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Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to fleeNews

Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee

Lège-Cap-Ferret, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of western Europe on Friday, triggering a state…
SourceSourceJuly 24, 2026 Full article
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Potato juice to supply bio-based fatty acids for European industryNews

Potato juice to supply bio-based fatty acids for European industry

PACE will retrofit part of a Dutch processing facility to demonstrate industrial production from an underused side-stream Summary: Potato juice from the potato processing industry…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 23, 2026 Full article
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EU watchdog reduces safe level of exposure to ‘forever chemical’ TFANews

EU watchdog reduces safe level of exposure to ‘forever chemical’ TFA

Rome, Italy | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The EU's food safety agency said Wednesday it has dramatically reduced the acceptable daily intake level of the so-called…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2026 Full article
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SOWISE+ project to demonstrate urban waste biorefinery at industrial scaleNews

SOWISE+ project to demonstrate urban waste biorefinery at industrial scale

Turning urban waste into high-value bio-based materials through an industrial-scale biorefinery Summary: Urban biowaste and post-consumer absorbent hygiene products will provide the raw materials for…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 22, 2026 Full article
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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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Uproar in France over reintroduction of bee-harming pesticidesNews

Uproar in France over reintroduction of bee-harming pesticides

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Environmentalists in France were outraged Tuesday as parliament looked set to authorise some farmers to use two bee-harming pesticides…
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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Canada faces one of its most intense fire seasonsNews

Canada faces one of its most intense fire seasons

Montreal, Canada | AFP | Muser NewsDesk With nearly 1,000 active fires and an area as large as Belgium already burned, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney…
SourceSourceJuly 20, 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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US further weakens endangered species protectionsNews

US further weakens endangered species protections

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk President Donald Trump's administration on Friday finalized two more rules curbing the landmark Endangered Species Act, further diminishing…
SourceSourceJuly 18, 2026 Full article
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With climate ambitions in question, EU reforms carbon marketNews

With climate ambitions in question, EU reforms carbon market

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The European Union on Friday unveils reforms of its carbon market, after fierce wrangling between countries, industry and activists…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 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
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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
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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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Trees for hotter cities: new approach can bolster community input in meeting targetsNews

Trees for hotter cities: new approach can bolster community input in meeting targets

Efforts to plant more trees in cities could be boosted thanks to a new tool for planners and community groups, published by an international group…
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
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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
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Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern EuropeNews

Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern Europe

Ille-Sur-Têt, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to…
SourceSourceJuly 6, 2026 Full article
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June temperatures topped 35 °C for more than two-thirds of Europe populationNews

June temperatures topped 35 °C for more than two-thirds of Europe population

Paris, France | AFP An area of Europe with 410 million people -- more than two-thirds of the continent's population -- experienced temperatures over 35 °C…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2026 Full article
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UN warns of strong looming El NiñoClimate

UN warns of strong looming El Niño

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk El Niño will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extreme weather,…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2026 Full article
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France records 2,025 excess deaths in June heatwave: health ministerNews

France records 2,025 excess deaths in June heatwave: health minister

Paris, France | AFP There were at least 2,025 more deaths than expected in France during June's heatwave, the country's health minister said on Friday. "There…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2026 Full article
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World’s oceans break June heat record: EU monitorNewsFacts

World’s oceans break June heat record: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world's oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2026 Full article
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Indian forecasters warn of below normal July rainsNews

Indian forecasters warn of below normal July rains

New Delhi, India | AFP | Muser NewsDesk India is likely to see below normal rainfall in July after recording its fifth-driest June since 1901, forecasters…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2026 Full article