Satellite Image: Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Réunion Island
Image of the day: Piton de la Fournaise volcano erupts againNews

Image of the day: Piton de la Fournaise volcano erupts again

Piton de la Fournaise rises from the east-southeastern tip of Réunion Island, a French territory in the western Indian Ocean shaped by successive volcanic episodes.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 18, 2026 Full article
The business concept of the glass world on a laptop (s. climate, aid, science, news,globe,US energy)
US energy chief says IEA must ‘drop’ focus on climate changeNews

US energy chief says IEA must ‘drop’ focus on climate change

Paris, France | AFP US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged the International Energy Agency on Wednesday to abandon its work on climate change and focus instead…
SourceSourceFebruary 18, 2026 Full article
Image: Tidewater glacier in Inglefield Bredning, Greenland
Where Greenland’s glaciers meet the sea, seals find more to eatScience

Where Greenland’s glaciers meet the sea, seals find more to eat

Inuit–researcher collaboration provides the first direct evidence that Arctic marine predators feed intensively at tidewater glacier fronts Summary: Seals feeding near glacier fronts in Greenland…
SourceSourceFebruary 18, 2026 Full article
Image: The Olympic rings, medal
Olympic Games at a crossroads in a warming worldClimate

Olympic Games at a crossroads in a warming world

The carbon footprint of the Olympic Games remains substantial, despite reforms by the International Olympic Committee. A new study by the University of Lausanne shows…
SourceSourceFebruary 18, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Floods Valencia, Spain
Climate change turbocharged Spain’s Valencia floods: studyFactsNews

Climate change turbocharged Spain’s Valencia floods: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Human-driven climate change intensified rainfall that triggered the Spain's deadliest natural disaster in a generation when flash floods hit…
SourceSourceFebruary 17, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Garonne River, France
Image of the day: Floods along the Garonne after Storm Nils in FranceNews

Image of the day: Floods along the Garonne after Storm Nils in France

Floods along the Garonne River after Storm Nils show the scale of a month of flood alerts in France, as satellite data captures inundated land…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 17, 2026 Full article
Image: Livestock agriculture and fossil fuel infrastructure are among the main human-driven methane sources identified in recent research (s. methane emissions)
Methane emissions from agriculture and fossil fuels drove post-2006 global surgeClimate

Methane emissions from agriculture and fossil fuels drove post-2006 global surge

Methane sources and the 1980–2017 global budget Why global methane emissions increased after 2006 Conclusions Methane emissions from agriculture and fossil fuels were the main…
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An aerial view of the Antarctic drilling site in the 2023-2024 season
Antarctic drilling peers deep into ice shelf’s pastNews

Antarctic drilling peers deep into ice shelf’s past

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Scientists say they have drilled deeper than ever beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, peering back millions of…
SourceSourceFebruary 17, 2026 Full article
Image: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of spruce tree-derived carboxy biochar (b) SB, (c) organically intercalated montmorillonite (MT)
Biochar turns buildings into thermal batteries that cut cooling demandScience

Biochar turns buildings into thermal batteries that cut cooling demand

Engineered biochar–clay 'thermal sponge' turns waste wood into a green cooling battery for buildings Summary: Waste wood biochar could help turn buildings into thermal batteries,…
SourceSourceFebruary 17, 2026 Full article
Image: aerial view of high-rise buildings covered with smoke (s. air quality, air pollution, China)
China has slashed air pollution, but the ‘war’ isn’t overNews

China has slashed air pollution, but the ‘war’ isn’t over

Beijing, China | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are…
SourceSourceFebruary 17, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Wadden Sea along the German and Danish coasts
Image of the day: Wadden Sea along the Danish and German coastsNews

Image of the day: Wadden Sea along the Danish and German coasts

Extending along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, the Wadden Sea – a UNESCO World Heritage site – forms the world’s largest continuous…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 16, 2026 Full article
Image: Water drop (s. health, water wells, pesticides)
Water Sustainability Index aims to curb ESG greenwashing in corporate reportingScience

