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Satellite Image: Typhoon Champi east of Taiwan on 22 October 2026
Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi approachesNews

Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi approaches

Taipei, Taiwan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Most shops and schools were shut across Taiwan on Friday as Typhoon Champi neared the island, forcing hundreds of…
SourceSourceOctober 23, 2026 Full article
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UK government approves drilling in controversial Jackdaw gas fieldNews

UK government approves drilling in controversial Jackdaw gas field

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Britain's government announced Wednesday it had approved plans to begin drilling in a controversial gas field in the…
SourceSourceOctober 21, 2026 Full article
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World on track for 2.6 °C warming this century: UN reportNews

World on track for 2.6 °C warming this century: UN report

Credit: Beverley McDonald | UNEP | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Global greenhouse gas emissions remained at record levels in…
SourceSourceOctober 21, 2026 Full article
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El Niño Watch: the impacts around the world this weekNews

El Niño Watch: the impacts around the world this week

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk From starving cattle in parched El Salvador to a "terrifying" threat to the world's coral reefs, this year's…
SourceSourceOctober 20, 2026 Full article
Image: Hambardzum Matevosyan, Armenia's Minister of Environment and COP17 President, alongside Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, at a press conference in Yerevan
Nations urged to curb harmful subsidies at UN nature summitNews

Nations urged to curb harmful subsidies at UN nature summit

Yerevan, Armenia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The UN biodiversity summit kicked off Monday with calls to overhaul subsidies for extractive industries that harm the planet,…
SourceSourceOctober 19, 2026 Full article
Image: Close-up of a Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) wading in calm water, showcasing its elegance and natural beauty
Nations seek reset at UN talks as nature goals off trackNews

Nations seek reset at UN talks as nature goals off track

Yerevan, Armenia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Nearly 200 nations are gathering in Armenia on Monday for critical negotiations as governments come under pressure to salvage…
SourceSourceOctober 19, 2026 Full article
Image: Two young orangutans eat coconuts alongside a caretaker at a Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation facility in Indonesia
Dozens of orangutans saved from Indonesia blazesNews

Dozens of orangutans saved from Indonesia blazes

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDeskUpdated: 18 October 2026 @ 17:49 CET Dozens of critically endangered orangutans have been rescued in recent weeks from rampant…
SourceSourceOctober 18, 2026 Full article
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Greenland takes a step towards banning deep-sea miningNews

Greenland takes a step towards banning deep-sea mining

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Greenland's parliament on Thursday unanimously adopted a proposal asking the government to draft legislation banning deep-sea mining and exploration…
SourceSourceOctober 16, 2026 Full article
Image: Digital illustration showing AI data centres and industrial emissions alongside renewable energy, climate monitoring systems and a connected Earth
Behind AI’s carbon footprint, a potential climate toolNews

Behind AI’s carbon footprint, a potential climate tool

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a lightning rod in climate debates over concerns about the growing carbon footprint of…
SourceSourceOctober 15, 2026 Full article
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Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: studyScience

Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: study

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world's coral reefs face an existential threat from rising seawater temperatures that trigger widespread bleaching, a problem…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyorsNews

Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyors

Saint-Gervais Les Bains, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk France's tallest mountain was nearly two metres higher last month than its last reported measurement in 2023,…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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Global forest damage continues despite decline in deforestationNews

Global forest damage continues despite decline in deforestation

Aarhus, Denmark | Muser NewsDeskThe Forest Declaration Assessment 2026 documents uneven progress in efforts to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, with…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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Death toll from Tropical Storm Rachel rises to 4 in MexicoNews

Death toll from Tropical Storm Rachel rises to 4 in Mexico

Tijuana, Mexico | AFP Mexican authorities on Monday reported four people died from the impact of Tropical Storm Rachel, which slammed the country's northeast with heavy…
SourceSourceOctober 13, 2026 Full article
Image: Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (23 September 2024)
Nature does not respect borders: UN biodiversity chiefNews

Nature does not respect borders: UN biodiversity chief

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk War, economic pressure, budget strain -- United Nations biodiversity chief Astrid Schomaker is under no illusions that the upcoming…
SourceSourceOctober 12, 2026 Full article
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El Niño sets temperature record in key Pacific zone: EU monitorFactsNews

El Niño sets temperature record in key Pacific zone: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk An intensifying El Niño broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's…
SourceSourceOctober 12, 2026 Full article
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Biodiversity conversation is on the brink of change as the BIOLOGUE project has been launchedNews

Biodiversity conversation is on the brink of change as the BIOLOGUE project has been launched

The current systemic crisis of climate change and biodiversity loss demands science, social trust, shared understanding, and engagement. A significant driver is the fragmented and…
SourceSourceOctober 11, 2026 Full article
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Brazil prosecutors sue Shell for $108 mn over deadly 2024 floodsNews

Brazil prosecutors sue Shell for $108 mn over deadly 2024 floods

Brasília, Brazil | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Brazilian prosecutors on Friday filed an unprecedented lawsuit against oil giant Shell's subsidiary in the country, demanding $108 million…
SourceSourceOctober 10, 2026 Full article
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Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida: NHCNews

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida: NHC

Pensacola, United States | AFP 10 October 2026 @ 03:51 The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida on Friday night, as the…
SourceSourceOctober 10, 2026 Full article
Image: Novita, a young female orangutan, clings to a tree surrounded by thick smoke from forest fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in September 2026
Walking through flames: orangutans rescued in Indonesia firesNews

Walking through flames: orangutans rescued in Indonesia fires

Palangkaraya, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's Borneo, as waves of thick smoke…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2026 Full article
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Malaysia closes schools in parts of country due to hazeNews

Malaysia closes schools in parts of country due to haze

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP Malaysia closed schools in parts of the country on Friday including in the capital Kuala Lumpur, the education ministry said, as…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2026 Full article
Image: Aerial view of an island off Phuket, Thailand, surrounded by turquoise waters and coral reefs
El Niño will intensify, then peak in DecemberNews

El Niño will intensify, then peak in December

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk El Niño will intensify even more before peaking in December, the United Nations said Thursday, warning it could be…
SourceSourceOctober 8, 2026 Full article
Image: Delegates seated at the Pre-COP31 climate meeting in Fiji, with country placards and Pacific national flags behind them
Pacific presses world for help ‘surviving’ climate change at pre-COP summitNews

Pacific presses world for help ‘surviving’ climate change at pre-COP summit

Nadi, Fiji | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Pacific leaders pressed wealthy nations for more funds to help them "survive" climate change Wednesday at a gathering aimed…
SourceSourceOctober 7, 2026 Full article
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Australia’s High Court rules against coal mine in landmark climate caseNews

Australia’s High Court rules against coal mine in landmark climate case

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Australia's highest court ruled against a massive coal mine expansion on Wednesday, delivering judgement in what campaigners say is…
SourceSourceOctober 7, 2026 Full article
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Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talksNews

Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talks

Nadi, Fiji | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Extreme heat is increasingly linked to problems such as premature births or underweight babies, the UN climate chief warned…
SourceSourceOctober 5, 2026 Full article