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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.
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Pope, Schwarzenegger to rally Catholics to ‘terminate’ climate changeNews

Pope, Schwarzenegger to rally Catholics to ‘terminate’ climate change

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP Pope Leo XIV joins environmental experts and campaigners from around the world for a climate conference near Rome Wednesday featuring…
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Yellow warblers show how climate change is reshaping wildlifeClimate

Yellow warblers show how climate change is reshaping wildlife

Findings highlight the importance and difficulty of linking genes, traits and the environment together to better predict a species’ ability to keep pace with climate…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Rapid retreat of Gries Glacier in the Swiss AlpsNews

Image of the day: Rapid retreat of Gries Glacier in the Swiss Alps

Switzerland’s Gries Glacier, nestled in the canton of Valais, is melting at an alarming pace as climate change accelerates the loss of alpine ice. The…
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Cambridge scientist reveals strategy that could double consumer choice of meat-free foodsScience

Cambridge scientist reveals strategy that could double consumer choice of meat-free foods

Cambridge research finds unique nudge approach that significantly outperforms carbon labelling for increasing sustainable food consumption Summary: A study published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food…
SourceSourceSeptember 29, 2025 Full article
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Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: reportNews

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience…
SourceSourceSeptember 29, 2025 Full article
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Earth’s carbon cycle may trigger future ice age, scientists warnScience

Earth’s carbon cycle may trigger future ice age, scientists warn

Study: how Earth may overcorrect for warming Summary: A new study published in Science suggests that Earth’s natural carbon cycle, long thought to stabilize global…
SourceSourceSeptember 28, 2025 Full article
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Climate change may bring fewer but larger hailstorms to EuropeClimate

Climate change may bring fewer but larger hailstorms to Europe

Warming may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hailstorms, new research has shown Summary: Climate change could make Europe’s hailstorms less frequent…
SourceSourceSeptember 28, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 28, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 28, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 28, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Climate Science Digest: September 24, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 24, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 24, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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‘Greatest con job ever’: Trump trashes climate science at UNNews

‘Greatest con job ever’: Trump trashes climate science at UN

United Nations, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con…
SourceSourceSeptember 24, 2025 Full article
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Flood risk predictions improve with new climate modeling methodClimate

Flood risk predictions improve with new climate modeling method

New modeling method offers clearer flood risk predictions under climate change, helping policymakers plan for future warming scenarios Summary: Flooding caused by extreme rainfall is…
SourceSourceSeptember 23, 2025 Full article
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Banks put more money into fossil fuels than clean energy, reportNews

Banks put more money into fossil fuels than clean energy, report

Reclaim Finance | Muser NewsDesk Global banks are continuing to pour far more money into fossil fuels than into clean energy, despite their public commitments…
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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: studyNews

Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday,…
SourceSourceSeptember 22, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 22, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 22, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 22, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Ocean carbon sink weakened as record heat drove CO₂ release in 2023Climate

Ocean carbon sink weakened as record heat drove CO₂ release in 2023

Measurements analysed by an international research team led by ETH Zurich show that the global ocean absorbed significantly less CO₂ than anticipated during the unprecedented…
SourceSourceSeptember 22, 2025 Full article
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Warmer climate boosts north German vineyards, for nowNews

Warmer climate boosts north German vineyards, for now

Werder, Germany | AFP The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but…
SourceSourceSeptember 21, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 19, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 19, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 19, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Heatwaves worsened by major carbon producersClimate

Heatwaves worsened by major carbon producers

In brief: According to ETH Zurich climate researchers, greenhouse gas emissions from major fossil fuel and cement producers are significant contributors to the occurrence and…
SourceSourceSeptember 19, 2025 Full article
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Extreme heat drives mass die-off of Red Sea clownfish and anemonesScience

Extreme heat drives mass die-off of Red Sea clownfish and anemones

A new study led by Boston University marine biologists reveals that heat waves are threatening the future of the fish made famous by Finding Nemo…
SourceSourceSeptember 19, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 17, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 17, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 17, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Geoengineering method could disrupt El Niño, study warnsClimate

Geoengineering method could disrupt El Niño, study warns

UC Santa Barbara scientists find cloud seeding could destabilize El Niño, raising concerns about geoengineering impacts Summary: A modeling study in the journal Earth’s Future…
SourceSourceSeptember 17, 2025 Full article
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Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: studyClimateNews

Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities…
SourceSourceSeptember 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 16, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 16, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 16, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Machine learning boosts biochar efficiency and carbon captureClimate

Machine learning boosts biochar efficiency and carbon capture

Machine learning accelerates biochar research to cut carbon emissions and recycle waste Summary: Biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from organic waste, is gaining attention for…
SourceSourceSeptember 16, 2025 Full article