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. (Source: Wikipedia | CC BY-SA)

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Why climate extremes mattered in the fall of the Tang dynastyClimate

Why climate extremes mattered in the fall of the Tang dynasty

Climate variability shaped agriculture, migration, and stability in the dynasty’s final century Summary: Climate change played a measurable role in the decline of the Tang…
SourceSourceJanuary 15, 2026 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: January 15, 2026Science

Climate Science Digest: January 15, 2026

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (January 15, 2026), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 15, 2026 Full article
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Scientist wins ‘Environment Nobel’ for shedding light on hidden fungal networksScience

Scientist wins ‘Environment Nobel’ for shedding light on hidden fungal networks

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems…
SourceSourceJanuary 14, 2026 Full article
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World-first ice archive to guard secrets of melting glaciersClimate

World-first ice archive to guard secrets of melting glaciers

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Scientists on Wednesday sealed ancient chunks of glacial ice in a first-of-its-kind sanctuary in Antarctica in the hope of…
SourceSourceJanuary 14, 2026 Full article
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2025 ranked as third hottest yearNewsFacts

2025 ranked as third hottest year

Global temperatures remained near historic highs in 2025, making it the third hottest year ever recorded and extending a run of exceptional warmth that now…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 14, 2026 Full article
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Cold winter and AI boom pushed US emissions increase in 2025News

Cold winter and AI boom pushed US emissions increase in 2025

Washington, United States | AFP Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States rose last year, snapping a two-year streak of declines as cold winter temperatures drove…
SourceSourceJanuary 13, 2026 Full article
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Disaster losses drop in 2025, picture still ‘alarming’: Munich ReNews

Disaster losses drop in 2025, picture still ‘alarming’: Munich Re

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Nevertheless, "the big picture was alarming with regard to floods, severe… storms and wildfires in 2025," said Munich Re,…
SourceSourceJanuary 13, 2026 Full article
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Most people think climate change will affect others, not themselvesClimate

Most people think climate change will affect others, not themselves

Large international meta-analysis finds people consistently rate their own climate risks as lower than those faced by others Summary: A majority believe climate change-related risks…
SourceSourceJanuary 13, 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:…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 12, 2026 Full article
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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:…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 9, 2026 Full article
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Hundreds of thousands without power as Storm Goretti pummels EuropeNews

Hundreds of thousands without power as Storm Goretti pummels Europe

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Fierce winds battered France and Britain on Friday as Storm Goretti barrelled through northern Europe, cutting power to…
SourceSourceJanuary 9, 2026 Full article
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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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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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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…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 6, 2026 Full article
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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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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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Clean energy subsidies work best when pollution has a priceClimate

Clean energy subsidies work best when pollution has a price

Study finds that when clean energy incentives are applied consistently, the economy can reach an 80% reduction in energy-related carbon emissions by mid-century Summary: Climate…
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