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- [Europe braces for another summer heatwave](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/10/europe-braces-4-new-summer-heatwave/): Both France and the UK have seen thousands of excess deaths during previous heatwaves this year.
- [Earlier switch from gas cars to EVs can cut emissions in the US](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/10/switch-from-gas-cars-cut-us-emissions/): Replacing a functioning gasoline-powered vehicle with a battery electric vehicle can reduce lifecycle carbon emissions across most conditions modeled for the US, even when the gasoline vehicle is retired well before the end of its useful life. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara) assessed more than 400 vehicle models while accounting for vehicle efficiency, annual mileage, electricity generation, battery size and manufacturing emissions.
- [Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/10/west-europe-hottest-june-july-on-record/): Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU's global warming monitor said Monday.
- [One woman confirmed dead in western Canada wildfire](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/10/woman-dead-in-west-canada-wildfire/): An 80-year-old woman died while leaving her home trying to escape a massive wildfire in Canada's British Columbia province, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said late Sunday.
- [Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in eastern China](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/09/typhoon-dolphin-lands-in-china/): Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, as torrential rain and high winds swept swathes of the densely populated coastline.
- [New method makes satellite data easier to use in biodiversity research](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/09/method-sat-data-biodiversity-research/): Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have created an open workflow designed to help ecologists work with large Earth observation datasets while reducing technical barriers to processing them. The approach goes beyond environmental averages by measuring geodiversity, or variation in conditions such as climate and elevation across landscapes and spatial scales.
- [Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/09/indonesia-closes-national-park-wildfire/): Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.
- [Canada tries to adapt to a future of wildfires](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/08/canada-adapt-2-future-of-wildfires/): Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying to limit the annual devastation.
- [Human activity linked to more frequent Arctic fires](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/07/human-activity-2-frequent-arctic-fires/): Arctic fires were substantially more frequent in areas associated with settlements, infrastructure and industrial activity between 2001 and 2013, according to research led by the University of Zurich (UZH). The team used satellite-detected artificial nighttime light as an indicator of human activity across the Arctic.
- [Food security fears mount as UK farmers battle drought](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/07/uk-farmers-battle-drought/): "It suddenly, completely dried out," Pawsey said. For weeks the drought "just seems to have gone on for ever" on his farm in the eastern county of Suffolk.
- [Rainwater roof cooling could reduce urban heat and energy use](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/06/rainwater-roof-cooling-4-urban-heat/): Rooftop rainwater systems may help cities respond to extreme heat by lowering cooling demand and reducing the number of heatwave days, according to research published in Earth’s Future.
- [Climate change made Canadian wildfires twice as likely: study](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/06/climate-change-2-canadian-wildfires/): Although the season began with below-normal activity, prolonged hot and dry weather since July has driven the rapid spread of fires across the country, with Ontario and the Northwest Territories especially impacted.
- [Low water on Germany’s Rhine river threatens new blow to economy](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/06/low-water-on-germany-rhine-river/): The Rhine riverbed is partially dry near steelmaker thyssenkrupp's blast furnaces in Duisburg, a picture of how the low waters pose a new challenge for German industry.
- [Climate change is reshaping butterfly ranges worldwide](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/05/climate-change-and-butterfly-ranges/): Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the study combined English and non-English research with assessments from 68 butterfly experts. This approach provided a more complete global picture, but major data gaps remain across Central Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and the Amazon Basin. The researchers call for broader and more inclusive monitoring to track how climate pressures and land-use change are affecting butterfly diversity.
- [Greeks survey damage left by fires near Athens](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/05/greeks-survey-damage-fires-athens/): Greek officials and residents of a region west of the capital Athens on Wednesday began to assess the damage suffered by homes, businesses and farmland scorched by a wildfire.
- [India monsoon floods, landslides kill more than 100 since July: officials](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/05/india-monsoon-floods-landslides-toll/): Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people across India since July, official data showed Wednesday, with thousands forced to flee their inundated homes.
- [OceanX expedition maps Roo Rise deep-sea ecosystems](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/04/oceanx-maps-roo-rise-deep-sea/): A 22-day OceanX expedition has produced a new scientific baseline for Roo Rise, a little-studied region of the eastern Indian Ocean. Aboard R/V OceanXplorer, an international research team mapped 12,833 square kilometres of seabed, including 9,333 square kilometres in international waters. Around 64% of the surveyed area was newly mapped when compared with existing global and Australian datasets.
- [EU launches project for Southern Ocean observing system](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/03/eu-southern-ocean-observing-system/): A new international research project will strengthen observations across the Southern Ocean and Antarctica as scientists seek to understand rapid changes in sea ice, ocean circulation, ice shelves and ecosystems. The EU-funded SYNCHRONY project, launched on 1 August 2026, brings together 27 partner institutions under the coordination of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).
- [South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5 °C](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/02/south-korea-highest-ever-temperature/): South Korea registered on Sunday its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, according to the state weather agency.
