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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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Ancient aquifers hint at future water shortages in SouthwestScience

Ancient aquifers hint at future water shortages in Southwest

New study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution builds on earlier work and shows the Southwest may be more sensitive to drying than the Pacific…
SourceSourceJune 20, 2025 Full article
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Carbon budget for 1.5°C limit may run out in just 3 yearsClimate

Carbon budget for 1.5°C limit may run out in just 3 years

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Arctic peatlands spreading northward as temperatures riseClimate

Arctic peatlands spreading northward as temperatures rise

Warming temperatures and longer growing seasons are driving the outward spread of Arctic peatlands, raising hopes for increased carbon storage, but also concerns about long-term…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Climate change could cut crop yields up to a quarterScience

Climate change could cut crop yields up to a quarter

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Climate change is on track to reduce by 11 percent in 2100 the yields that today provide two-thirds of…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2025 Full article
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Climate and diet drive brown bear shifts across EuropeClimate

Climate and diet drive brown bear shifts across Europe

Trophic relationships are key to understanding changes in the distribution of certain species, according to a study Summary: The distribution of brown bears across Europe…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2025 Full article
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Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergiesNews

Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergies

Paris, France | AFP Runny nose, itching eyes, worsening asthma symptoms -- the effects of hay fever are nothing to sneeze at, experts say, warning of…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Global temperature hovers near 1.5°C in May 2025Facts

Image of the day: Global temperature hovers near 1.5°C in May 2025

May 2025 was the second warmest May ever recorded globally, with an average surface air temperature of 15.79°C – 0.53°C above the 1991–2020 average –…
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Norway launches flagship large-scale carbon capture and storage projectNews

Norway launches flagship large-scale carbon capture and storage project

Oslo, Norway | AFP Norway on Tuesday launched a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a technology seen as crucial to curbing climate change but…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 17, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 17, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 17, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Amazon hydrological extremes intensifying, tree rings study showsClimate

Amazon hydrological extremes intensifying, tree rings study shows

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle over the last 40 years: wet seasons are…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since Covid: IEANews

Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since Covid: IEA

Paris, France | AFP Global oil demand will fall slightly in 2030, its first drop since the 2020 Covid pandemic, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Greenwashing rife in EU aviation: consumer groupsNews

Greenwashing rife in EU aviation: consumer groups

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The European aviation industry is awash with misleading climate-related claims, consumer groups said Tuesday, over a year after the…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate change expected to worsen sleep apnea worldwideClimate

Climate change expected to worsen sleep apnea worldwide

Sleep apnea will become more common and more severe due to global warming, leading to increased health and economic burdens across the globe, warn Flinders…
SourceSourceJune 16, 2025 Full article
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UK commits £8 bn to flood defencesNews

UK commits £8 bn to flood defences

London, United Kingdom | AFP Britain's Labour government on Monday announced plans to invest almost £8 billion ($11 billion) on flood defences over the next 10…
SourceSourceJune 16, 2025 Full article
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Amazon trees reveal survival tactics under intense sunlight and heatClimate

Amazon trees reveal survival tactics under intense sunlight and heat

Amazon canopy trees adjust their energy use under extreme light and drought, revealing critical limits for photosynthesis and implications for satellite monitoring Summary: In the…
SourceSourceJune 15, 2025 Full article
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Arctic plant life shifts in complex patterns as climate warmsClimate

Arctic plant life shifts in complex patterns as climate warms

Researchers tracked more than 2,000 plant communities over four decades, and found that some species thrived while others declined Summary: In a massive, four-decade study…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2025 Full article
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Summer solstice may guide plant growth, but climate change throws off the signalScience

Summer solstice may guide plant growth, but climate change throws off the signal

UBC researchers find the summer solstice may guide plant growth and reproduction, but climate change could make this once-reliable signal less effective Summary: The summer…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2025 Full article
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Value oceans, don’t plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFPNews

Value oceans, don’t plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFP

Nice, France | AFP French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world's largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas -- and it hopes to…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2025 Full article
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Child brain development shaped by prenatal exposure to extreme climate eventsClimate

Child brain development shaped by prenatal exposure to extreme climate events

A new study by Graduate Center researchers looks at the impact of in utero exposure to both extreme heat and a natural disaster Summary: Children…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 12, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 12, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 12, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 12, 2025 Full article
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Emperor penguin population shrinking faster than expected in AntarcticaScience

Emperor penguin population shrinking faster than expected in Antarctica

Antarctica’s emperor penguin population may be decreasing faster than some of the most pessimistic predictions Summary: Emperor penguins may be vanishing from Antarctica more quickly…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2025 Full article
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Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientistsClimate

Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientists

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland,…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2025 Full article
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North Sea oil plans clash with Paris climate targets, UCL study warnsClimate

North Sea oil plans clash with Paris climate targets, UCL study warns

Opening new North Sea oil and gas fields is incompatible with achieving the Paris Climate Agreement goals of limiting warming to 1.5°C or holding warming…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2025 Full article
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Mount Sinai Health System earns several prestigious national honors for environmental excellenceNews

Mount Sinai Health System earns several prestigious national honors for environmental excellence

One of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area receives three major sustainability awards from Practice Greenhealth Mount Sinai Health System…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2025 Full article