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Greece announces 2.5-bn-euro plan to tackle drought threatNews

Greece announces 2.5-bn-euro plan to tackle drought threat

Athens, Greece | AFP Greece on Thursday said it would invest 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) over the next decade to tackle a mounting drought challenge…
SourceSourceOctober 30, 2025 Full article
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‘Nowhere to sleep’: Melissa upends life for JamaicansNews

‘Nowhere to sleep’: Melissa upends life for Jamaicans

St. Ann, Jamaica | AFP In the north coast parish of St. Ann, almost all residents are without power -- and many of them woke up…
SourceSourceOctober 30, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica (28 October 2025)
Image of the day: Sentinel-2 captures the eye of Hurricane Melissa near JamaicaNews

Image of the day: Sentinel-2 captures the eye of Hurricane Melissa near Jamaica

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured a striking image of Hurricane Melissa on 28 October 2025, showing the storm’s eye with exceptional clarity as it approached…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 29, 2025 Full article
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Restoring Europe’s sponge landscapes: The ‘SpongeBooster of the year 2026’ award opens for applicationsNews

Restoring Europe’s sponge landscapes: The ‘SpongeBooster of the year 2026’ award opens for applications

The EU-funded SpongeBoost project invites both organisations and private individuals, aimed at restoring sponge landscapes across Europe, to apply for the 'SpongeBooster of the Year…
SourceSourceOctober 29, 2025 Full article
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‘Derailment’ warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate changeNews

‘Derailment’ warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change

Vicious cycle: Vox in Valencia Navigating the new reality The worsening consequences of the climate crisis could fatally “derail” climate action, researchers have warned. With…
SourceSourceOctober 29, 2025 Full article
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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it approaches Cuba: NHCNews

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it approaches Cuba: NHC

Kingston, Jamaica | AFP Hurricane Melissa has strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it picks up speed over the Caribbean sea and approaches eastern Cuba,…
SourceSourceOctober 29, 2025 Full article
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European court clears Norway of climate misconduct over oil licencesNews

European court clears Norway of climate misconduct over oil licences

Strasbourg, France | AFP The European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that Norway did not breach its climate obligations when it awarded Arctic oil and…
SourceSourceOctober 28, 2025 Full article
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Vietnam city sees record 1.7 m rainfall in 24 hours: environment ministryNews

Vietnam city sees record 1.7 m rainfall in 24 hours: environment ministry

Hanoi, Vietnam | AFP The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rainfall in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set…
SourceSourceOctober 28, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Hurricane Melissa, Caribbean Sea
Image of the day: The Eye of Hurricane Melissa South of JamaicaNews

Image of the day: The Eye of Hurricane Melissa South of Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm on the planet in 2025, rapidly intensified in the central Atlantic before sweeping across the Caribbean. The hurricane reached rare…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 27, 2025 Full article
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NGOs warn 28 ‘carbon bomb’ projects launched since 2021News

NGOs warn 28 ‘carbon bomb’ projects launched since 2021

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Some 28 so-called carbon bomb fossil fuel extraction projects have begun operating since 2021 despite their catastrophic climate impact,…
SourceSourceOctober 27, 2025 Full article
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Australian Murray cod wallops swim recordNews

Australian Murray cod wallops swim record

Sydney, Australia | AFP An Australian freshwater Murray cod has surprised scientists by swimming a marathon 860 kilometres (530 miles) along a major river system --…
SourceSourceOctober 27, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Jökulsá á Dal River, Lagarfljót Lake & Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland
Image of the day: Sediment plume from Iceland’s glacial riverNews

Image of the day: Sediment plume from Iceland’s glacial river

Sediments along the coast of eastern Iceland trace the path of meltwater flowing from Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier. The Jökulsá á Dal – one of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 26, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Floods and landslides devastate central MexicoNews

Image of the day: Floods and landslides devastate central Mexico

Severe flooding has struck central and eastern Mexico in October 2025 after torrential rainfall from two tropical storms converging off the Pacific coast. The storms…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 25, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Geneva from aboveNews

Image of the day: Geneva from above

United Nations Day on 24 October 2025 marks 80 years since the UN Charter came into force in 1945. Established in the aftermath of World…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 24, 2025 Full article
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EU leaders lay out conditions for emissions target deal

EU leaders lay out conditions for emissions target deal

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk EU leaders launched a final sprint Thursday to agree on a 10-year target to cut carbon emissions ahead of…
SourceSourceOctober 24, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Panay Island, the Philippines
Image of the day: Panay floods after Ramil delugeNews

Image of the day: Panay floods after Ramil deluge

Severe flooding has spread across Panay Island in the Philippines following torrential rains from Tropical Storm Ramil on 18 October 2025. Roxas City alone recorded…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 23, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Autumn fog drapes Austria’s alpine valleysNews

Image of the day: Autumn fog drapes Austria’s alpine valleys

Early morning fog curls through the Austrian Alps, filling valleys carved by the Inn, Ziller, Sill, and Ruetz rivers. Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 16, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Tuscan-Emilian Apennine National Park, Italy
Image of the day: Seasonal colour shift in Italy’s Apennine forestsNews

Image of the day: Seasonal colour shift in Italy’s Apennine forests

As autumn takes hold across central-northern Italy, the Apennine mountains come alive with a display of deep greens, golden yellows, and warm reds. The shifting…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 15, 2025 Full article
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In China, climate litigation starts with the stateNews

In China, climate litigation starts with the state

Beijing, China | AFP | Muser NewsDesk With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in…
SourceSourceOctober 15, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Record floods submerge northern VietnamNews

Image of the day: Record floods submerge northern Vietnam

In early October 2025, northern Vietnam was hit by record-breaking floods that submerged streets, damaged homes, and forced mass evacuations across several provinces. Water levels…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 14, 2025 Full article
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US threats cast doubt on shipping emissions dealNews

US threats cast doubt on shipping emissions deal

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk An ambitious plan by the UN's shipping agency to cut maritime emissions could be scuttled at the last…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2025 Full article
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Brazil’s climate wins ahead of COP30News

Brazil’s climate wins ahead of COP30

Brasília, Brazil | AFP Brazil's president has slashed deforestation in the Amazon and worked to better protect Indigenous people, giving him a generally positive environmental record…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2025 Full article
Image: September 2025 was the third-warmest September on record globally
Image of the day: Global temperatures stay near record highs in September 2025FactsNews

Image of the day: Global temperatures stay near record highs in September 2025

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reports that September 2025 was the third-warmest September ever recorded globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 13, 2025 Full article
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New Zealand accused of ‘climate denial’ over new methane targetsNews

New Zealand accused of ‘climate denial’ over new methane targets

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand's government of "full-blown climate denial" after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of methane, a…
SourceSourceOctober 13, 2025 Full article