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From birds to fish, how extreme heat causes wildlife to sufferFactsNews

From birds to fish, how extreme heat causes wildlife to suffer

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Like humans, wildlife is increasingly vulnerable as climate change fuels longer and more intense heatwaves, disrupting feeding and breeding,…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2026 Full article
Image: Figure 12 - Global mean annual number of marine heatwave (MHW) days from ERA5 (1940–2025), OISST (1982–2025), OSTIA (1982–2025), and CRW (1985–2025), and the mean of these shown in black
Earth’s heat buildup accelerates as global warming reaches 1.37 °CClimateFacts

Earth’s heat buildup accelerates as global warming reaches 1.37 °C

Human-caused warming reached 1.37 °C above pre-industrial levels in 2025, while greenhouse gas emissions and key climate indicators remained at or near record highs Summary:…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2026 Full article
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Heat dome over Europe scorches UK, Ireland, France and SpainNewsFacts

Heat dome over Europe scorches UK, Ireland, France and Spain

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Forecasters in Europe warned Tuesday of exceptional heat as record temperatures driven by a "heat dome" push temperatures…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2026 Full article
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EU monitor says sea temperatures near all-time highs as El Niño loomsFacts

EU monitor says sea temperatures near all-time highs as El Niño looms

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The European Union's climate monitor said Friday that ocean temperatures are edging toward record highs as conditions shift toward…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2026 Full article
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Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UNFactsNews

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming…
SourceSourceMarch 23, 2026 Full article
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February fifth warmest on record, extreme rain in Europe: EU monitorFacts

February fifth warmest on record, extreme rain in Europe: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world logged its fifth hottest February on record, with western Europe drenched by extreme rainfall and widespread flooding,…
SourceSourceMarch 10, 2026 Full article
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Climate change turbocharged Spain’s Valencia floods: studyFactsNews

Climate change turbocharged Spain’s Valencia floods: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Human-driven climate change intensified rainfall that triggered the Spain's deadliest natural disaster in a generation when flash floods hit…
SourceSourceFebruary 17, 2026 Full article
Image: Annual surface air temperature anomalies for the Arctic region (north of 40°N) for each year from 2002 to 2025, relative to the average for the 1991–2020 reference period
2025 ranked as third hottest yearNewsFacts

2025 ranked as third hottest year

Global temperatures remained near historic highs in 2025, making it the third hottest year ever recorded and extending a run of exceptional warmth that now…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 14, 2026 Full article
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Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025FactsNews

Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDeskRecords shattered in Central Asia Up to 1.5 °C hotter in the Sahel Scorching summer in Europe Central Asia, the…
SourceSourceDecember 31, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: November 2025, the third warmest on recordFactsNews

Image of the day: November 2025, the third warmest on record

The November 2025 temperature map brings attention to a month that ranked as the third-warmest November on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 10, 2025 Full article
Image: This visualisation, based on C3S data, shows surface air temperature anomalies across parts of the Northern Hemisphere
Image of the day: October 2025 stands among the warmest on recordFacts

Image of the day: October 2025 stands among the warmest on record

October 2025 ranked as the third-warmest October ever recorded, continuing a run of exceptional global warmth that has marked recent years. According to the ERA5…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 11, 2025 Full article
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Trees, targets and trillions: what’s on the agenda at COP30?Facts

Trees, targets and trillions: what’s on the agenda at COP30?

Paris, France | AFP This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the…
SourceSourceNovember 4, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Global temperatures stay near record highs in September 2025FactsNews

Image of the day: Global temperatures stay near record highs in September 2025

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reports that September 2025 was the third-warmest September ever recorded globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 13, 2025 Full article
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Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking islandFactsNews

Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island

Bulacan, Philippines | AFP On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo wakes before her grandchildren to begin the backbreaking work of removing…
SourceSourceSeptember 11, 2025 Full article
Image: Surface air temperature during August 2025 heatwave (8–18 August), Europe
Image of the day: August 2025, the third-warmest August on record globallyFactsNews

Image of the day: August 2025, the third-warmest August on record globally

August 2025 was the third-warmest August ever measured worldwide, according to the latest Climate Bulletin from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Global surface air…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 9, 2025 Full article
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Egyptian farmers behind world’s perfumes face climate fight aloneFactsNews

Egyptian farmers behind world’s perfumes face climate fight alone

Shubra Balula, Egypt | AFP | Muser NewsDesk For years, Egyptian jasmine picker Wael al-Sayed has collected blossoms by night in the Nile Delta, supplying top…
SourceSourceAugust 25, 2025 Full article
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Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havocFactsNews

Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures, but many regions were devastated by extreme weather amplified…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: June 2025 breaks heat records across western EuropeFacts

Image of the day: June 2025 breaks heat records across western Europe

Western Europe endured its warmest June on record in 2025, with temperatures driven to extreme levels by back-to-back heatwaves and unusually warm seas. Data from…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 11, 2025 Full article
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Sand and dust storms pose growing threat to global health and economy, WMO reportsFacts

Sand and dust storms pose growing threat to global health and economy, WMO reports

Sand and dust storms are affecting hundreds of millions of people across more than 150 countries, with rising consequences for public health, transportation, and agriculture,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 11, 2025 Full article
Image: this data visualisation, produced using C3S data, illustrates the surface air temperature anomalies for May 2025 across part of the Northern Hemisphere
Image of the day: Global temperature hovers near 1.5°C in May 2025Facts

Image of the day: Global temperature hovers near 1.5°C in May 2025

May 2025 was the second warmest May ever recorded globally, with an average surface air temperature of 15.79°C – 0.53°C above the 1991–2020 average –…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: April 2025 ranks as second warmest April ever recorded globallyFacts

Image of the day: April 2025 ranks as second warmest April ever recorded globally

April 2025 continued an unrelenting streak of high global temperatures, becoming the second warmest April ever recorded, according to the latest Climate Bulletin from the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 14, 2025 Full article
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Key facts on deep-sea miningFacts

Key facts on deep-sea mining

Oslo, Norway | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Supporters see deep-sea mining as a boon for the green energy transition, while opponents see it as an…
SourceSourceApril 29, 2025 Full article
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Summer 2024 was Lapland’s warmest in 2,000 years: studyNewsFacts

Summer 2024 was Lapland’s warmest in 2,000 years: study

Helsinki, Finland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The summer of 2024 was the warmest in 2,000 years in the Lapland region of northern Finland, Norway…
SourceSourceApril 28, 2025 Full article
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Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsensNewsFacts

Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsens

Paris, France | AFP An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could…
SourceSourceApril 23, 2025 Full article