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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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Falling ice accelerates Greenland glacier retreatClimate

Falling ice accelerates Greenland glacier retreat

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 13, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 13, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 13, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Manitoba wildfires in 2025 linked to combined climate and vegetation stressScience

Manitoba wildfires in 2025 linked to combined climate and vegetation stress

A recent study is shedding light on the factors that contributed to the significant wildfires in Manitoba in May 2025. The research explores how unusual…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2025 Full article
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Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes EuropeNews

Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe

Patras, Greece | AFP Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2025 Full article
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Promise less, act more: Host Brazil’s climate summit vowNews

Promise less, act more: Host Brazil’s climate summit vow

Paris, France | AFP Ahead of the first UN climate summit in the Amazon, its president has defended the choice of Belem to host the conference…
SourceSourceAugust 12, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 12, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 12, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 12, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Warming climate shifts tropical cyclone clusters to North AtlanticClimate

Warming climate shifts tropical cyclone clusters to North Atlantic

A new study published in Nature Climate Change confirms these hurricane clusters are becoming more frequent in the North Atlantic in recent decades – a…
SourceSourceAugust 12, 2025 Full article
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Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: studyClimate

Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Tropical bird populations have plummeted not only due to deforestation but also extreme heat attributable to climate change, according…
SourceSourceAugust 11, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 11, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 11, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 11, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Climate Science Digest: August 10, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 10, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 10, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Greenland’s ice sheet split open by massive hidden floodScience

Greenland’s ice sheet split open by massive hidden flood

A huge flood triggered by the rapid draining of a lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet occurred with such force that it fractured the ice…
SourceSourceAugust 9, 2025 Full article
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Seed-dispersing animals are vital to forests and climate, scientists warnClimate

Seed-dispersing animals are vital to forests and climate, scientists warn

International team of researchers issues global warning about the need to include frugivores in conservation, forest restoration, and climate change mitigation strategies Summary: The dramatic…
SourceSourceAugust 8, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 7, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 7, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 7, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havocFactsNews

Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures, but many regions were devastated by extreme weather amplified…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate actionNews

Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A remote Pacific nation selling passports to fund climate action has approved just six applicants since early this year,…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Solastalgia may contribute to mental health issues linked to climate changeScience

Solastalgia may contribute to mental health issues linked to climate change

It’s caused by environmental change and is linked to depression, anxiety, and PTSD Summary: As environmental changes driven by climate change continue to disrupt lives…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets skies across North AmericaNews

Image of the day: Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets skies across North America

Vast plumes of wildfire smoke have swept across Canada and into the United States as an intense fire season continues to grip large parts of…
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Shade trees could shrink chocolate’s carbon footprint without cutting yieldsScience

Shade trees could shrink chocolate’s carbon footprint without cutting yields

University of Queensland research shows emissions from the global chocolate industry could be reduced by growing more shade trees over farms in the region that…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2025 Full article
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Natural disasters caused $135 bn in economic losses in first half of 2025: Swiss ReNews

Natural disasters caused $135 bn in economic losses in first half of 2025: Swiss Re

Zurich, Switzerland | AFP Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Phytoplankton bloom reveals shifting Arctic dynamicsNews

Image of the day: Phytoplankton bloom reveals shifting Arctic dynamics

A vivid swirl of turquoise and milky blue in the Barents Sea has been captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, revealing the striking presence of…
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Great Barrier Reef more volatile with sharp declines in coral coverNews

Great Barrier Reef more volatile with sharp declines in coral cover

Sydney, Australia | AIMS | Muser NewsDesk Hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef has declined substantially from the high levels of recent years…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Reindeer suffer as Finland swelters in record heatwaveNews

Reindeer suffer as Finland swelters in record heatwave

Helsinki, Finland | AFP A record-long heatwave in Finland has caused suffering and even deaths of reindeer, prompting alarm among herders as temperatures remained above 25°C…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Ancient predator’s bone-crunching diet reveals secrets of climate survivalClimate

Ancient predator’s bone-crunching diet reveals secrets of climate survival

Fossil teeth reveal how a 56-million-year-old mammal adapted to global warming and what it means for animals today Summary: About 56 million years ago, during…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 4, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 4, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 4, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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