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)

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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
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against cement giantNews

Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against cement giant

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP A Swiss court has decided to hear a landmark climate case pitting residents of a tiny Indonesian island being swallowed by rising…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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CO₂ soon to be buried under North Sea oil platformNews

CO₂ soon to be buried under North Sea oil platform

Esbjerg, Denmark | AFP In the North Sea where Denmark once drilled for oil, imported European carbon dioxide will soon be buried under the seabed in…
SourceSourceDecember 22, 2025 Full article
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EU weakens 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industryNews

EU weakens 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industry

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight…
SourceSourceDecember 16, 2025 Full article
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Old rules limit Sámi reindeer herding in a changing climateClimate

Old rules limit Sámi reindeer herding in a changing climate

A warming climate and pressure on land use complicate life for Norway's Sámi reindeer herders. Regulations designed to help them don't work the way they…
SourceSourceDecember 14, 2025 Full article
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Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ for rare orangutansNews

Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ for rare orangutans

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage…
SourceSourceDecember 12, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: November 2025, the third warmest on recordFactsNews

Image of the day: November 2025, the third warmest on record

The November 2025 temperature map brings attention to a month that ranked as the third-warmest November on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service…
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Climate Science Digest: December 10, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 10, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 10, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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EU agrees deal to cut emissions 90 percent by 2040News

EU agrees deal to cut emissions 90 percent by 2040

Brussels, Belgium | AFP European Union countries and lawmakers reached a final deal Wednesday on an ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, allowing…
SourceSourceDecember 10, 2025 Full article
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Mapping Denmark’s microbiome and its impact on agriculture and climateScience

Mapping Denmark’s microbiome and its impact on agriculture and climate

Agriculture shapes microbial communities - and with them eutrophication and greenhouse gas emissions Summary: Denmark’s microbiome has now been charted at an unprecedented national scale,…
SourceSourceDecember 8, 2025 Full article
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Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls riseNews

Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls rise

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP Regions hit by floods that killed hundreds in Indonesia were suffering from food and medical shortages, authorities said, as elephants pitched in…
SourceSourceDecember 8, 2025 Full article
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UN slams world’s ‘apathy’ in launching aid appeal for 2026News

UN slams world’s ‘apathy’ in launching aid appeal for 2026

United Nations, United States | AFP The United Nations on Monday hit out at global "apathy" over widespread suffering as it launched its 2026 appeal for…
SourceSourceDecember 8, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: December 8, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 8, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 8, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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Climate change drives birds toward Europe’s upper elevationsClimate

Climate change drives birds toward Europe’s upper elevations

Many bird species have moved toward colder areas in the mountains of Europe as the climate has warmed over the past two decades. Sunny southern…
SourceSourceDecember 7, 2025 Full article
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Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 627News

Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 627

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the…
SourceSourceDecember 7, 2025 Full article
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To counter climate denial, UN scientists must be ‘clear’ about human role: IPCC chiefNews

To counter climate denial, UN scientists must be ‘clear’ about human role: IPCC chief

Saint-Denis, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk With US President Donald Trump and other sceptics calling climate change a hoax, the UN's climate science body must…
SourceSourceDecember 5, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: December 5, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: December 5, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (December 5, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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