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Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern EuropeNews

Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern Europe

Ille-Sur-Têt, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to…
SourceSourceJuly 6, 2026 Full article
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June temperatures topped 35 °C for more than two-thirds of Europe populationNews

June temperatures topped 35 °C for more than two-thirds of Europe population

Paris, France | AFP An area of Europe with 410 million people -- more than two-thirds of the continent's population -- experienced temperatures over 35 °C…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2026 Full article
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UN warns of strong looming El NiñoClimate

UN warns of strong looming El Niño

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk El Niño will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extreme weather,…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2026 Full article
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France records 2,025 excess deaths in June heatwave: health ministerNews

France records 2,025 excess deaths in June heatwave: health minister

Paris, France | AFP There were at least 2,025 more deaths than expected in France during June's heatwave, the country's health minister said on Friday. "There…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2026 Full article
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Indian forecasters warn of below normal July rainsNews

Indian forecasters warn of below normal July rains

New Delhi, India | AFP | Muser NewsDesk India is likely to see below normal rainfall in July after recording its fifth-driest June since 1901, forecasters…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2026 Full article
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World Bank drops climate finance targets in renewed action planNews

World Bank drops climate finance targets in renewed action plan

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The World Bank on Monday extended its climate change policy framework indefinitely, but dropped its targets for the…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2026 Full article
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Europe swelters as heatwave moves east, excess deaths riseNews

Europe swelters as heatwave moves east, excess deaths rise

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Europe's deadly heatwave pushed east Sunday with hundreds of millions still sweltering across the continent despite fleeting relief from…
SourceSourceJune 28, 2026 Full article
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Swiss glaciers facing drastic loss from heatwave: expertNews

Swiss glaciers facing drastic loss from heatwave: expert

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, the head of Glacier Monitoring…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2026 Full article
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Trump climate pushback spurs courtroom battles, report saysNews

Trump climate pushback spurs courtroom battles, report says

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk President Donald Trump's rollback of federal regulations has spurred an unprecedented wave of lawsuits in defence of climate protections,…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2026 Full article
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Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwaveNews

Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwave

Paris, France | AFP Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heatwave on Wednesday, with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2026 Full article
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Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heatNews

Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heat

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Europe braced Wednesday for another day of a sweltering heatwave that has smashed records, left tens of thousands of…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2026 Full article
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UN Secretary-General launches AI transparency push on carbon, water and land impactsNews

UN Secretary-General launches AI transparency push on carbon, water and land impacts

The launch of the initiative comes after a UN University report highlights the AI's massive electricity demand and environmental impacts Summary: The United Nations Secretary-General…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2026 Full article
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Europe heatwave closes schools, threatens healthNews

Europe heatwave closes schools, threatens health

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Workers stewed at their posts and children stayed home from school on Tuesday as a choking early-summer heatwave smothered…
SourceSourceJune 23, 2026 Full article
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Forty people have drowned as heatwave grips France: PMNews

Forty people have drowned as heatwave grips France: PM

Paris, France | AFP Forty people -- many of them youths -- have drowned since June 18 as a severe heatwave grips France, Prime Minister Sebastien…
SourceSourceJune 23, 2026 Full article
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‘Destructive’ fossil fuels behind energy and climate crises: UN chiefNews

‘Destructive’ fossil fuels behind energy and climate crises: UN chief

Paris, France | AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for the world to act with "far greater urgency" to limit global warming, warning that fossil…
SourceSourceJune 23, 2026 Full article
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France breaks average temperature record for June: weather serviceNews

France breaks average temperature record for June: weather service

Paris, France | AFP France's average temperature broke a record for the month of June on Monday, the national weather service said, as the country swelters…
SourceSourceJune 23, 2026 Full article
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Dangerous ‘heat stress’ has surged worldwide, study showsNews

Dangerous ‘heat stress’ has surged worldwide, study shows

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The number of people exposed to dangerous heat stress worldwide has risen sharply over the last half century propelled…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2026 Full article
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Uniting Norway’s research community for the future of the Arctic OceanNews

Uniting Norway’s research community for the future of the Arctic Ocean

Paul E. Renaud of Akvaplan-niva has been appointed program director of Arctic Ocean 2050 (Polhavet 2050). He succeeds Bodil Bluhm, who has served as Acting…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2026 Full article
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Spain logs third-warmest year on record in 2025News

Spain logs third-warmest year on record in 2025

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Spain registered its third-warmest year on record in 2025, with 25 single-day heat records set during the period, national…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2026 Full article
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India braces for El Niño-linked dry conditionsNews

India braces for El Niño-linked dry conditions

New Delhi, India | AFP | Muser NewsDesk India will prepare contingency plans to help farmers weather potential low rainfall linked to the El Niño weather…
SourceSourceJune 16, 2026 Full article
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‘Excellent’ water at most European beaches, study saysNews

‘Excellent’ water at most European beaches, study says

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The vast majority of Europe's beaches offer "excellent" water quality for swimming, the EU environment agency said on Tuesday…
SourceSourceJune 16, 2026 Full article
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France launches biodiversity mapping project using satellites and AINews

France launches biodiversity mapping project using satellites and AI

The Occitanie Region in southern France has launched a three-year biodiversity mapping programme that will combine satellite observations, field surveys and artificial intelligence to create…
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Deadly Philippine quake raised seabed by up to two metresNews

Deadly Philippine quake raised seabed by up to two metres

Manila, Philippines | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines this week raised the seabed by as…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2026 Full article
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Weather pattern El Niño is here and could reach historic intensityNews

Weather pattern El Niño is here and could reach historic intensity

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The phenomenon El Niño has arrived, the US weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern synonymous…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2026 Full article