heatwave across the Med sparks health and fire warningsNews

Heatwave across the Med sparks health and fire warnings

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk (UPDATED) Southern European countries braced Friday for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 27, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 27, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 27, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 27, 2025 Full article
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Jet stream volatility predates modern climate changeClimate

Jet stream volatility predates modern climate change

Dartmouth researchers find several volatile phases over the past 125 years that predate significant climate change effects Summary: A new study published in AGU Advances…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 26, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 26, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 26, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 26, 2025 Full article
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Tech giants’ net zero goals verging on fantasy: researchersNews

Tech giants’ net zero goals verging on fantasy: researchers

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDeskThe credibility of climate pledges by the world's tech giants to rapidly become carbon neutral is fading fast as they…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Marine heatwave intensifies in western MediterraneanNews

Image of the day: Marine heatwave intensifies in western Mediterranean

A marine heatwave is underway in the Mediterranean Sea, with parts of the region experiencing sea surface temperatures more than 5°C above the seasonal norm.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 25, 2025 Full article
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Warming climate may accelerate weather instabilityClimate

Warming climate may accelerate weather instability

A recent study by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) reveals a looming climate crisis: the world could face heightened risks of…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 25, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 25, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 25, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 25, 2025 Full article
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Over 80,000 people flee severe flooding in southwest ChinaNews

Over 80,000 people flee severe flooding in southwest China

Shanghai, China | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Flooding in China's southwest has driven more than 80,000 people from their homes, state media said on Wednesday, as…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2025 Full article
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Ancient CO₂ spikes triggered ocean anoxia despite high oxygen levelsClimate

Ancient CO₂ spikes triggered ocean anoxia despite high oxygen levels

New research from the University of California, Davis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Texas A&M University reveals that massive emissions, or burps, of carbon…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2025 Full article
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Deadly dengue fever impacts climate-hit Bangladesh coastNews

Deadly dengue fever impacts climate-hit Bangladesh coast

Dhaka, Bangladesh | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Mosquito-borne dengue fever was rarely a major problem in Bangladesh's coastal districts, but some hospitals are so full of…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2025 Full article
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Wildfire smoke exposure may trigger heart failureScience

Wildfire smoke exposure may trigger heart failure

Study shows both the intensity of smoke and how often it happens matter for heart health Summary: Prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke may significantly raise…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 24, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 24, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 24, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Millions in US sweat out first extreme heatwave of yearNews

Millions in US sweat out first extreme heatwave of year

New York, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A potentially life-threatening heatwave enveloped the eastern third of the United States on Monday impacting nearly 160…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 23, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 23, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 23, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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