Image: Aerial view of glaciers flowing into the turquoise waters of Johan Petersen Fjord in southeastern Greenland
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…
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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: Icebergs floating on calm water, with their reflections visible beneath a clear blue sky (s. climate change, climate fingerprinting)
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
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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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Microplastics do more than accumulate in the environmentScience

Microplastics do more than accumulate in the environment

What happens to microplastics after they enter the environment? Three studies published in Environmental and Biogeochemical Processes explore this question from different perspectives, examining how…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 11, 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
Still life with the scales of justice (climate,green justice, Youths sue Trump over US climate orders)
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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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
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
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