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Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to GhanaNews

Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to Ghana

Madrid, Spain | AFP Spanish police have broken up a criminal network accused of illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ghana, authorities said Friday. Three people…
SourceSourceAugust 8, 2025 Full article
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Seed-dispersing animals are vital to forests and climate, scientists warnClimate

Seed-dispersing animals are vital to forests and climate, scientists warn

International team of researchers issues global warning about the need to include frugivores in conservation, forest restoration, and climate change mitigation strategies Summary: The dramatic…
SourceSourceAugust 8, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: The Mekong Delta’s fertile expanse in southern VietnamNews

Image of the day: The Mekong Delta’s fertile expanse in southern Vietnam

Spanning the southern tip of Vietnam, the Mekong Delta is one of Southeast Asia’s most productive agricultural regions. This flat, densely cultivated plain supports rice…
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Climate Science Digest: August 7, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 7, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 7, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havocFactsNews

Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures, but many regions were devastated by extreme weather amplified…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate actionNews

Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A remote Pacific nation selling passports to fund climate action has approved just six applicants since early this year,…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Solastalgia may contribute to mental health issues linked to climate changeScience

Solastalgia may contribute to mental health issues linked to climate change

It’s caused by environmental change and is linked to depression, anxiety, and PTSD Summary: As environmental changes driven by climate change continue to disrupt lives…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets skies across North AmericaNews

Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets skies across North America

Vast plumes of wildfire smoke have swept across Canada and into the United States as an intense fire season continues to grip large parts of…
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Shade trees could shrink chocolate’s carbon footprint without cutting yieldsScience

Shade trees could shrink chocolate’s carbon footprint without cutting yields

University of Queensland research shows emissions from the global chocolate industry could be reduced by growing more shade trees over farms in the region that…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2025 Full article
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Natural disasters caused $135 bn in economic losses in first half of 2025: Swiss ReNews

Natural disasters caused $135 bn in economic losses in first half of 2025: Swiss Re

Zurich, Switzerland | AFP Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Phytoplankton bloom reveals shifting Arctic dynamicsNews

Image of the day: Phytoplankton bloom reveals shifting Arctic dynamics

A vivid swirl of turquoise and milky blue in the Barents Sea has been captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, revealing the striking presence of…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Great Barrier Reef more volatile with sharp declines in coral coverNews

Great Barrier Reef more volatile with sharp declines in coral cover

Sydney, Australia | AIMS | Muser NewsDesk Hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef has declined substantially from the high levels of recent years…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Reindeer suffer as Finland swelters in record heatwaveNews

Reindeer suffer as Finland swelters in record heatwave

Helsinki, Finland | AFP A record-long heatwave in Finland has caused suffering and even deaths of reindeer, prompting alarm among herders as temperatures remained above 25°C…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
Plastic pollution - oceans
UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global crisis’News

UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global crisis’

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Nations must step up and resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Ancient predator’s bone-crunching diet reveals secrets of climate survivalClimate

Ancient predator’s bone-crunching diet reveals secrets of climate survival

Fossil teeth reveal how a 56-million-year-old mammal adapted to global warming and what it means for animals today Summary: About 56 million years ago, during…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Hong Kong records highest daily rainfall in August since 1884: ObservatoryNews

Hong Kong records highest daily rainfall in August since 1884: Observatory

Hong Kong, China | AFP Hong Kong on Tuesday recorded its highest daily rainfall in August since 1884, the city's weather observatory said, after the highest-tier…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 4, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 4, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 4, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 4, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Río Negro, Argentina
Image of the day: Green lifeline in Argentina’s Patagonian desertNews

Image of the day: Green lifeline in Argentina’s Patagonian desert

A striking contrast unfolds in northern Patagonia, where the arid plains of the Patagonian Desert give way to the vibrant green belt of the Alto…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 4, 2025 Full article
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UN Plastics Treaty: Will the negotiations in Geneva finally achieve a breakthrough?News

UN Plastics Treaty: Will the negotiations in Geneva finally achieve a breakthrough?

From 5 to 14 August, representatives from over 170 countries as well as from science, civil society and industry are meeting in Switzerland continuing the…
SourceSourceAugust 4, 2025 Full article
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Italy fines fast-fashion giant Shein for ‘green’ claimsNews

Italy fines fast-fashion giant Shein for ‘green’ claims

Rome, Italy | AFP Italy's competition watchdog said Monday it has fined the company responsible for Shein's websites in Europe one million euros ($1.15 million) for…
SourceSourceAugust 4, 2025 Full article
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Photosynthesis rising on land but falling in oceans, global study findsScience

Photosynthesis rising on land but falling in oceans, global study finds

Study identifies global upswing in photosynthesis driven by land, offset by oceans Summary: Global photosynthesis has increased over the past two decades, but not uniformly…
SourceSourceAugust 4, 2025 Full article
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Plastic pollution ‘grave and growing’ health threat: LancetNews

Plastic pollution ‘grave and growing’ health threat: Lancet

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognised danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5…
SourceSourceAugust 4, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 1, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 1, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 1, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 1, 2025 Full article
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Seals sing ‘otherworldly’ songs structured like nursery rhymesScience

Seals sing ‘otherworldly’ songs structured like nursery rhymes

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk When male leopard seals dive down into icy Antarctic waters, they sing songs structured like nursery rhymes in performances…
SourceSourceJuly 31, 2025 Full article