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Urban trees continue cooling cities even during extreme heatwavesScience

Urban trees continue cooling cities even during extreme heatwaves

Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for…
SourceSourceJune 29, 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…
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How climate experiments may miss the full picture of plant responses to warmingScience

How climate experiments may miss the full picture of plant responses to warming

Scientists may be underestimating how plants will respond to rising global temperatures when they study hot summers but not warming winters, Michigan State University ecologists…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2025 Full article
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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
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Mountain plants face extinction as climate outpaces their ability to adaptScience

Mountain plants face extinction as climate outpaces their ability to adapt

Adaptation and sluggish gene flow cannot save mountain plants from climate change Summary: New research reveals that adaptation and natural gene flow may not be…
SourceSourceMay 2, 2025 Full article
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Helping native plants survive climate change safelyScience

Helping native plants survive climate change safely

If native plants are going to survive climate change, they need our help to move — here’s how to do it safely Summary: As climate…
SourceSourceMarch 26, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: March 20, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: March 20, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Researchers from…
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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: February 18, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: February 18, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: ‘False’ springs,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 19, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: February 05, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: February 05, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Impact of…
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Climate change drives phenological divergence between plants and animalsClimate

Climate change drives phenological divergence between plants and animals

A study by researchers at Peking University’s Institute of Carbon Neutrality has unveiled how plants and animals respond differently to climate change in their seasonal…
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The habitat determines response to climateNewsScience

The habitat determines response to climate

Clues found relating repair of photosynthetic protein complex to how plants survive in colder regions. Osaka Metropolitan University - Plants need light to grow, but…
SourceSourceNovember 28, 2024 Full article
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Ancient resilience: european forest trees retain genetic diversity despite climate shiftsScience

Ancient resilience: european forest trees retain genetic diversity despite climate shifts

Seven common European forest tree species have managed to maintain significant genetic diversity over millions of years, even as they weathered drastic environmental changes during…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 14, 2024 Full article
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First local extinction in the US due to sea level riseClimate

First local extinction in the US due to sea level rise

By Jerald Pinson | Florida Museum of Natural History The United States has lost its only stand of the massive Key Largo tree cactus in…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
How a plant app helps identify the consequences of climate changeScience

How a plant app helps identify the consequences of climate change

By leveraging millions of time-stamped observations, researchers can identify plant rhythms and ecological patterns year-round. By German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig A…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
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As climate change progresses, new rainfall patterns affect plants worldwideScience

As climate change progresses, new rainfall patterns affect plants worldwide

By Cazzy Medley | University of Maryland April showers are increasingly becoming deluges due to climate change, and May flowers will never be the same.…
SourceSourceApril 15, 2024 Full article