- [Arctic coastal sediments keep much permafrost carbon buried](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/02/arctic-sediments-permafrost-carbon/): Nearshore sediments can retain ancient carbon carried into the ocean by coastal permafrost erosion, potentially limiting its rapid return to the active carbon cycle. Researchers examined sediment cores collected near Qikiqtaruk, also known as Herschel Island, in northern Canada, using carbon isotopes to determine the age and origin of organic matter and the carbon produced through microbial decomposition.
- [Hungary to shut nuclear plant as heatwave hits central Europe](https://www.muser.press/2026/08/01/hungary-to-shut-nuclear-plant/): The nuclear plant in Paks, south of Budapest, provides around 40 percent of Hungary's annual electricity generation.
- [Forever chemicals and pesticides under Trump: what to know](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/31/forever-chemicals-under-trump/): Since returning to power, President Donald Trump's administration has approved five new pesticides considered by many to be PFAS "forever chemicals," a class of toxic substances facing increasing restrictions around the world.
- [Strengthening El Niño ‘adding fuel to a planet already on fire’: UN chief](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/31/el-nino-adding-fuel-to-planet-on-fire/): A strengthening El Niño that could shatter all-time records is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and pushing the world into "uncharted territory," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday.
- [May, June heatwaves caused 2,877 extra deaths in England: govt](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/30/may-june-heatwaves-2877-extra-deaths/): The latest figure does not take into account the current month of July, which has also seen a prolonged heatwave, and the UKHSA said the total for the summer "is likely to be substantially higher".
- [Heat and daylight deepen inequality in cities](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/30/heat-and-daylight-deepen-inequality/): Housing quality, working patterns and neighbourhood design shape how people experience extreme heat and reduced daylight in cities. Researchers at the University of East Anglia use examples from Delhi and London to examine how these environmental conditions affect residents unequally.
- [Climate concern rises across Europe](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/28/climate-concern-rises-across-europe/): Environmental concern has continued to grow across Europe during a decade shaped by the financial crisis, migration, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) show that 30% of respondents named climate change as the most important environmental problem in surveys conducted between 2020 and 2023, twice the 15% recorded in 2010–2012. The environment also became the third most important national concern, behind health and the economy.
- [Seabirds trade survival chances for future breeding success](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/27/seabirds-trade-survival-chances/): Wild seabirds that face high energy demands during the breeding season go on to migrate farther and raise more chicks the next year, but at a cost to their own survival. An international team, led by researchers from Nagoya University, raised the energy cost of flight for some birds and tracked them through the next year of their annual cycle. The researchers introduce a concept called "energetic flexibility" and offer rare experimental evidence for how the costs of one season carry over to shape the next. The study appears in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
- [Whales at risk, hungry pelicans: Marine heatwave hits California](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/27/marine-heatwave-hits-california/): On a boat off the coast of California, Sara Lesser gazes wistfully at dozens of dolphins playing in the vessel's wake. This summer, extreme heat is making such a scene increasingly rare.
- [France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires with more heat on the way](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/27/france-and-spain-battle-wildfires/): "We are dealing with a perimeter of 280 kilometres encompassing 77,000 hectares (190,000 acres)," Barcones told state broadcaster TVE of the wildfire.
- [Young people lead dietary emissions as seniors drive the rise](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/25/young-people-lead-dietary-emissions/): The analysis covered 141 food products across 22 age groups in 149 countries. Over the study period, global dietary emissions increased by 2.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, with older adults accounting for 25.4% of that growth. Their rising contribution was driven mainly by population ageing, particularly in high- and upper-middle-income countries, rather than by diets that were more carbon-intensive than those of younger people.
- [Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/24/deadly-wildfires-in-europe-july-2026/): Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of western Europe on Friday, triggering a state of emergency in the Spanish capital region and prompting France to seek aid from the European Union.
- [Potato juice to supply bio-based fatty acids for European industry](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/23/potato-juice-to-bio-based-fatty-acids/): Potato juice from the potato processing industry will serve as feedstock for chemical production through the Potato Juice to Fatty Acids for New Bio-based Value-Chains in Europe (PACE) project. The four-year initiative is centred on Royal Avebe’s existing facility in the Netherlands.
- [Climate change making Europe drought ‘more severe’: study](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/23/climate-change-eu-drought-more-severe/): Human-caused climate change has intensified a drought across Europe with extreme heat, rather than low rainfall driving the exceptionally dry conditions, a team of international scientists said Thursday.
- [Acid mine drainage could greatly increase metal mining carbon footprints](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/22/acid-mine-drainage-carbon-footprints/): Published today in Environmental Science and Technology, this groundbreaking work is the first comprehensive quantification of CO₂ emissions from acid mine drainage neutralization for metal mining in academic peer reviewed literature.   
