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World’s climate pledges would cut emissions a tenth of what’s needed: UNNews

World’s climate pledges would cut emissions a tenth of what’s needed: UN

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The latest climate pledges put forth by nations will cut global greenhouse gas emissions just six percent by…
SourceSourceOctober 27, 2026 Full article
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Human activities and drought turn Amazon rainforest into a carbon sourceClimate

Human activities and drought turn Amazon rainforest into a carbon source

Summary: A study published in Nature reveals that deforestation and wildfires reversed the forest’s CO₂ balance between 2010 and 2024, nullifying its ability to sequester…
SourceSourceOctober 27, 2026 Full article
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Canadian youth seek climate action in landmark trialNews

Canadian youth seek climate action in landmark trial

Vancouver, Canada | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Fifteen young Canadians will try to prove the federal government has breached their rights through insufficient action on climate…
SourceSourceOctober 26, 2026 Full article
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Global warming reversed 2,000 years of ice growthClimate

Global warming reversed 2,000 years of ice growth

A remnant of an ancient North American ice sheet began expanding around 2,000 years ago, potentially marking the onset of a new glacial period, before…
SourceSourceOctober 24, 2026 Full article
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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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Climate Science Digest: October 22, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: October 22, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (October 22, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 22, 2026 Full article
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Australian coastal fish show tolerance to extreme marine heatwavesScience

Australian coastal fish show tolerance to extreme marine heatwaves

Researchers at Adelaide University found that three Australian estuarine fish species maintained their physiological performance under elevated water temperatures, regardless of the temperature variability in…
SourceSourceOctober 22, 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
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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
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Why climate transitions can reverse after tipping pointsClimate

Why climate transitions can reverse after tipping points

EPFL researchers have identified approaches that could help sustain low-carbon behaviors long after a social tipping point has been reached. Summary: Financial incentives and access…
SourceSourceOctober 19, 2026 Full article
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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
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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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AMOC rebounds despite continued Greenland ice meltClimate

AMOC rebounds despite continued Greenland ice melt

New climate simulations indicate that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a major ocean circulation system that redistributes heat across the planet, can recover after…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 16, 2026 Full article
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How climate policy reshapes countries’ economic interestsClimate

How climate policy reshapes countries’ economic interests

Countries highly vulnerable to the phase-out of oil, gas and coal account for just 6 percent of global economic output, countries in Africa stand to…
SourceSourceOctober 16, 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
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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
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Evidence of human-caused climate change stronger than ever, scientists confirmClimate

Evidence of human-caused climate change stronger than ever, scientists confirm

The scientific evidence for human-caused global warming is stronger than ever, according to a major new review – despite a United States government report questioning…
SourceSourceOctober 13, 2026 Full article
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Rescued weather records reveal decades of warming in the Congo BasinClimate

Rescued weather records reveal decades of warming in the Congo Basin

Hot days become twice as common between 1960 and 1990 in the Congo Basin: Proofs rescued from paper archives Summary: Decades of handwritten weather observations…
SourceSourceOctober 12, 2026 Full article