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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
Image: Fig. 2 - Frequency distribution of feels-like temperatures (UTCI) for each continent and increase from the 1970s to the last 10 years
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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Europe sweats through new heatwave, with worse to comeNews

Europe sweats through new heatwave, with worse to come

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk France banned alcohol in red-alert areas Sunday, Spain and Germany cancelled or postponed sports events and Britain warned of…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2026 Full article
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New Horizon Europe project to test green hydrogen solutions for industrial decarbonisationNews

New Horizon Europe project to test green hydrogen solutions for industrial decarbonisation

Valencia, Spain | Muser NewsDesk Advancing green hydrogen integration for the decarbonisation of energy-intensive European industries Summary: A new Horizon Europe project, INDTEGRATE, has been…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2026 Full article
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Strengthening food system security and resilience in EuropeNews

Strengthening food system security and resilience in Europe

Athens, Greece | Muser NewsDesk Advancing Food System Security: From Early Signals to Systemic Resilience Summary: Europe's food systems are facing a growing range of…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2026 Full article
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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
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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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Image: Map showing the epicentre of the 08 June 2026 magnitude 7.8 Offshore Sarangani Earthquake and the distribution of aftershocks recorded by 12:00 PM local time
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
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Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoringNews

Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said Thursday, warning that funding decisions affecting…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2026 Full article
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Climate change-fuelled storm decimated world’s rarest great ape: studyNews

Climate change-fuelled storm decimated world’s rarest great ape: study

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Climate change-fuelled landslides wiped out nearly one in ten of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2026 Full article
Image: map - Average daily surface air temperature anomaly for (left) 11-19 May 2026 and (right) 21–30 May 2026 relative to the corresponding average for the period 1991-2020 (s. hottest May)
World sees second hottest May as Europe faces ‘new normal’: EU monitorNews

World sees second hottest May as Europe faces ‘new normal’: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world experienced its second-hottest May on record, with Europe baking under an unusually early heatwave as climate extremes…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2026 Full article
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COP31 hosts unveil ‘electrification’ priority for climate talksNews

COP31 hosts unveil ‘electrification’ priority for climate talks

Bonn, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk COP31 host Turkey urged countries Tuesday to join a voluntary push to make electricity account for 35 percent of…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2026 Full article
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Banks ramped up fossil fuel investment in 2025: NGO reportNews

Banks ramped up fossil fuel investment in 2025: NGO report

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world's leading banks ramped up investment in fossil fuels last year to the overall tune of $900 billion,…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2026 Full article
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UN warns of ‘deepening crisis’ in oceans, urges actionNews

UN warns of ‘deepening crisis’ in oceans, urges action

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major UN report warned Monday, with seas…
SourceSourceJune 8, 2026 Full article
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Energy crisis shows need to speed up transition: climate envoysNews

Energy crisis shows need to speed up transition: climate envoys

Bonn, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The oil crisis triggered by the Middle East war highlights the need to cut fossil fuel dependence and accelerate…
SourceSourceJune 8, 2026 Full article
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Image of the day: A changing planet through the lens of satellitesNews

Image of the day: A changing planet through the lens of satellites

Arctic glaciers are shrinking. Rivers in the Amazon have fallen to historic lows. Wildfires are producing smoke that can travel hundreds of kilometres beyond the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 5, 2026 Full article
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New Zealand capital flooded with faeces after wastewater failureNews

New Zealand capital flooded with faeces after wastewater failure

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP Homes in New Zealand's capital were flooded with faeces and sanitary products Friday after an overnight storm blocked wastewater pipes, the…
SourceSourceJune 5, 2026 Full article
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French pair propose new term to define ‘environment’News

French pair propose new term to define ‘environment’

Washington, United States | AFP Environmental causes face an uphill battle. Overshadowed in politics, overlooked in budgets and defeated in courts, nature is often treated as…
SourceSourceJune 4, 2026 Full article