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Climate Change

Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth’s climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth’s climate. The current rise in global temperatures is driven by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel use, deforestation, and some agricultural and industrial practices release greenhouse gases. These gases absorb some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary gas driving global warming, has increased in concentration by about 50% since the pre-industrial era to levels not seen for millions of years.
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Satellite Image: Hurricane Erin Spirals North of the Caribbean
Hurricane Erin douses Caribbean, menaces US coastNews

Hurricane Erin douses Caribbean, menaces US coast

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Hurricane Erin's massive footprint battered Caribbean islands with heavy gusts and downpours Monday, as it threatened rip currents…
SourceSourceAugust 19, 2025 Full article
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North Pacific subsurface waters acidifying faster than surfaceScience

North Pacific subsurface waters acidifying faster than surface

Long-term data from waters near Hawai‘i reveal accelerating acidification below the surface, driven by carbon buildup, cooling, and circulation shifts Summary: Carbon dioxide from the…
SourceSourceAugust 19, 2025 Full article
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Marine protected areas help kelp forests recover from marine heatwavesClimate

Marine protected areas help kelp forests recover from marine heatwaves

Marine Protected Areas can boost the recovery of globally important kelp forests following marine heatwaves, according to new research in Journal of Applied Ecology Summary:…
SourceSourceAugust 19, 2025 Full article
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Europe’s flood losses reduced by adaptation despite rising risksClimate

Europe’s flood losses reduced by adaptation despite rising risks

Humans adapt to floods through private measures, early warning systems, emergency preparedness and other solutions. A new attribution study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate…
SourceSourceAugust 18, 2025 Full article
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Texas study reveals heatwaves can cause more polluted airScience

Texas study reveals heatwaves can cause more polluted air

Heatwaves are becoming more common, severe and long-lasting. These prolonged periods of hot weather are especially dangerous in already hot places like Texas. In 2023,…
SourceSourceAugust 18, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 17, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 17, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 17, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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‘Doomsday’ monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing almost 200 peopleNews

‘Doomsday’ monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing almost 200 people

Bajaur, Pakistan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan have killed at least 199 people in…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2025 Full article
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Melting glaciers boost Himalayan river flow but threaten long-term water securityClimate

Melting glaciers boost Himalayan river flow but threaten long-term water security

Melting glaciers are raising river levels and impacting hydropower Summary: Glaciers melting across High Mountain Asia are increasing water flow in at least 10% of…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2025 Full article
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Reindeer face worst decline in 21,000 years, study warnsScience

Reindeer face worst decline in 21,000 years, study warns

Researchers predict that future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2025 Full article
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Scientists outline bold food system reforms to reverse global land degradationScience

Scientists outline bold food system reforms to reverse global land degradation

Imperative to ‘bend the curve’ of land degradation by reducing food waste, unlocking sustainable ocean-based food potential and restoring half of degraded lands by 2050…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2025 Full article
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Falling ice accelerates Greenland glacier retreatClimate

Falling ice accelerates Greenland glacier retreat

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 13, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 13, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 13, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Manitoba wildfires in 2025 linked to combined climate and vegetation stressScience

Manitoba wildfires in 2025 linked to combined climate and vegetation stress

A recent study is shedding light on the factors that contributed to the significant wildfires in Manitoba in May 2025. The research explores how unusual…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2025 Full article
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Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes EuropeNews

Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe

Patras, Greece | AFP Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2025 Full article
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Promise less, act more: Host Brazil’s climate summit vowNews

Promise less, act more: Host Brazil’s climate summit vow

Paris, France | AFP Ahead of the first UN climate summit in the Amazon, its president has defended the choice of Belem to host the conference…
SourceSourceAugust 12, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 12, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 12, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 12, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 12, 2025 Full article
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Warming climate shifts tropical cyclone clusters to North AtlanticClimate

Warming climate shifts tropical cyclone clusters to North Atlantic

A new study published in Nature Climate Change confirms these hurricane clusters are becoming more frequent in the North Atlantic in recent decades – a…
SourceSourceAugust 12, 2025 Full article
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Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: studyClimate

Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Tropical bird populations have plummeted not only due to deforestation but also extreme heat attributable to climate change, according…
SourceSourceAugust 11, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 11, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 11, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 11, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 11, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 10, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 10, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 10, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Greenland’s ice sheet split open by massive hidden floodScience

Greenland’s ice sheet split open by massive hidden flood

A huge flood triggered by the rapid draining of a lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet occurred with such force that it fractured the ice…
SourceSourceAugust 9, 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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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