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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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MBARI research and technology play integral role in new Decade of Action for Cryospheric SciencesNews

MBARI research and technology play integral role in new Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences

International collaborations leverage MBARI’s expertise and advanced technology to better understand polar ecosystems This year marks the opening of the United Nations Decade of Action…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2025 Full article
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Ancient Pacific sediments hold key to future climate researchClimate

Ancient Pacific sediments hold key to future climate research

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain understudied clues into Earth’s environmental future Summary: Ancient…
SourceSourceJune 8, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Hurricane Bud, shown here over Baja in 2018, extended across Mexico and left some surprising changes in its wake, UC Merced researchers found
Hurricanes stir deep oxygen-poor waters, fueling microbial bloomsClimate

Hurricanes stir deep oxygen-poor waters, fueling microbial blooms

With careful planning and a little luck, researchers found a surprising upside to hurricanes after a Category 4 storm disrupted their expedition off the coast…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Image of the day: Rising seas threaten the narrow coast of PuntarenasNews

Image of the day: Rising seas threaten the narrow coast of Puntarenas

Puntarenas, Costa Rica stretches along a slim finger of land jutting into the Pacific, clearly visible in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captured on 20 March…
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USP and FAPESP bring innovative technologies to international startup fair in FranceNews

USP and FAPESP bring innovative technologies to international startup fair in France

VivaTech is one of Europe's leading technology and startup events; USP and FAPESP will take researchers and disruptive technologies to the event in the areas…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2025 Full article
Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: June 6, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 6, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 6, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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South-West Pacific faces rising seas, record heat: WMO reportClimate

South-West Pacific faces rising seas, record heat: WMO report

Unprecedented Ocean warming engulfed the South-West Pacific in 2024, harming ecosystems and economies, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2025 Full article
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Warming climate boosts antibiotic resistance in global soilsScience

Warming climate boosts antibiotic resistance in global soils

A new international study involving researchers from Durham University has revealed that climate change is accelerating the rate of development and global abundances of antibiotic…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2025 Full article
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Older companies lead the way on sustainability, new research showsScience

Older companies lead the way on sustainability, new research shows

In a new article published in Frontiers in Organizational Psychology, Daria Haner, Dr Yilei Wang, Dr Deniz Ones, and Dr Stephan Dilchert, Dr Yagizhan Yazar,…
SourceSourceJune 5, 2025 Full article
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Tech sector emissions, energy use grow with rise of AINews

Tech sector emissions, energy use grow with rise of AI

Transparency and accountability on climate action also move higher in period covered by ITU-WBA Greening Digital Companies report Tech sector carbon emissions continued their rise…
SourceSourceJune 5, 2025 Full article
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2023 North Atlantic heatwave was largest and fastest on recordClimate

2023 North Atlantic heatwave was largest and fastest on record

A summer like no other: inside 2023’s record-smashing North Atlantic marine heatwave Summary: The North Atlantic Ocean experienced an unprecedented marine heatwave in the summer…
SourceSourceJune 4, 2025 Full article
Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: June 4, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 4, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 4, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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The University of Sydney's One Tree Island research station on One Tree Island reef on the southern Great Barrier Reef
Will rising seas doom the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient reef record offers cluesClimate

Will rising seas doom the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient reef record offers clues

A combination of stressors, not sea levels alone, cause the demise of reefs Summary: New research published in Nature Communications shows that the Great Barrier…
SourceSourceJune 3, 2025 Full article
Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: June 3, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 3, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 3, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 3, 2025 Full article
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Climate strategies of agri-food giants insufficient: studyNews

Climate strategies of agri-food giants insufficient: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Nestle, PepsiCo and other agri-food giants are "unlikely" to bring about meaningful greenhouse gas reductions in the sector…
SourceSourceJune 3, 2025 Full article
Hourglass with Earth inside with an glacier melting above - global warming concept (s. climate anxiety)
Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028Climate

Global warming to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028

Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C already by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris goals is proposed. This is based…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
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Small ocean currents found to pack major climate powerScience

Small ocean currents found to pack major climate power

Texas A&M's Jinbo Wang and an international team use SWOT satellite data to uncover powerful submesoscale eddies, reshaping our understanding of ocean-climate dynamics Summary: Some…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
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Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollutionScience

Oceans feel the heat from human climate pollution

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Oceans have absorbed the vast majority of the warming caused by burning fossil fuels and shielded societies from…
SourceSourceJune 2, 2025 Full article
A group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge (s. tundra, climate)
AI sea ice forecasts help protect Arctic caribou migration routesClimate

AI sea ice forecasts help protect Arctic caribou migration routes

Artificial intelligence sea ice forecasting systems could help predict and protect the migration routes of endangered caribou in the Canadian Arctic, according to a new…
SourceSourceJune 1, 2025 Full article
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Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATANews

Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATA

New Delhi, India | AFP The airline industry's flagship goal of decarbonising by 2050 is now "in peril" due to climate-sceptic policies, including those of…
SourceSourceJune 1, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Baa Atoll, Maldives
Image of the day: Coral sanctuaries of Baa Atoll seen from spaceNews

Image of the day: Coral sanctuaries of Baa Atoll seen from space

Fringed with white-sand beaches and teeming with marine life, Baa Atoll in the Maldives stands out not only as a stunning tropical paradise but also…
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Image of the day: Glacial collapse devastates Swiss villageNews

Image of the day: Glacial collapse devastates Swiss village

A catastrophic glacial collapse in the Swiss Alps triggered a massive landslide on 28 May 2025, engulfing much of the village of Blatten in the…
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The summit of Huayna Potosí, a mountain near La Paz, Bolivia. Here we find the Zongo glacier, one of several in the tropical Andes Mountains, that are now smaller than at any point since the end of the last ice age 11,700 years ago, according to new research from UW–Madison researchers and their collaborators.
Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciersClimate

Stronger climate policy could save half the world’s glaciers

A study published in Science finds that twice as much of the world’s glacier mass could be preserved by meeting the 1.5°C threshold set by…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
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Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levelsScience

Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levels

PolyU research reveals rising soil nitrous acid emissions driven by climate change and fertilisation accelerate global ozone pollution Summary: Emissions of nitrous acid (HONO) from…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article