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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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Why forests can’t keep up with global warmingClimate

Why forests can’t keep up with global warming

Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy and productive Summary: Forests are changing…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2025 Full article
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Global drought hotspots report catalogs severe suffering, economic damage in 2023-2025News

Global drought hotspots report catalogs severe suffering, economic damage in 2023-2025

Food, water, energy crises, human tragedies in 2023-2025 detailed in sweeping analysis Fuelled by climate change and relentless pressure on land and water resources, some…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 3, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 3, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 3, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 3, 2025 Full article
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Climate change threatens wild Vanilla and its pollinators, study warnsClimate

Climate change threatens wild Vanilla and its pollinators, study warns

Many wild Vanilla species are dependent on insects that pollinate them. But what happens if plants and insects are forced into different habitats? Summary: Wild…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2025 Full article
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Young forests aged 20–40 years are top carbon removers, study findsClimate

Young forests aged 20–40 years are top carbon removers, study finds

Forest regeneration offers a cost-effective method for carbon removal - playing a key role to play in removing billions of tonnes of atmospheric carbon dioxide…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 2, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 2, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 2, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 2, 2025 Full article
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EU unveils long-delayed 2040 climate target – with wiggle roomNews

EU unveils long-delayed 2040 climate target – with wiggle room

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU on Wednesday unveiled its long-delayed target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, but with contested new flexibilities built in…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2025 Full article
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ECDC launches new reports and guidance to track mosquito-borne diseases in EuropeNews

ECDC launches new reports and guidance to track mosquito-borne diseases in Europe

As Europe enters this year’s mosquito season, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has launched a new series of weekly surveillance updates…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2025 Full article
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Effective therapies needed to halt rise in climate anxietyNews

Effective therapies needed to halt rise in climate anxiety

More must be done to address the growth in anxiety related to climate change, says a leading psychologist, before it becomes the next mental health…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Snow blankets the Atacama DesertNews

Image of the day: Snow blankets the Atacama Desert

Snowfall in the Atacama Desert is so uncommon that when it does occur, it transforms one of Earth’s driest landscapes into an unfamiliar scene. On…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 1, 2025 Full article
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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…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 1, 2025 Full article
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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…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 30, 2025 Full article
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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
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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