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German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on recordNews

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record,…
SourceSourceJanuary 7, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Utrecht, the Netherlands
Image of the day: Snow disrupts travel across the NetherlandsNews

Image of the day: Snow disrupts travel across the Netherlands

Snowfall across the Netherlands in early January 2026 brought daily life and transport networks under strain, as icy conditions spread across large parts of the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 6, 2026 Full article
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Conservationists sue Trump admin over inaction on horseshoe crabsNews

Conservationists sue Trump admin over inaction on horseshoe crabs

Washington, United States | AFP A conservation group sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over its failure to act on protecting American horseshoe crabs, which…
SourceSourceJanuary 5, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Southeastern Greenland
Image of the day: Greenland’s mountains shape glaciers and climateNews

Image of the day: Greenland’s mountains shape glaciers and climate

Southeastern Greenland is marked by rugged coastal mountains that rise sharply from the ice sheet, shaping both local climate and glacial dynamics. Steep slopes and…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 5, 2026 Full article
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German renewable energy shift slowed in 2025News

German renewable energy shift slowed in 2025

Berlin, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The share of renewables in German power production almost stagnated in 2025, data showed Monday, as concerns grow about…
SourceSourceJanuary 5, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Zeebrugge, Belgium
Image of the day: Sediment patterns along Zeebrugge’s coastNews

Image of the day: Sediment patterns along Zeebrugge’s coast

Along Belgium’s North Sea shoreline, Zeebrugge occupies a position where natural coastal processes meet one of Europe’s busiest maritime gateways. The town, administratively part of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 4, 2026 Full article
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Trump gets wrong country, wrong bird in windmill rantNews

Trump gets wrong country, wrong bird in windmill rant

Washington, United States | AFP US President Donald Trump has blamed wind turbines for killing iconic American bald eagles in a year's end social media post…
SourceSourceDecember 31, 2025 Full article
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Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025FactsNews

Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDeskRecords shattered in Central Asia Up to 1.5 °C hotter in the Sahel Scorching summer in Europe Central Asia, the…
SourceSourceDecember 31, 2025 Full article
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French ban on ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics, clothing to enter forceNews

French ban on ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics, clothing to enter force

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A French ban on the production and sale of cosmetics and most clothing containing polluting and health-threatening "forever chemicals"…
SourceSourceDecember 31, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Daugavpils, Latvia
Image of the day: Daugavpils along the Upper DaugavaNews

Image of the day: Daugavpils along the Upper Daugava

In south-eastern Latvia, the city of Daugavpils sits at a point where the Daugava River begins to slow and widen, transitioning from a largely natural…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 30, 2025 Full article
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France pushes back plastic cup ban by four yearsNews

France pushes back plastic cup ban by four years

Paris, France | AFP The French government on Tuesday postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives.…
SourceSourceDecember 30, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The arctic wetlands of the Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska, USA
Image of the day: Arctic wetlands surrounding Teshekpuk Lake on Alaska’s North SlopeNews

Image of the day: Arctic wetlands surrounding Teshekpuk Lake on Alaska’s North Slope

The wetlands around Teshekpuk Lake, on Alaska’s North Slope, form one of the most biologically rich Arctic landscapes in North America. Shaped by permafrost, shallow…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 29, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
Image of the day: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier retreat traced over decadesNews

Image of the day: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier retreat traced over decades

Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of the Vatnajökull ice cap in south-eastern Iceland, has been steadily withdrawing from the lowlands for more than a century. Its…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 28, 2025 Full article
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Sweden’s death toll from storm rises to threeNews

Sweden’s death toll from storm rises to three

Helsinki, Finland | AFP The death toll in Sweden rose to three after a storm battered Scandinavia Saturday and overnight, with thousands still without power on…
SourceSourceDecember 28, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Istrian Peninsula
Image of the day: The Istrian Peninsula from land to seaNews

Image of the day: The Istrian Peninsula from land to sea

The Istrian Peninsula sits at the northern edge of the Adriatic Sea, where Central Europe meets the Mediterranean. Shared by Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy, the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 27, 2025 Full article
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Funny old world: the week’s offbeat newsNews

Funny old world: the week’s offbeat news

Paris, France | AFP From Japan getting its teeth into its bear problem to why all is not so sunny for the Swedes… Your weekly roundup…
SourceSourceDecember 27, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Arctic sea ice far below December averageNews

Image of the day: Arctic sea ice far below December average

Arctic sea ice extent has entered December at levels rarely seen for this time of year, continuing a pattern that developed through late autumn. Satellite…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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Trump admin halts US offshore wind projects citing ‘national security’News

Trump admin halts US offshore wind projects citing ‘national security’

Washington, United States | AFP The US Interior Department on Monday said it had paused all leases for offshore wind projects over unspecified national security risks,…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against cement giantNews

Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against cement giant

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP A Swiss court has decided to hear a landmark climate case pitting residents of a tiny Indonesian island being swallowed by rising…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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CO₂ soon to be buried under North Sea oil platformNews

CO₂ soon to be buried under North Sea oil platform

Esbjerg, Denmark | AFP In the North Sea where Denmark once drilled for oil, imported European carbon dioxide will soon be buried under the seabed in…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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EU weakens 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industryNews

EU weakens 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industry

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight…
SourceSourceDecember 16, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Lake Omodeo, Italy
Image of the day: Lake Omodeo’s retreating waters in SardiniaNews

Image of the day: Lake Omodeo’s retreating waters in Sardinia

Lake Omodeo has long been one of Sardinia’s most important pieces of water infrastructure. Stretching across central parts of the island, the artificial reservoir regulates…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 15, 2025 Full article
3D globe graphic (s. climate, flood, water)
At least 20 dead in eastern Bolivia floods: governmentNews

At least 20 dead in eastern Bolivia floods: government

La Paz, Bolivia | AFP At least 20 people were killed and dozens remain missing after a major river in eastern Bolivia burst its banks at…
SourceSourceDecember 15, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Marismas Nacionales Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Image of the day: Mangroves and lagoons of Marismas Nacionales, MexicoNews

Image of the day: Mangroves and lagoons of Marismas Nacionales, Mexico

Along Mexico’s Pacific shoreline, the Marismas Nacionales region forms one of the country’s most extensive coastal wetland systems. Stretching across parts of Nayarit and Sinaloa,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 14, 2025 Full article