Climate

Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. In a broader sense, climate is the state of the components of the climate system, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere and biosphere and the interactions between them. The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, longitude, terrain, altitude, land use and nearby water bodies and their currents. (Source: Wikipedia | CC BY-SA)

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Older people face greater heat risks as world warms: studyScienceNews

Older people face greater heat risks as world warms: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically…
SourceSourceAugust 18, 2026 Full article
Infographic with a map showing the High Fens nature reserve in Belgium, on the border with Germany, showing active fires since August 14, 2026
Belgium fire makes ‘limited’ spread overnight, more help on wayNews

Belgium fire makes ‘limited’ spread overnight, more help on way

Robertville, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Air reinforcements were headed to Belgium Monday to help combat the country's worst wildfire in a century, which made…
SourceSourceAugust 17, 2026 Full article
Image: Median Fire Weather Index (FWI) anomaly map (Europe, 13-19 Aug. 2026)
Latest developments: Europe battles wildfiresNews

Latest developments: Europe battles wildfires

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Countries across Europe were battling a wave of new wildfires Friday as blistering temperatures and tinder-dry landscapes made for…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2026 Full article
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Eight dead after heavy Japan rains: authoritiesNews

Eight dead after heavy Japan rains: authorities

Tokyo, Japan | AFP Eight people died after "unprecedented" heavy rains in eastern Japan, authorities said on Friday. Those killed after the torrential downpours late Thursday…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
More than 135 mn in Europe set for temperatures over 35 °C on ThursdayNews

More than 135 mn in Europe set for temperatures over 35 °C on Thursday

Paris, France | AFP Areas of Europe home to more than 135 million people -- particularly in France, Italy, Spain and the UK -- are set…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2026 Full article
The business concept of the glass world on a laptop (s. climate, aid, science, news,globe,US energy)
Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant due to low DanubeNews

Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant due to low Danube

Bucharest, Romania | AFP Romania began Thursday the complete shutdown of its only nuclear plant after water levels in the Danube, used to cool the site, fell…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2026 Full article
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Economic losses from natural disasters fall to $100 bn in first half of 2026: Swiss ReNews

Economic losses from natural disasters fall to $100 bn in first half of 2026: Swiss Re

Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Credit: Swiss Re Economic losses from natural catastrophes worldwide are estimated to have reached $100 billion in the first…
SourceSourceAugust 11, 2026 Full article
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Europe braces for another summer heatwaveNews

Europe braces for another summer heatwave

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Much of Europe is bracing for yet another heatwave following periods of scorching temperatures that have driven rivers to…
SourceSourceAugust 10, 2026 Full article
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Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitorFactsNews

Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and…
SourceSourceAugust 10, 2026 Full article
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Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreadsNews

Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there…
SourceSourceAugust 9, 2026 Full article
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Low water on Germany’s Rhine river threatens new blow to economyNews

Low water on Germany’s Rhine river threatens new blow to economy

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Dwindling water levels on some of Germany's major rivers worsened by heat and drought are raising fears that badly…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2026 Full article
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South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5 °CNews

South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5 °C

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Muser NewsDesk South Korea registered on Sunday its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, according to…
SourceSourceAugust 2, 2026 Full article
The business concept of the glass world on a laptop (s. climate, aid, science, news,globe,US energy)
Hungary to shut nuclear plant as heatwave hits central EuropeNews

Hungary to shut nuclear plant as heatwave hits central Europe

Budapest, Hungary | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Hungary's sole nuclear power plant will be shut down next week because of low water levels in the river…
SourceSourceAugust 1, 2026 Full article
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Strengthening El Niño ‘adding fuel to a planet already on fire’: UN chiefNews

Strengthening El Niño ‘adding fuel to a planet already on fire’: UN chief

United Nations, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A strengthening El Niño that could shatter all-time records is "adding fuel to a planet already on…
SourceSourceJuly 31, 2026 Full article
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May, June heatwaves caused 2,877 extra deaths in England: govtNews

May, June heatwaves caused 2,877 extra deaths in England: govt

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Record-breaking heatwaves in May and June led to an estimated 2,877 excess deaths in England, the UK Health…
SourceSourceJuly 30, 2026 Full article
Fire globe - abstract (s. climate, temperatures, forever chemicals, wildfires)
France sees record area burned by wildfires by mid-July: monitorNews

France sees record area burned by wildfires by mid-July: monitor

Paris, France | AFP More than 42,000 hectares have burned in France by mid-July this year, surpassing the previous record set in 2022, according to the…
SourceSourceJuly 21, 2026 Full article
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Great Barrier Reef at risk of ‘collapse’, scientists warnNews

Great Barrier Reef at risk of ‘collapse’, scientists warn

Auckland, New Zealand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Australia's Great Barrier Reef is at a very high risk of extreme and widespread bleaching and "ecosystem collapse"…
SourceSourceJuly 21, 2026 Full article
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Swiss researchers hoard vast trove of NASA climate dataNews

Swiss researchers hoard vast trove of NASA climate data

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train…
SourceSourceJuly 20, 2026 Full article
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Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in USNews

Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US

New York, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The Manhattan skyline was obscured by thick haze and Chicago closed its beaches Thursday as out-of-control Canadian…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
Top US science body readies climate reportNews

Top US science body readies climate report

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A leading US science body will launch a major report Thursday on how precisely specific extreme weather events…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2026 Full article
Fire globe - abstract (s. climate, temperatures, forever chemicals, wildfires)
Planes fight fire in Fontainebleau forest near ParisNews

Planes fight fire in Fontainebleau forest near Paris

Le Vaudoué, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Firefighting aircraft battled to contain a wildfire raging in a forest south of Paris for a second day…
SourceSourceJuly 13, 2026 Full article
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More than 2,700 died as result of heatwaves in England, researchers sayNews

More than 2,700 died as result of heatwaves in England, researchers say

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk At least 2,700 people died in England and Wales as a result of heatwaves that struck in May…
SourceSourceJuly 13, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: On March 27, 2025, Landsat 8's Operational Land Imager (OLI) captured a break in the dust cloud over the southern Tarim Basin, briefly revealing the snow-covered peaks of the Tekilik Shan as a powerful spring dust storm swept across western China
Intense sand and dust storms struck China, US in 2025: UNNews

Intense sand and dust storms struck China, US in 2025: UN

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk China and the southern United States were hit last year by some of the worst sand and dust storms…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2026 Full article
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SW Pacific facing ‘increasing risk’ from ocean warming: UNNews

SW Pacific facing ‘increasing risk’ from ocean warming: UN

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The southwest Pacific region is facing "increasing risk" from ocean warming, marine heatwaves and rising sea levels, the United…
SourceSourceJuly 7, 2026 Full article