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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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Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink: studyClimate

Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink: study

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb,…
SourceSourceOctober 16, 2025 Full article
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In China, climate litigation starts with the stateNews

In China, climate litigation starts with the state

Beijing, China | AFP | Muser NewsDesk With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in…
SourceSourceOctober 15, 2025 Full article
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Small stone tools reveal ancient resilience to climate change in South ChinaClimate

Small stone tools reveal ancient resilience to climate change in South China

New analysis of 12,000 artifacts shows how South China’s prehistoric communities used tiny stone tools to adapt to changing environments and resource challenges Summary: Miniaturized…
SourceSourceOctober 15, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: October 15, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: October 15, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (October 15, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 15, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: October 14, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: October 14, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (October 14, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 14, 2025 Full article
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US threats cast doubt on shipping emissions dealNews

US threats cast doubt on shipping emissions deal

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk An ambitious plan by the UN's shipping agency to cut maritime emissions could be scuttled at the last…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2025 Full article
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Brazil’s climate wins ahead of COP30News

Brazil’s climate wins ahead of COP30

Brasília, Brazil | AFP Brazil's president has slashed deforestation in the Amazon and worked to better protect Indigenous people, giving him a generally positive environmental record…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2025 Full article
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Glaciers’ self-cooling power nearing its peak, ISTA study warnsClimate

Glaciers’ self-cooling power nearing its peak, ISTA study warns

ISTA study confirms: Glaciers are fighting a losing battle against climate change Summary: Glaciers may soon lose their ability to cool the air around them,…
SourceSourceOctober 13, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Global temperatures stay near record highs in September 2025FactsNews

Image of the day: Global temperatures stay near record highs in September 2025

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reports that September 2025 was the third-warmest September ever recorded globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of…
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New Zealand accused of ‘climate denial’ over new methane targetsNews

New Zealand accused of ‘climate denial’ over new methane targets

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand's government of "full-blown climate denial" after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of methane, a…
SourceSourceOctober 13, 2025 Full article
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Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistanceClimate

Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

Tajikistan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region,…
SourceSourceOctober 13, 2025 Full article
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Marine heatwaves disrupt ocean food webs and slow carbon transportClimate

Marine heatwaves disrupt ocean food webs and slow carbon transport

New study analyzing data from robotic floats and plankton records reveals how marine heatwaves reshape ocean food webs and slow transport of carbon to the…
SourceSourceOctober 7, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: October 6, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: October 6, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (October 6, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Four key climate components are losing stabilityClimate

Four key climate components are losing stability

Four of the most important interconnected parts of the Earth's climate system are losing stability. This is shown by an international scientific study based on…
SourceSourceOctober 5, 2025 Full article
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UN-backed climate banking alliance ceases operationsNews

UN-backed climate banking alliance ceases operations

Paris, France | AFP The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a UN-backed initiative seeking carbon neutral investments by banks, announced Friday its immediate shutdown -- at a time…
SourceSourceOctober 3, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: October 3, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: October 3, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (October 3, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 3, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: October 1, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: October 1, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (October 1, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Pope, Schwarzenegger to rally Catholics to ‘terminate’ climate changeNews

Pope, Schwarzenegger to rally Catholics to ‘terminate’ climate change

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP Pope Leo XIV joins environmental experts and campaigners from around the world for a climate conference near Rome Wednesday featuring…
SourceSourceOctober 1, 2025 Full article
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Yellow warblers show how climate change is reshaping wildlifeClimate

Yellow warblers show how climate change is reshaping wildlife

Findings highlight the importance and difficulty of linking genes, traits and the environment together to better predict a species’ ability to keep pace with climate…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Rapid retreat of Gries Glacier in the Swiss AlpsNews

Image of the day: Rapid retreat of Gries Glacier in the Swiss Alps

Switzerland’s Gries Glacier, nestled in the canton of Valais, is melting at an alarming pace as climate change accelerates the loss of alpine ice. The…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 29, 2025 Full article
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Cambridge scientist reveals strategy that could double consumer choice of meat-free foodsScience

Cambridge scientist reveals strategy that could double consumer choice of meat-free foods

Cambridge research finds unique nudge approach that significantly outperforms carbon labelling for increasing sustainable food consumption Summary: A study published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food…
SourceSourceSeptember 29, 2025 Full article
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Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: reportNews

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience…
SourceSourceSeptember 29, 2025 Full article
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Earth’s carbon cycle may trigger future ice age, scientists warnScience

Earth’s carbon cycle may trigger future ice age, scientists warn

Study: how Earth may overcorrect for warming Summary: A new study published in Science suggests that Earth’s natural carbon cycle, long thought to stabilize global…
SourceSourceSeptember 28, 2025 Full article
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Climate change may bring fewer but larger hailstorms to EuropeClimate

Climate change may bring fewer but larger hailstorms to Europe

Warming may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hailstorms, new research has shown Summary: Climate change could make Europe’s hailstorms less frequent…
SourceSourceSeptember 28, 2025 Full article