Climate

Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. In a broader sense, climate is the state of the components of the climate system, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere and biosphere and the interactions between them. The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, longitude, terrain, altitude, land use and nearby water bodies and their currents. (Source: Wikipedia | CC BY-SA)

Satellite Image: State of Victoria, Australia
Image of the day: Wildfires scar northern Victoria as emergency deepensNews

Image of the day: Wildfires scar northern Victoria as emergency deepens

Wildfires in Victoria have torn through large parts of the Australian state in recent days, prompting evacuations, widespread power outages, and the closure of hundreds…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 12, 2026 Full article
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Melting glaciers could release ancient antibiotic resistance into freshwater systemsClimate

Melting glaciers could release ancient antibiotic resistance into freshwater systems

As climate change accelerates the melting of glaciers around the world, scientists are warning of a little-known risk flowing downstream with the meltwater: antibiotic resistance…
SourceSourceJanuary 12, 2026 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: January 12, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: January 12, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (January 12, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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Ancient global warming shows rainfall became more intense and less regularClimate

Ancient global warming shows rainfall became more intense and less regular

'Proxies' in geologic record show rainfall was more intense, but less regular during the Paleogene Summary: Ancient global warming offers important clues about how rainfall…
SourceSourceJanuary 11, 2026 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: January 9, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: January 9, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (January 9, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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Experts say oceans soaked up record heat levels in 2025Climate

Experts say oceans soaked up record heat levels in 2025

Brest, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world's oceans absorbed a record amount of heat in 2025, an international team of scientists said Friday, further…
SourceSourceJanuary 9, 2026 Full article
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Deep ocean temperatures challenge past views of the Antarctic ice sheetClimate

Deep ocean temperatures challenge past views of the Antarctic ice sheet

New temperature reconstructions suggest the Antarctic ice sheet remained more stable during the Oligocene than long assumed Summary: Understanding past Antarctic ice sheet behaviour relies…
SourceSourceJanuary 8, 2026 Full article
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Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty, deepening global pullbackNews

Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty, deepening global pullback

Washington, United States | AFP President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from a bedrock climate treaty was slammed Thursday by the EU, which…
SourceSourceJanuary 8, 2026 Full article
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Clearing small areas of rainforest has outsized climate impact: studyClimate

Clearing small areas of rainforest has outsized climate impact: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing…
SourceSourceJanuary 7, 2026 Full article
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Airlines could cut emissions sharply by flying more efficientlyScience

Airlines could cut emissions sharply by flying more efficiently

An analysis of millions of flights shows how aircraft choice, seating layouts, and passenger loads shape aviation’s carbon footprint – and where rapid reductions are…
SourceSourceJanuary 7, 2026 Full article
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German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on recordNews

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record,…
SourceSourceJanuary 7, 2026 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: January 6, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: January 6, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (January 6, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. A new…
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Climate-driven tree deaths speeding up in Australia: studyScience

Climate-driven tree deaths speeding up in Australia: study

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said…
SourceSourceJanuary 6, 2026 Full article
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Ancient warming erased part of Greenland Ice Sheet, evidence showsClimate

Ancient warming erased part of Greenland Ice Sheet, evidence shows

Core samples pulled from beneath ice sheet suggests region is highly sensitive to the temperatures of our current interglacial period Summary: Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome ice…
SourceSourceJanuary 6, 2026 Full article
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German renewable energy shift slowed in 2025News

German renewable energy shift slowed in 2025

Berlin, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The share of renewables in German power production almost stagnated in 2025, data showed Monday, as concerns grow about…
SourceSourceJanuary 5, 2026 Full article
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Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025FactsNews

Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDeskRecords shattered in Central Asia Up to 1.5 °C hotter in the Sahel Scorching summer in Europe Central Asia, the…
SourceSourceDecember 31, 2025 Full article
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The hidden leaf mechanics behind uneven tree growth in a high‑CO₂ worldScience

The hidden leaf mechanics behind uneven tree growth in a high‑CO₂ world

The mechanics of how water and carbon dioxide move in and out of plants greatly affects how trees grow in a carbon-dioxide-enriched environments Summary: Rising…
SourceSourceDecember 30, 2025 Full article
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Mountain uplift and climate change drive alpine biodiversityScience

Mountain uplift and climate change drive alpine biodiversity

Researchers show impact of mountain building and climate change on alpine biodiversity Summary: Mountain building and long-term climate cooling have played a central role in…
SourceSourceDecember 29, 2025 Full article
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Europe wanted its carbon border tax to go global – is it working?Climate

Europe wanted its carbon border tax to go global – is it working?

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The EU's carbon border tax was designed to do more than clean up its own economy: it hoped to…
SourceSourceDecember 29, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
Image of the day: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier retreat traced over decadesNews

Image of the day: Breiðamerkurjökull glacier retreat traced over decades

Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of the Vatnajökull ice cap in south-eastern Iceland, has been steadily withdrawing from the lowlands for more than a century. Its…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 28, 2025 Full article
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Sweden’s death toll from storm rises to threeNews

Sweden’s death toll from storm rises to three

Helsinki, Finland | AFP The death toll in Sweden rose to three after a storm battered Scandinavia Saturday and overnight, with thousands still without power on…
SourceSourceDecember 28, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: December 28, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 28, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 28, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Japanese eels,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 28, 2025 Full article
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Satellites miss most aviation contrails, MIT study findsClimate

Satellites miss most aviation contrails, MIT study finds

Images from geostationary satellites alone aren’t enough to help planes avoid contrail-prone regions, MIT researchers report Summary: Aviation contrails play a major role in the…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Arctic sea ice far below December averageNews

Image of the day: Arctic sea ice far below December average

Arctic sea ice extent has entered December at levels rarely seen for this time of year, continuing a pattern that developed through late autumn. Satellite…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 22, 2025 Full article