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How did life survive ‘Snowball Earth’? In ponds, study suggestsScience

How did life survive ‘Snowball Earth’? In ponds, study suggests

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Earth has not always been so hospitable to live. During several ice ages, the planet's surface was almost completely…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Carbon budget for 1.5°C limit may run out in just 3 yearsClimate

Carbon budget for 1.5°C limit may run out in just 3 years

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Arctic peatlands spreading northward as temperatures riseClimate

Arctic peatlands spreading northward as temperatures rise

Warming temperatures and longer growing seasons are driving the outward spread of Arctic peatlands, raising hopes for increased carbon storage, but also concerns about long-term…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Making crops heat-resilient is possible, but costly and time-consumingScience

Making crops heat-resilient is possible, but costly and time-consuming

New review in Science outlines proven strategies to protect crop productivity from rising temperatures, but warns that scaling them up will take decades and major…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Climate change could cut crop yields up to a quarterScience

Climate change could cut crop yields up to a quarter

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Climate change is on track to reduce by 11 percent in 2100 the yields that today provide two-thirds of…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Spring bloom of phytoplankton in the English ChannelNews

Image of the day: Spring bloom of phytoplankton in the English Channel

Each spring, the English Channel comes alive with color as phytoplankton blooms flourish across its nutrient-rich waters. This seasonal surge is visible in this image,…
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Climate and diet drive brown bear shifts across EuropeClimate

Climate and diet drive brown bear shifts across Europe

Trophic relationships are key to understanding changes in the distribution of certain species, according to a study Summary: The distribution of brown bears across Europe…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2025 Full article
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Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergiesNews

Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergies

Paris, France | AFP Runny nose, itching eyes, worsening asthma symptoms -- the effects of hay fever are nothing to sneeze at, experts say, warning of…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2025 Full article
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Energy transition: how coal mines could go solarNews

Energy transition: how coal mines could go solar

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2025 Full article
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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 –…
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Norway launches flagship large-scale carbon capture and storage projectNews

Norway launches flagship large-scale carbon capture and storage project

Oslo, Norway | AFP Norway on Tuesday launched a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a technology seen as crucial to curbing climate change but…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 17, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 17, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 17, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Amazon hydrological extremes intensifying, tree rings study showsClimate

Amazon hydrological extremes intensifying, tree rings study shows

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle over the last 40 years: wet seasons are…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since Covid: IEANews

Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since Covid: IEA

Paris, France | AFP Global oil demand will fall slightly in 2030, its first drop since the 2020 Covid pandemic, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Antarctic krill fishing overlaps with penguin and whale feeding hotspots, study showsScience

Antarctic krill fishing overlaps with penguin and whale feeding hotspots, study shows

Acoustic data reveal when and where fishing vessels compete with whales and penguins for krill in the Southern Ocean – and what this entails for…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Verdict due for Sweden’s ‘Queen of Trash’ over toxic wasteNews

Verdict due for Sweden’s ‘Queen of Trash’ over toxic waste

Stockholm, Sweden | AFP A court in Sweden will rule Tuesday in the country's biggest environmental crime trial, where a self-proclaimed "Queen of Trash" and four…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Greenwashing rife in EU aviation: consumer groupsNews

Greenwashing rife in EU aviation: consumer groups

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The European aviation industry is awash with misleading climate-related claims, consumer groups said Tuesday, over a year after the…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate change expected to worsen sleep apnea worldwideClimate

Climate change expected to worsen sleep apnea worldwide

Sleep apnea will become more common and more severe due to global warming, leading to increased health and economic burdens across the globe, warn Flinders…
SourceSourceJune 16, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: San Marino’s medieval capital seen from spaceNews

Image of the day: San Marino’s medieval capital seen from space

San Marino, one of the world’s oldest and smallest republics, appears in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image acquired on 4 April 2025. The tiny landlocked…
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UK commits £8 bn to flood defencesNews

UK commits £8 bn to flood defences

London, United Kingdom | AFP Britain's Labour government on Monday announced plans to invest almost £8 billion ($11 billion) on flood defences over the next 10…
SourceSourceJune 16, 2025 Full article
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Amazon trees reveal survival tactics under intense sunlight and heatClimate

Amazon trees reveal survival tactics under intense sunlight and heat

Amazon canopy trees adjust their energy use under extreme light and drought, revealing critical limits for photosynthesis and implications for satellite monitoring Summary: In the…
SourceSourceJune 15, 2025 Full article
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Arctic plant life shifts in complex patterns as climate warmsClimate

Arctic plant life shifts in complex patterns as climate warms

Researchers tracked more than 2,000 plant communities over four decades, and found that some species thrived while others declined Summary: In a massive, four-decade study…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2025 Full article
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Summer solstice may guide plant growth, but climate change throws off the signalScience

Summer solstice may guide plant growth, but climate change throws off the signal

UBC researchers find the summer solstice may guide plant growth and reproduction, but climate change could make this once-reliable signal less effective Summary: The summer…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2025 Full article
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Value oceans, don’t plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFPNews

Value oceans, don’t plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFP

Nice, France | AFP French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world's largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas -- and it hopes to…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2025 Full article