- [EU watchdog reduces safe level of exposure to ‘forever chemical’ TFA](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/22/eu-watchdog-forever-chemical-tfa/): The European Commission and member states are expected to use the agency's decision to update the concentration limits of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in drinking water, where it is widely present.
- [SOWISE+ project to demonstrate urban waste biorefinery at industrial scale](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/22/sowise-project-urban-waste-biorefinery/): Urban biowaste and post-consumer absorbent hygiene products will provide the raw materials for SOWISE+, a five-year European project that will demonstrate a first-of-its-kind multipurpose biorefinery at Technology Readiness Level 8. The initiative began with a two-day consortium meeting in Treviso, Italy, where partners aligned on the technical programme, implementation plan and initial work for the flagship facility.
- [France sees record area burned by wildfires by mid-July: monitor](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/21/france-record-area-burned-by-wildfires/): More than 42,000 hectares have burned in France by mid-July this year, surpassing the previous record set in 2022, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (Effis).
- [Uproar in France over reintroduction of bee-harming pesticides](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/21/france-bee-harming-pesticides/): Environmentalists in France were outraged Tuesday as parliament looked set to authorise some farmers to use two bee-harming pesticides banned in France but allowed in the European Union.
- [Who gets published in elite science journals? Prestige and country play a role](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/21/who-publish-in-elite-science-journals/): Publication rates at two major general science journals varied substantially with institutional prestige, research field, team size and author location, according to an analysis of 110,303 submissions made between 2016 and 2020. The study, published in Science Advances, used deidentified records from Science and Science Advances to examine decisions during editorial screening and external peer review.
- [Great Barrier Reef at risk of ‘collapse’, scientists warn](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/21/great-barrier-reef-at-risk-of-collapse/): Australia's Great Barrier Reef is at a very high risk of extreme and widespread bleaching and "ecosystem collapse" linked to this year's El Niño weather phenomenon, top scientists warned Tuesday.
- [Canada faces one of its most intense fire seasons](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/20/canada-most-intense-fire-seasons/): Canada's 270 million hectares of boreal forest -- that is forest in high-latitude environments -- comprises 28 percent of the world's boreal zone. It is naturally affected by lightning fires that spread rapidly through the canopy, making them difficult to control.
- [Swiss researchers hoard vast trove of NASA climate data](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/20/swiss-researchers-nasa-climate-data/): "The sheer amount is impossible to visualise," Reto Knutti, professor of climate physics and head of ETH's Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM), told AFP.
- [Aquatic deoxygenation threatens Earth system stability](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/20/aquatic-deoxygenation-and-earth-system/): Researchers led by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) assessed aquatic deoxygenation in relation to the nine processes included in the Planetary Boundaries framework. Their analysis connects oxygen decline with climate change, excess nutrient inputs, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification and reduced ventilation of deeper waters.
- [Himalayan forests reveal two paths to storing carbon](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/20/himalayan-forests-storing-carbon/): High in the Garhwal Himalayas, deodar forests retain substantial amounts of carbon in large, long-lived trees. Farther downslope, species-rich mixed forests perform a different role, storing more carbon in the soil.
- [US further weakens endangered species protections](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/18/us-weakens-endangered-species-protect/): President Donald Trump's administration on Friday finalized two more rules curbing the landmark Endangered Species Act, further diminishing the power of a law credited with saving iconic animals such as the grizzly bear and bald eagle.
- [Canadian wildfire smoke linked to changes in New York bird sightings](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/17/canadian-wildfire-smoke-bird-sightings/): Smoke drifting from Canadian wildfires may make many breeding birds harder to observe across New York State. Researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) compared local concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) with 98,960 birdwatching checklists submitted to Cornell University’s eBird platform during the 2021–2023 breeding seasons.
- [With climate ambitions in question, EU reforms carbon market](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/17/eu-reforms-carbon-market/): The European Union on Friday unveils reforms of its carbon market, after fierce wrangling between countries, industry and activists over the pace of the bloc's climate push.
- [Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/17/canadian-wildfire-smoke-in-us-2026/): The Manhattan skyline was obscured by thick haze and Chicago closed its beaches Thursday as out-of-control Canadian wildfires raged, sending smoke spewing into the United States and exposing millions of people to dangerously unhealthy air.
- [Top US science body readies climate report](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/16/us-science-body-readies-climate-report/): The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), independent nonprofit institutions operating under an 1863 charter signed by president Abraham Lincoln, will publish 'Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Their Impacts', their first update on the topic in a decade.
- [Satellite images reveal links between sea ice and penguin diets](https://www.muser.press/2026/07/13/links-between-sea-ice-and-penguin-diets/): Three decades of satellite images have enabled scientists to reconstruct how Adélie penguin diets have changed across Antarctica. Published in Current Biology, the study combined NASA Landsat imagery with field measurements, stable isotope analysis and statistical modelling to estimate whether colonies relied more on fish or krill between 1984 and 2013.

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