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Climate strategies of agri-food giants insufficient: study
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Climate strategies of agri-food giants insufficient: studyNews

Climate strategies of agri-food giants insufficient: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Nestle, PepsiCo and other agri-food giants are "unlikely" to bring about meaningful greenhouse gas reductions in the sector…
SourceSourceJune 3, 2025 Full article
Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028
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Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028Climate

Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028

Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C already by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris goals is proposed. This is based…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
Small ocean currents found to pack major climate power
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Small ocean currents found to pack major climate powerScience

Small ocean currents found to pack major climate power

Texas A&M's Jinbo Wang and an international team use SWOT satellite data to uncover powerful submesoscale eddies, reshaping our understanding of ocean-climate dynamics Summary: Some…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollution
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Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollutionScience

Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollution

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Oceans have absorbed the vast majority of the warming caused by burning fossil fuels and shielded societies from…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
AI sea ice forecasts help protect Arctic caribou migration routes
A group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge (s. tundra, climate)
AI sea ice forecasts help protect Arctic caribou migration routesClimate

AI sea ice forecasts help protect Arctic caribou migration routes

Artificial intelligence sea ice forecasting systems could help predict and protect the migration routes of endangered caribou in the Canadian Arctic, according to a new…
SourceSourceJune 1, 2025 Full article
Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATA
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Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATANews

Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATA

New Delhi, India | AFP The airline industry's flagship goal of decarbonising by 2050 is now "in peril" due to climate-sceptic policies, including those of…
SourceSourceJune 1, 2025 Full article
Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciers
The summit of Huayna Potosí, a mountain near La Paz, Bolivia. Here we find the Zongo glacier, one of several in the tropical Andes Mountains, that are now smaller than at any point since the end of the last ice age 11,700 years ago, according to new research from UW–Madison researchers and their collaborators.
Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciersClimate

Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciers

A study published in Science finds that twice as much of the world’s glacier mass could be preserved by meeting the 1.5°C threshold set by…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levels
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Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levelsScience

Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levels

PolyU research reveals rising soil nitrous acid emissions driven by climate change and fertilisation accelerate global ozone pollution Summary: Emissions of nitrous acid (HONO) from…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
Most heat-health plans neglect mental health risks from extreme heat
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Most heat-health plans neglect mental health risks from extreme heatScience

Most heat-health plans neglect mental health risks from extreme heat

Despite growing evidence linking heat to mental illness, government plans rarely include targeted support for those most at risk Summary: As climate change fuels more…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
Half the world faced an extra month of extreme heat due to climate change: study
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Half the world faced an extra month of extreme heat due to climate change: studyScience

Half the world faced an extra month of extreme heat due to climate change: study

Washington, United States | AFP Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of man-made climate change,…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2025 Full article
Street greenery declining in many world cities
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Street greenery declining in many world citiesScience

Street greenery declining in many world cities

A new study introduces a novel method that enables continuous and large-scale monitoring of vegetation along urban streets using satellite imagery and machine learning Summary:…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2025 Full article
Youths sue Trump over US climate orders
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Youths sue Trump over US climate orders

Washington, United States | AFP Twenty-two young Americans sued the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that its executive orders to expand fossil fuel development and…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2025 Full article
Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapse
Image: Aerial shot the Swiss village of Blatten after a massive glacier collapse
Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapseNews

Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapse

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2025 Full article
Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapse
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Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapseNews

Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapse

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP A massive glacier collapse on Wednesday in southern Switzerland partially destroyed the small village of Blatten, which had been completely evacuated…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2025 Full article
Marine plankton show hidden strategies for climate adaptation
Satellite Image: In this Envisat image, a phytoplankton bloom swirls a figure-of-8 in the South Atlantic Ocean about 600 km east of the Falkland Islands (2 December 2011)
Marine plankton show hidden strategies for climate adaptationScience

Marine plankton show hidden strategies for climate adaptation

New study shows how marine plankton responds to changing ocean conditions using lipidomics and data science tools Summary: Marine plankton, microscopic organisms that form the…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2025 Full article
EU adopts CO₂ targets reprieve for car industry
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EU adopts CO₂ targets reprieve for car industryNews

EU adopts CO₂ targets reprieve for car industry

Brussels, Belgium | AFP EU countries gave final approval on Tuesday to a reprieve for European carmakers over new emission targets, as they seek to…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2025 Full article
Global warming linked to rising women’s cancer risk in MENA region
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Global warming linked to rising women’s cancer risk in MENA regionClimate

Global warming linked to rising women’s cancer risk in MENA region

A study on Middle East and North Africa countries links higher temperatures to an increased risk of breast, ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers Summary: Global…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2025 Full article
Japan says China conducted research near Pacific atoll
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Japan says China conducted research near Pacific atollNews

Japan says China conducted research near Pacific atoll

Tokyo, Japan | AFP Japan has accused China of conducting unnotified maritime scientific research within its exclusive economic zone around its southernmost island in the…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2025 Full article
Climate change deepens health risks for young adolescents in Kenya
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Climate change deepens health risks for young adolescents in KenyaScience

Climate change deepens health risks for young adolescents in Kenya

Food, water, and sanitation insecurities linked to school dropout, gender-based violence, and early pregnancy Summary: Extreme weather and climate-related resource shortages are driving a hidden…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2025 Full article
Reciprocity with nature offers a path to global sustainability
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Reciprocity with nature offers a path to global sustainabilityClimate

Reciprocity with nature offers a path to global sustainability

Reciprocity between humans and nature: Key to safeguarding planetary health Summary: Amid growing environmental crises and persistent social inequities, researchers are highlighting the transformative potential…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2025 Full article
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland’s reindeer herders
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Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland’s reindeer herdersNews

Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland’s reindeer herders

Rovaniemi, Finland | AFP A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign…
SourceSourceMay 24, 2025 Full article
Marine heatwaves amplify climate stress on North Sea plankton
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Marine heatwaves amplify climate stress on North Sea planktonClimate

Marine heatwaves amplify climate stress on North Sea plankton

AWI researchers examine the impact of heatwaves on the German Bight ecosystem Summary: Rising ocean temperatures are reshaping the North Sea ecosystem — and not…
SourceSourceMay 24, 2025 Full article
Mangrove forest health linked to ocean climate cycles
Image: New study shows the "seesaw" effect of El Niño and La Niña causes floods, droughts and shifts in hurricane activity, stressing mangrove forests worldwide
Mangrove forest health linked to ocean climate cyclesClimate

Mangrove forest health linked to ocean climate cycles

Study shows how El Niño and La Niña climate swings threaten mangroves worldwide Summary: Mangrove forests, among the world’s most carbon-rich and ecologically vital coastal…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2025 Full article
Record floods devastate eastern Australia
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Record floods devastate eastern AustraliaNews

Record floods devastate eastern Australia

Taree, Australia | AFP Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2025 Full article