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Ocean warming behind Antarctica’s sea ice declineClimate

Ocean warming behind Antarctica’s sea ice decline

Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed by research from the University…
SourceSourceMarch 18, 2026 Full article
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Bird feathers found to release heat into space in first mid-infrared studyScience

Bird feathers found to release heat into space in first mid-infrared study

Scientists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, UCLA, Indiana University, and Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, flock together to measure the reflectance…
SourceSourceMarch 18, 2026 Full article
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Bowhead whales remained stable for millennia before centuries of whalingScience

Bowhead whales remained stable for millennia before centuries of whaling

A long-term analysis combining ancient DNA, fossil records and climate modelling shows bowhead whales remained stable for millennia before major population changes aligned with centuries…
SourceSourceMarch 18, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion Island, France
Image of the day: Lava reaches the Indian Ocean on Réunion IslandNews

Image of the day: Lava reaches the Indian Ocean on Réunion Island

Lava from Piton de la Fournaise has reached the Indian Ocean on Réunion Island after flowing for weeks across the volcano’s southeastern flank, marking a…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 17, 2026 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: March 17, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: March 17, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (March 17, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 17, 2026 Full article
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War threatens Gulf’s dugongs, turtles and birdsNews

War threatens Gulf’s dugongs, turtles and birds

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk From sea turtles to birds and the gentle dugong, the Persian Gulf's diverse but fragile marine life is threatened by…
SourceSourceMarch 17, 2026 Full article
Asset map: Munich region, Germany, showing economic value distribution per square metre
Image of the day: 2025 Munich Asset MapNews

Image of the day: 2025 Munich Asset Map

An asset map shows where economic value is concentrated across a landscape. Instead of displaying only buildings or land cover, it estimates the value of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 16, 2026 Full article
The business concept of the glass world on a laptop (s. climate, aid, science, news,globe,US energy)
France threatens to block funds for India over climate inactionNews

France threatens to block funds for India over climate inaction

Brussels, Belgium | AFP France warned Monday it could block the disbursement of climate funds to India under a recent trade deal with the EU if…
SourceSourceMarch 16, 2026 Full article
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Where reforestation happens can shape how much the planet coolsClimate

Where reforestation happens can shape how much the planet cools

Countries increasingly see reforestation as a tool to tackle climate change, but new research from ETH Zurich suggests the climate benefit depends strongly on where…
SourceSourceMarch 16, 2026 Full article
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Critical minerals race risks injustice in the energy transitionClimate

Critical minerals race risks injustice in the energy transition

The energy transition depends on minerals such as lithium and cobalt, but the rush to secure them risks new environmental damage and social inequalities. Researchers…
SourceSourceMarch 16, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Home Reef volcano, Tonga (15 February 2026) and data visualisation
Image of the day: Home Reef volcano in Tonga grows a new islandNews

Image of the day: Home Reef volcano in Tonga grows a new island

Across the southwest Pacific, a chain of volcanoes marks the boundary where the Pacific Plate descends beneath the Australian Plate. This tectonic boundary forms the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 15, 2026 Full article
The business concept of the glass world on a laptop (s. climate, aid, science, news,globe,US energy)
Moldova issues oil spill alert after Russia strike on UkraineNews

Moldova issues oil spill alert after Russia strike on Ukraine

Chisinau, Moldova | AFP Moldova has triggered an environmental alert following a fuel spill in the Dniester River triggered by a Russian military strike in Ukraine, the government said…
SourceSourceMarch 15, 2026 Full article
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Genetic adaptation helped wild plant populations survive record droughtScience

Genetic adaptation helped wild plant populations survive record drought

In the first case of ‘evolutionary rescue’ in the wild, monkeyflowers evolved fast enough to rebound after a historic drought – offering new insight into…
SourceSourceMarch 15, 2026 Full article
Image: The summit of Weißseespitze in 2023, showing significant melting
Melting Alpine glacier reveals medieval mining, fires and volcanic pollutionScience

Melting Alpine glacier reveals medieval mining, fires and volcanic pollution

Glacier ice can reveal air pollution dating back to the Roman Empire, but the climate crisis is destroying this frozen archive Summary: Layers of ice…
SourceSourceMarch 15, 2026 Full article
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The environment, another casualty of war in the Middle EastNews

The environment, another casualty of war in the Middle East

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk From the jet fuel used in bombing raids to acrid smoke from burning oil depots, the conflict in the…
SourceSourceMarch 15, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Phong Cốc, Hạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam
Image of the day: Aquaculture farms across Hạ Long Bay, VietnamNews

Image of the day: Aquaculture farms across Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam

Aquaculture is the cultivation of fish, shellfish and other aquatic organisms in controlled marine or freshwater environments. Often described as the farming of seafood, it…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 14, 2026 Full article
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German greenhouse gas emissions virtually unchanged in 2025News

German greenhouse gas emissions virtually unchanged in 2025

Berlin, Germany | AFP Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany were almost unchanged in 2025 with a 0.1 percent decrease compared over the previous year, the environment…
SourceSourceMarch 14, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Bundaberg, Australia (s. floods, March 2026)
Image of the day: Burnett River flooding near Bundaberg, AustraliaNews

Image of the day: Burnett River flooding near Bundaberg, Australia

Heavy rainfall and river flooding affected parts of northern and eastern Australia in early March 2026 after persistent wet weather linked to a monsoon trough…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 13, 2026 Full article
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Winners and losers of the record 2021 North American heatwaveClimate

Winners and losers of the record 2021 North American heatwave

A new synthesis examining the record heat dome that struck western North America in 2021 reveals widespread ecological damage, while a few species benefited from…
SourceSourceMarch 13, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Stockholm, Sweden
Image of the day: Early spring around Stockholm captured from spaceNews

Image of the day: Early spring around Stockholm captured from space

Stockholm lies where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea, a setting that has shaped the Swedish capital for centuries. The city spreads across 14 islands…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 12, 2026 Full article
Image: Lubāna Wetland Complex, Latvia (data visualisation - CLMS)
Image of the day: Lubāna Wetland Complex in LatviaNews

Image of the day: Lubāna Wetland Complex in Latvia

Wetland ecosystems and biodiversityThe landscape structure The Lubāna Wetland Complex in eastern Latvia forms the country’s largest inland wetland, a broad landscape of lakes, marshes,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 11, 2026 Full article
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Deep-ocean microbes may already be adapting to climate changeScience

Deep-ocean microbes may already be adapting to climate change

A research group co-led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign predicts that a surprisingly adaptable species of marine archaea will play an important role in…
SourceSourceMarch 11, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: La Loire des confluences, France
Image of the day: La Loire des confluences becomes France’s 57th Ramsar wetlandNews

Image of the day: La Loire des confluences becomes France’s 57th Ramsar wetland

La Loire des confluences stretches along the middle Loire Valley in western France, from downstream of Tours to the south of Angers near Les Ponts-de-Cé.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 10, 2026 Full article
Image: Aerial Shot of a Flooded City
Many coastal flood studies used the wrong sea-level baselineClimate

Many coastal flood studies used the wrong sea-level baseline

Sea levels in many studies are set too low In some regions, the difference is far larger What this means for flood risk A correction…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 10, 2026 Full article