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Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEANews

Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Renewable energy is still expanding faster than fossil fuels around the world despite policy changes in the United States,…
SourceSourceNovember 12, 2025 Full article
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Brazil’s Lula urges ‘defeat’ of climate deniers as COP30 opensNews

Brazil’s Lula urges ‘defeat’ of climate deniers as COP30 opens

Belém, Brazil | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The United Nations climate conference opened Monday in the Brazilian Amazon with pleas for the world to keep up…
SourceSourceNovember 11, 2025 Full article
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Amazon poised to host toughest climate talks in yearsClimate

Amazon poised to host toughest climate talks in years

Belém, Brazil | AFP | Muser NewsDesk An odor of oil hung over last year's UN climate conference in Baku, capital of fossil fuel-rich Azerbaijan. Starting…
SourceSourceNovember 10, 2025 Full article
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‘We have failed’ to keep warming under 1.5C, UN chief tells COP30News

‘We have failed’ to keep warming under 1.5C, UN chief tells COP30

Belém, Brazil | AFP The world has "failed" in its promise to hold warming below 1.5 °C, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told global leaders in Brazil…
SourceSourceNovember 6, 2025 Full article
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World far off track to meet climate goals: UNClimate

World far off track to meet climate goals: UN

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The UN estimated Tuesday that nations' carbon-cutting pledges imply a far-from-sufficient 10-percent emissions cut by 2035, cautioning that it…
SourceSourceOctober 28, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 6, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 6, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 6, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 6, 2025 Full article
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UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plansNews

UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plans

Paris, France | AFP The United Nations on Wednesday urged nations late in turning in their climate plans to do so quickly, with major polluters among…
SourceSourceSeptember 3, 2025 Full article
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Abrupt climate shifts predicted in major Earth system models as temperatures riseScience

Abrupt climate shifts predicted in major Earth system models as temperatures rise

A computer vision technique modified to scan climate model data is helping scientists predict where and when rapid climatic shifts will happen in the future…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 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
Image: this data visualisation, produced using C3S data, illustrates the surface air temperature anomalies for May 2025 across part of the Northern Hemisphere
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 –…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 17, 2025 Full article
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North Sea oil plans clash with Paris climate targets, UCL study warnsClimate

North Sea oil plans clash with Paris climate targets, UCL study warns

Opening new North Sea oil and gas fields is incompatible with achieving the Paris Climate Agreement goals of limiting warming to 1.5°C or holding warming…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2025 Full article
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Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028Climate

Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028

Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C already by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris goals is proposed. This is based…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
The summit of Huayna Potosí, a mountain near La Paz, Bolivia. Here we find the Zongo glacier, one of several in the tropical Andes Mountains, that are now smaller than at any point since the end of the last ice age 11,700 years ago, according to new research from UW–Madison researchers and their collaborators.
Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciersClimate

Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciers

A study published in Science finds that twice as much of the world’s glacier mass could be preserved by meeting the 1.5°C threshold set by…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
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Dire sea level rise likely even in a 1.5°C world: studyClimate

Dire sea level rise likely even in a 1.5°C world: study

Paris, France | AFP Rising seas will severely test humanity's resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy…
SourceSourceMay 20, 2025 Full article
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Thawing permafrost dots Siberia with rash of moundsNews

Thawing permafrost dots Siberia with rash of mounds

Churapcha, Russia | AFP Record mild weatherViruses and bacteria In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of…
SourceSourceApril 30, 2025 Full article
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Net-zero carbon debt: Measuring responsibility for climate overshootClimate

Net-zero carbon debt: Measuring responsibility for climate overshoot

Tracking net-zero carbon debt: who is responsible for overshoot of the 1.5°C climate limit? Summary: As the world moves closer to exceeding the Paris Agreement’s…
SourceSourceMarch 25, 2025 Full article
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Rising temperatures could put half of global food crops at riskScience

Rising temperatures could put half of global food crops at risk

Global food security could be notably impacted by a marked decline in crop diversity if temperatures rise by more than 1.5°C, new research reveals Summary:…
SourceSourceMarch 4, 2025 Full article
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China’s carbon neutrality strategy: A realistic path to the 2 °C goalScience

China’s carbon neutrality strategy: A realistic path to the 2 °C goal

China’s path to carbon neutrality: Aligning with the Paris Agreement’s 2°C target Summary: A new study published in Engineering examines how China can achieve carbon…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: February 25, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: February 25, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Decoupled responses…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
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Arctic faces irreversible change as global warming nears 2.7°CScience

Arctic faces irreversible change as global warming nears 2.7°C

Summary Arctic study urges stronger climate action to prevent catastrophic warming Summary: The Arctic is on the brink of transformation beyond recognition if global warming…
SourceSourceFebruary 25, 2025 Full article
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How China’s land systems will change under 1.5°C climate pledges by 2100Climate

How China’s land systems will change under 1.5°C climate pledges by 2100

Summary: Study of simulation and analysis of the long-term impacts of 1.5 °C global climate pledges on China's land systems Summary: If global climate pledges…
SourceSourceFebruary 19, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: January 2025 sets new global warmth recordNews

Image of the day: January 2025 sets new global warmth record

January 2025 has been confirmed as the warmest January ever recorded, underscoring the ongoing shift in global climate patterns. Data from the Copernicus Climate Change…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 9, 2025 Full article
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Top climate scientist declares 2°C climate goal ‘dead’Science

Top climate scientist declares 2°C climate goal ‘dead’

Washington, United States | AFP Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now…
SourceSourceFebruary 5, 2025 Full article
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Just 0.5 °C more warming could triple extreme heat zones on EarthClimate

Just 0.5 °C more warming could triple extreme heat zones on Earth

In brief: New assessment warns area the size of the USA will become too hot during extreme heat events for even healthy young humans to…
SourceSourceFebruary 4, 2025 Full article