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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220-meter global atmospheric model improves rainfall simulationsScience

220-meter global atmospheric model improves rainfall simulations

Global simulation achieves unprecedented high resolution, advancing next-generation climate prediction and weather forecasting Summary: A global atmospheric simulation developed by researchers at the University of…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2026 Full article
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Climate change could expand gemsbok range across the USScience

Climate change could expand gemsbok range across the US

Majestic African antelopes known as gemsbok have been roaming the US southwest since their introduction in the 1960s and 1970s. Brought to New Mexico as…
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
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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
Satellite Image: Smoke from wildfires in Bolivia, September 2024
Ozone from wildfires reduces Amazon carbon uptakeClimate

Ozone from wildfires reduces Amazon carbon uptake

Ozone pollution released by Amazon wildfires is significantly reducing the rainforest's ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, new research reveals. Summary: Wildfires can…
SourceSourceOctober 8, 2026 Full article
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Expanding sorghum production in Europe as the climate changesScience

Expanding sorghum production in Europe as the climate changes

Using machine learning and future climate scenarios, researchers project that sorghum could become a more important livestock feed crop in Europe as high and stable…
SourceSourceOctober 7, 2026 Full article
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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
Image: Panoramic illustration of persistent pollution moving from an industrial city through rivers and wetlands into the sea, with wildlife above and below the waterline and fine plastic particles dispersed across connected ecosystems. | Muser Press (AI generated)
The hidden legacy of durability: persistent pollutionScience

The hidden legacy of durability: persistent pollution

When pollution stops being local What persistent pollution means for living systems From individual organisms to entire ecosystems Rethinking how pollution risk is measured Where…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 5, 2026 Full article
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Cry for help as French-Swiss lake dries upNews

Cry for help as French-Swiss lake dries up

Les Brenets, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The picturesque Lac des Brenets between France and Switzerland has dried up after a record-breaking hot summer, leaving…
SourceSourceOctober 4, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: A green phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Finland (August 9, 2022)
Satellites miss most extreme changes in ocean phytoplanktonScience

Satellites miss most extreme changes in ocean phytoplankton

CU Boulder researchers developed a modelling tool that captures ocean phytoplankton biomass extremes beyond the reach of conventional satellite observations. Summary: Satellite monitoring can fail…
SourceSourceOctober 3, 2026 Full article
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World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battleNews

World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to…
SourceSourceOctober 2, 2026 Full article
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Climate mitigation may give albatrosses more time to adaptClimate

Climate mitigation may give albatrosses more time to adapt

A new WHOI-led study finds that evolutionary adaptation alone may not keep pace with warming, while limiting climate change substantially reduces projected extinction risk Summary:…
SourceSourceOctober 2, 2026 Full article
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‘Catastrophic’: Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in five yearsNews

‘Catastrophic’: Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in five years

Les Diablerets, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in…
SourceSourceOctober 1, 2026 Full article
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Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: researchNewsFacts

Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: research

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Climate change is increasingly reshaping the polar oceans, with Arctic waters warming rapidly, sea ice shrinking and wildlife losing…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2026 Full article
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One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitorNews

One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Heatwaves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year combined to expose one third of the world's population to…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2026 Full article
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Shifting ocean gyres are making parts of the Southern Ocean saltierScience

Shifting ocean gyres are making parts of the Southern Ocean saltier

Subtropical gyre expansion causes Southern Ocean salinification contrary to freshening predictions Summary: Ocean circulation drove an unexpected rise in salinity between about 40°S and 50°S…
SourceSourceSeptember 29, 2026 Full article
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Rising seas threaten spread of marine invaders, scientists sayNewsScience

Rising seas threaten spread of marine invaders, scientists say

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Sea-level rise driven by climate change could help invasive marine species spread into newly flooded coastal areas, threatening biodiversity…
SourceSourceSeptember 28, 2026 Full article
Image: Powerful ocean waves crash dramatically near a lighthouse on the coastline
Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high windsNews

Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds

New York, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern United States on Saturday as an unusually powerful autumn…
SourceSourceSeptember 27, 2026 Full article
Image: Shisir Khanal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, left, meets European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera at the United Nations in New York on September 21, 2026
Rich nations should foot climate bill, says Nepal ministerNews

Rich nations should foot climate bill, says Nepal minister

New York, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Wealthy nations must do their fair share to help countries that are least responsible for the climate…
SourceSourceSeptember 25, 2026 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 25, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: September 25, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (September 25, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 25, 2026 Full article
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2026 report finds seven planetary boundaries beyond safe limitsScience

2026 report finds seven planetary boundaries beyond safe limits

Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen as record ocean heat, droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat reveal an Earth system under strain, according to…
SourceSourceSeptember 24, 2026 Full article