Water Sustainability Index aims to curb ESG greenwashing in corporate reporting

Researchers introduce a transparent, quantitative index to improve accountability in corporate water use reporting Summary: A new Water Sustainability Index (WSI) developed by researchers at…
SourceSourceFebruary 16, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Cyclone Gezani formed in the Indian Ocean and made landfall on the east coast of Madagascar hitting the island’s main port, Toamasina on Tuesday 10 February
Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59News

Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59

Toamasina, Madagascar | AFP Flooding and fierce winds have pushed Madagascar's death toll from Cyclone Gezani to 59, with more than a dozen people still unaccounted…
SourceSourceFebruary 16, 2026 Full article
Image: red and white ship on sea near mountain (s. Nuuk, Greenland)
Greenland’s west coast posts warmest January on recordNews

Greenland’s west coast posts warmest January on record

Nuuk, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Greenland's capital Nuuk registered its warmest ever January -- beating a record that stood for 109 years -- as…
SourceSourceFebruary 16, 2026 Full article
Image: Fragmented and degraded forests in the Santarem region, Brazil
Amazon deforestation tied to fewer rainy days and higher surface temperaturesClimate

Amazon deforestation tied to fewer rainy days and higher surface temperatures

Satellite data also shows 25% less rainfall compared to regions with high forest cover Summary: Amazon deforestation is linked to hotter, drier conditions during the…
SourceSourceFebruary 16, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: City of Valletta, Malta
Image of the day: Valletta, a Renaissance city carved into Malta’s coastlineNews

Image of the day: Valletta, a Renaissance city carved into Malta’s coastline

On Malta’s north-eastern coast, Valletta stands as a fortified Renaissance capital, shaped by military engineering and enclosed by the sea. The city occupies a narrow…
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Image: Lake Suwa (29 December 2022), Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Japan’s ‘godless’ lake warns of creeping climate changeNews

Japan’s ‘godless’ lake warns of creeping climate change

Suwa, Japan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the…
SourceSourceFebruary 15, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea
Image of the day: Gulf of Riga frozen after Baltic cold snapNews

Image of the day: Gulf of Riga frozen after Baltic cold snap

Gulf of Riga ice cover spread widely across the shallow Baltic basin in early February 2026, after days of sustained sub-zero temperatures tightened their grip…
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Image: Trees during Sunset
What drove the atmospheric methane spike in the pandemic years?Climate

What drove the atmospheric methane spike in the pandemic years?

Climate-driven emissions from wetlands, inland waters, and paddy rice – combined with weakened atmospheric removal – drove the surge, a new Science study shows Summary:…
SourceSourceFebruary 14, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Trenčín, Slovakia
Image of the day: Trenčín marks its year as European Capital of Culture 2026News

Image of the day: Trenčín marks its year as European Capital of Culture 2026

Trenčín begins 2026 carrying the title of European Capital of Culture, a role it shares this year with Oulu in Finland. For twelve months, the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 13, 2026 Full article
Image: Lady Liberty, Liberty Island, New York, NY, USA
Trump dismantles legal basis for US climate rulesNews

Trump dismantles legal basis for US climate rules

Washington, United States | AFP President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a landmark scientific finding underpinning US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution, marking his biggest rollback…
SourceSourceFebruary 12, 2026 Full article
Image: Simon Stiell at COP28 (2023)
UN climate chief says ‘new world disorder’ threatens cooperationNews

UN climate chief says ‘new world disorder’ threatens cooperation

Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The UN's climate chief on Thursday urged countries to unite against an "unprecedented threat" to international cooperation from pro-fossil…
SourceSourceFebruary 12, 2026 Full article
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Abandoning climate action to boost economy would be ‘strategic error’: MacronNews

Abandoning climate action to boost economy would be ‘strategic error’: Macron

Alden Biesen, Belgium | AFP French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday Europe did not need to abandon climate action to revive the continent's lacklustre economy.…
SourceSourceFebruary 12, 2026 Full article
Image: Factory producing CO2 pollution
Climate action could save 1.3 million lives but global cooperation is keyClimate

Climate action could save 1.3 million lives but global cooperation is key

First-of-its-kind study assesses how health benefits of aggressive climate policy travel across international borders Summary: Global climate policy could prevent up to 1.32 million premature…
SourceSourceFebruary 12, 2026 Full article