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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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Hourglass with Earth inside with an glacier melting above - global warming concept (s. climate anxiety)
Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028Climate

Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028

Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C already by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris goals is proposed. This is based…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
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Small ocean currents found to pack major climate powerScience

Small ocean currents found to pack major climate power

Texas A&M's Jinbo Wang and an international team use SWOT satellite data to uncover powerful submesoscale eddies, reshaping our understanding of ocean-climate dynamics Summary: Some…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
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Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollutionScience

Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollution

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Oceans have absorbed the vast majority of the warming caused by burning fossil fuels and shielded societies from…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
A group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge (s. tundra, climate)
AI sea ice forecasts help protect Arctic caribou migration routesClimate

AI sea ice forecasts help protect Arctic caribou migration routes

Artificial intelligence sea ice forecasting systems could help predict and protect the migration routes of endangered caribou in the Canadian Arctic, according to a new…
SourceSourceJune 1, 2025 Full article
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Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATANews

Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATA

New Delhi, India | AFP The airline industry's flagship goal of decarbonising by 2050 is now "in peril" due to climate-sceptic policies, including those of…
SourceSourceJune 1, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Baa Atoll, Maldives
Image of the day: Coral sanctuaries of Baa Atoll seen from spaceNews

Image of the day: Coral sanctuaries of Baa Atoll seen from space

Fringed with white-sand beaches and teeming with marine life, Baa Atoll in the Maldives stands out not only as a stunning tropical paradise but also…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 1, 2025 Full article
Image: Swiss Alps, Switzerland
Image of the day: Glacial collapse devastates Swiss villageNews

Image of the day: Glacial collapse devastates Swiss village

A catastrophic glacial collapse in the Swiss Alps triggered a massive landslide on 28 May 2025, engulfing much of the village of Blatten in the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 31, 2025 Full article
The summit of Huayna Potosí, a mountain near La Paz, Bolivia. Here we find the Zongo glacier, one of several in the tropical Andes Mountains, that are now smaller than at any point since the end of the last ice age 11,700 years ago, according to new research from UW–Madison researchers and their collaborators.
Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciersClimate

Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciers

A study published in Science finds that twice as much of the world’s glacier mass could be preserved by meeting the 1.5°C threshold set by…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
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Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levelsScience

Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levels

PolyU research reveals rising soil nitrous acid emissions driven by climate change and fertilisation accelerate global ozone pollution Summary: Emissions of nitrous acid (HONO) from…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Haweswater Reservoir, United Kingdom
Image of the day: UK drought deepensNews

Image of the day: UK drought deepens

The United Kingdom is heading into summer 2025 under intensifying drought conditions, following what scientists have confirmed as the driest spring on record. Rainfall was…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 30, 2025 Full article
Earth, Space, Sun
Half the world faced an extra month of extreme heat due to climate change: studyScience

Half the world faced an extra month of extreme heat due to climate change: study

Washington, United States | AFP Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of man-made climate change,…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2025 Full article
Still life with the scales of justice (climate,green justice, Youths sue Trump over US climate orders)
Youths sue Trump over US climate ordersNews

Youths sue Trump over US climate orders

Washington, United States | AFP Twenty-two young Americans sued the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that its executive orders to expand fossil fuel development and…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2025 Full article
Image: Aerial shot the Swiss village of Blatten after a massive glacier collapse
Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapseNews

Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapse

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2025 Full article
3D globe graphic (s. climate, flood, water)
Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapseNews

Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapse

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP A massive glacier collapse on Wednesday in southern Switzerland partially destroyed the small village of Blatten, which had been completely evacuated…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: In this Envisat image, a phytoplankton bloom swirls a figure-of-8 in the South Atlantic Ocean about 600 km east of the Falkland Islands (2 December 2011)
Marine plankton show hidden strategies for climate adaptationScience

Marine plankton show hidden strategies for climate adaptation

New study shows how marine plankton responds to changing ocean conditions using lipidomics and data science tools Summary: Marine plankton, microscopic organisms that form the…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2025 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods)
EU adopts CO₂ targets reprieve for car industryNews

EU adopts CO₂ targets reprieve for car industry

Brussels, Belgium | AFP EU countries gave final approval on Tuesday to a reprieve for European carmakers over new emission targets, as they seek to…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2025 Full article
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Global warming linked to rising women’s cancer risk in MENA regionClimate

Global warming linked to rising women’s cancer risk in MENA region

A study on Middle East and North Africa countries links higher temperatures to an increased risk of breast, ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers Summary: Global…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2025 Full article
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Climate change deepens health risks for young adolescents in KenyaScience

Climate change deepens health risks for young adolescents in Kenya

Food, water, and sanitation insecurities linked to school dropout, gender-based violence, and early pregnancy Summary: Extreme weather and climate-related resource shortages are driving a hidden…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2025 Full article
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Reciprocity with nature offers a path to global sustainabilityClimate

Reciprocity with nature offers a path to global sustainability

Reciprocity between humans and nature: Key to safeguarding planetary health Summary: Amid growing environmental crises and persistent social inequities, researchers are highlighting the transformative potential…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2025 Full article
Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: May 25, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: May 25, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (May 25, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 25, 2025 Full article
Image: New study shows the "seesaw" effect of El Niño and La Niña causes floods, droughts and shifts in hurricane activity, stressing mangrove forests worldwide
Mangrove forest health linked to ocean climate cyclesClimate

Mangrove forest health linked to ocean climate cycles

Study shows how El Niño and La Niña climate swings threaten mangroves worldwide Summary: Mangrove forests, among the world’s most carbon-rich and ecologically vital coastal…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2025 Full article
Image: Flooded road near Windsor, Western Sydney, NSW, Australia (July 5, 2022) (s. floods, climate change)
Record floods devastate eastern AustraliaNews

Record floods devastate eastern Australia

Taree, Australia | AFP Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2025 Full article
Image: The 'Tree of Life' by Charles Darwin, drawn with yeast on a Petri dish
How yeast reveals species-specific strategies for adapting to climate changeScience

How yeast reveals species-specific strategies for adapting to climate change

How do organisms adapt to climate change? A new study reveals the complex interplay between genetic diversity and temperature tolerance evolution Summary: Understanding how species…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2025 Full article
Image: clown fish on coral reef
Clownfish shrink to survive marine heatwavesClimate

Clownfish shrink to survive marine heatwaves

Clownfish have been shown to shrink in order to survive heat stress and avoid social conflict, Newcastle University research reveals Summary: Clownfish have now revealed…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2025 Full article