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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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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
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
‘Clean energy has gone from alternative to unstoppable’: UN chiefNews

‘Clean energy has gone from alternative to unstoppable’: UN chief

United Nations, United States | AFP Outgoing UN chief Antonio Guterres opened his final climate meeting Wednesday at the world organization's New York headquarters by urging…
SourceSourceSeptember 23, 2026 Full article
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El Niño could cause 451,000 extra heat deathsNews

El Niño could cause 451,000 extra heat deaths

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk This year's powerful El Niño weather pattern could lead to 451,000 additional heat-related deaths worldwide through February as it…
SourceSourceSeptember 23, 2026 Full article
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Outgoing UN chief makes climate push at New York summitNews

Outgoing UN chief makes climate push at New York summit

United Nations, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Updated @ 23 September 2026 - 21:48 Outgoing UN chief Antonio Guterres hailed the "unstoppable" rise of…
SourceSourceSeptember 23, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
Tunisia says 2026 summer hottest on recordNews

Tunisia says 2026 summer hottest on record

Tunisia's summer this year was its hottest on record, the country's weather authority said Tuesday, following multiple heatwaves, water shortages and power cuts. "The summer…
SourceSourceSeptember 22, 2026 Full article
Image: Katie White at COP30 in Belém (Nov 14, 2025)
Green policies just good politics, says UK ministerNews

Green policies just good politics, says UK minister

United Nations, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Transitioning to a low-carbon economy isn't just vital for the planet's future -- it's also good politics,…
SourceSourceSeptember 22, 2026 Full article
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Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: reportNews

Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: report

New York, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Global renewable power capacity grew by record levels last year, a report showed Monday, hailed as a…
SourceSourceSeptember 21, 2026 Full article
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COP31 host says AI’s climate footprint to be a summit priorityNews

COP31 host says AI’s climate footprint to be a summit priority

New York, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk COP31 host Turkey said Monday that pursuing "climate-responsible AI" and pushing tech companies to power data centers…
SourceSourceSeptember 21, 2026 Full article
Fire globe - abstract (s. climate, temperatures, forever chemicals, wildfires)
Forest fire threatens tourist town in Colombian AndesNews

Forest fire threatens tourist town in Colombian Andes

Villa De Leyva, Colombia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A forest fire was burning Sunday in central Colombia near the popular tourist town of Villa de…
SourceSourceSeptember 21, 2026 Full article
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ESA satellite begins tracking plant stress from spaceNews

ESA satellite begins tracking plant stress from space

A faint signal released by vegetation during photosynthesis is expected to give scientists a new way to observe how plants respond to drought, heat and…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 20, 2026 Full article
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Denmark inaugurates CO₂ storage facility in North SeaNews

Denmark inaugurates CO₂ storage facility in North Sea

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Energy group INEOS announced Friday that its Greensand carbon capture and storage (CCS) project had begun storing carbon dioxide…
SourceSourceSeptember 18, 2026 Full article
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Nepal-China floods disaster: Latest developmentsNews

Nepal-China floods disaster: Latest developments

Kathmandu, Nepal | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Updated @ 17 September 2026 - 12:25 CET Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite images show the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli river system near…
SourceSourceSeptember 17, 2026 Full article
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World’s water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warnsNews

World’s water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The planet's water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between too little and too much, the United Nations warned…
SourceSourceSeptember 17, 2026 Full article
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Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger – El Niño chokes Central AmericaNews

Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger – El Niño chokes Central America

San Lorenzo, Honduras | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Animals are dropping dead amid the worst drought in living memory for many Central Americans, who are grappling…
SourceSourceSeptember 16, 2026 Full article
Image: Aerial view of power plant with smoke emissions in Euharlee, GA under a clear sky | Euharlee, GA, United States
At G20 summit, US unravels power plant climate rulesNews

At G20 summit, US unravels power plant climate rules

Houston, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk President Donald Trump's administration on Monday scrapped limits on carbon emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, the…
SourceSourceSeptember 15, 2026 Full article
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August 2026 was joint-hottest month ever recorded globallyFacts

August 2026 was joint-hottest month ever recorded globally

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDeskThe EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also…
SourceSourceSeptember 10, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Glacial lakes from retreating glaciers (termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan-Himalaya. Image provided by Jeffrey Kargel, USGS/NASA JPL/AGU)
The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier riskClimate

The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier risk

Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk In a humble control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to…
SourceSourceSeptember 9, 2026 Full article
Image: A large airtanker makes a water drop on the Summit Trail Fire in Washington (s. air quality, wildfires)
Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, healthClimate

Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, health

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health…
SourceSourceSeptember 7, 2026 Full article
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El Niño could be the strongest in decades, UN warnsClimate

El Niño could be the strongest in decades, UN warns

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk El Niño could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday,…
SourceSourceSeptember 3, 2026 Full article
Image: view of the Perito Moreno Glacier and snowcapped mountains in Argentina. Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Melting glaciers an ‘immediate’ climate risk: author of UN reportNews

Melting glaciers an ‘immediate’ climate risk: author of UN report

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Climate change is accelerating the loss of glaciers and increasing the risk of devastating events like the Himalaya floods,…
SourceSourceSeptember 2, 2026 Full article
Image: houses on a flooded lake under a cloudy sky (s. climate change, 1.5C overshooting limit)
UN says world must navigate ‘reality’ of 1.5 °C overshootClimate

UN says world must navigate ‘reality’ of 1.5 °C overshoot

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The United Nations outlined Wednesday how the world might bring global temperatures back to 1.5 °C once the milestone…
SourceSourceSeptember 2, 2026 Full article