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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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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: May 14, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: May 14, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (May 14, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 15, 2025 Full article
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Climate threats expose Brazil’s civil defense weaknessesClimate

Climate threats expose Brazil’s civil defense weaknesses

Research proposes action fronts to increase the organizational capacity of these units in municipalities; expanded coordination with other areas is one of the next steps…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2025 Full article
Image: Global Temperature April 2025
Image of the day: April 2025 ranks as second warmest April ever recorded globallyFacts

Image of the day: April 2025 ranks as second warmest April ever recorded globally

April 2025 continued an unrelenting streak of high global temperatures, becoming the second warmest April ever recorded, according to the latest Climate Bulletin from the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 14, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Algal bloom in the Adriatic Sea
Image of the day: Green tide emerges in the Adriatic SeaNews

Image of the day: Green tide emerges in the Adriatic Sea

Swirls of green are visible in the waters of the central and northern Adriatic Sea in this Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite image from 2 May 2025.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 13, 2025 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
New open access book: ‘Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in Japan’News

New open access book: ‘Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in Japan’

This open access book presents the latest Japanese research for the projection of climate change impacts and the evaluation of adaptation policies, with a particular…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2025 Full article
Image: Tokyo cityscape with Skytree at sunset
Reducing urban heat could help control extreme summer rainfallClimate

Reducing urban heat could help control extreme summer rainfall

Mitigating the effect of urban heat release on local rainfall Summary: As summer temperatures rise in cities, so do the risks of sudden downpours and…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2025 Full article
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UK to host key climate gatheringNews

UK to host key climate gathering

The Met Office and the University of Exeter will host scientists, policy makers and business leaders for vital talks assessing growing risks from climate change…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Gouda, Netherlands
Image of the day: Gouda’s cheese legacy faces climate pressureNews

Image of the day: Gouda’s cheese legacy faces climate pressure

From above, the city of Gouda appears as a neatly patterned quilt of green fields, narrow canals, and red-tiled rooftops, a landscape shaped by centuries…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 12, 2025 Full article
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Invasive salmon, clams and seaweed are next threats to biodiversity in BritainNews

Invasive salmon, clams and seaweed are next threats to biodiversity in Britain

Next Threats To Biodiversity In Britain  Pink salmon, Purple Asian clams, marine invertebrates that form spaghetti-like colonies and a nematode worm that causes extensive deaths…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2025 Full article
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Bees hit hardest by heat and land use changes, study findsScience

Bees hit hardest by heat and land use changes, study finds

In a new study, researchers at the University of Würzburg are investigating the interaction of major global change drivers on insects Summary: A comprehensive study…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2025 Full article
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Copenhagen to offer giveaways to eco-friendly touristsNews

Copenhagen to offer giveaways to eco-friendly tourists

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP The city of Copenhagen will offer special rebates and freebies to eco-friendly tourists this summer, including free bike rentals to those…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2025 Full article
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Simple oxygen tweak could cut wastewater climate emissionsScience

Simple oxygen tweak could cut wastewater climate emissions

Mitigating laughing gas emissions from wastewater Summary: Tiny microbes tasked with cleaning our wastewater are also releasing a powerful greenhouse gas — nitrous oxide (N2O),…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2025 Full article
Image: On the way to CO2 neutrality (s. net-zero carbon debt, climate overshoot)
Rethinking energy efficiency can cut global industrial CO₂ emissions by 5%Climate

Rethinking energy efficiency can cut global industrial CO₂ emissions by 5%

How to reduce global CO₂ emissions from industry Summary: Reducing global carbon dioxide emissions from industry by at least five per cent is possible -…
SourceSourceMay 10, 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: May 9, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: May 9, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (May 9, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 9, 2025 Full article
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Major US cities are sinking as land subsidence threatens infrastructureScience

Major US cities are sinking as land subsidence threatens infrastructure

An analysis of 28 major U.S. cities revealed that all 28 are sinking, potentially affecting 34 million people Summary: Large parts of urban America are…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2025 Full article
Smokestacks against a clear sky industrial landscape (s. climate, sdg, pollution)
Cutting emissions could prevent 250,000 air pollution deaths annually in EuropeClimate

Cutting emissions could prevent 250,000 air pollution deaths annually in Europe

Up to 250,000 deaths from poor air quality could be prevented annually in central and western Europe by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are drastically…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2025 Full article
Fire globe - abstract (s. climate. temperatures, forever chemicals, wildfires)
Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April: EU monitorNews

Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the climate change monitor Copernicus said Thursday, extending a prolonged and exceptional…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Três Pontas, Brazil
Image of the day: Coffee fields of Três Pontas under climate pressureNews

Image of the day: Coffee fields of Três Pontas under climate pressure

Três Pontas, located in Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais, is more than just a picturesque town - it’s one of the country’s most vital coffee-producing…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 7, 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: May 7, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: May 7, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (May 7, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 7, 2025 Full article
Clock Earth - Climate
World’s richest 10% caused two thirds of global warming: studyScience

World’s richest 10% caused two thirds of global warming: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world's wealthiest 10 percent of individuals are responsible for two thirds of global warming since 1990, researchers…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2025 Full article
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World energy methane emissions near record high in 2024: IEANews

World energy methane emissions near record high in 2024: IEA

Paris, France | AFP Record fossil fuel production kept planet-heating methane emissions near historic highs last year, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, warning of…
SourceSourceMay 7, 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: May 6, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: May 6, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (May 6, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 6, 2025 Full article
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Brazil’s beef sector emits over twice the climate target, study warnsScience

Brazil’s beef sector emits over twice the climate target, study warns

In an article published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, researchers from the Federal University of São Paulo discuss the need for the production chain…
SourceSourceMay 5, 2025 Full article
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Biological particles in the air may trigger heavy rain and extreme weatherClimate

Biological particles in the air may trigger heavy rain and extreme weather

EPFL atmospheric and climate scientists show that biological particles may induce rain events that could contribute to flooding and snowstorms, owing to their ability to…
SourceSourceMay 5, 2025 Full article