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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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Arctic winter thaws as rain replaces snow in SvalbardScience

Arctic winter thaws as rain replaces snow in Svalbard

New commentary reveals a dramatic and concerning shift in the Arctic winter Summary: What was once considered an unshakably frozen season in the Arctic is…
SourceSourceJuly 21, 2025 Full article
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Earth’s climate future simulated at 9 km resolutionClimate

Earth’s climate future simulated at 9 km resolution

New climate model offers unprecedented insight into Earth’s future at high resolution Summary: A new global climate modeling effort has achieved a major advance in…
SourceSourceJuly 21, 2025 Full article
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Barcelona faces extreme heatwave surge by 2100Climate

Barcelona faces extreme heatwave surge by 2100

A study by ICTA-UAB with high-resolution meteorological simulations forecasts an increase in extreme and dry heat periods in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona Summary: Heatwaves…
SourceSourceJuly 18, 2025 Full article
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AI-powered hybrid models offer roadmap for better wind speed forecastingClimate

AI-powered hybrid models offer roadmap for better wind speed forecasting

Summary: Short-term wind speed forecasting is vital to the smooth operation and efficient dispatch of wind power systems, but the irregular and multiscale nature of…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 17, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 17, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 17, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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South Korean region hit by most rainfall in 120 yearsNews

South Korean region hit by most rainfall in 120 years

Seoul, South Korea | AFP Parts of South Korea were battered by torrential rains Thursday, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 16, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 16, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 16, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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How heat-tolerant corals pass resilience to their offspringScience

How heat-tolerant corals pass resilience to their offspring

New study reveals how corals teach their offspring to beat the heat Summary: As ocean temperatures rise, coral bleaching is endangering the health of reef…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2025 Full article
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Southern Hemisphere jet stream shift explained with new prediction methodClimate

Southern Hemisphere jet stream shift explained with new prediction method

Researchers uncover how climate change impacts the 'weather motor' Summary: The Southern Hemisphere’s eddy-driven jet (EDJ) – a high-altitude wind belt that shapes summer weather…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2025 Full article
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Indigenous Australians lose landmark climate court case against governmentNews

Indigenous Australians lose landmark climate court case against government

Sydney, Australia | AFP Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 15, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 15, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 15, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Cities with risk-tolerant leadership more likely to adopt bold climate policiesClimate

Cities with risk-tolerant leadership more likely to adopt bold climate policies

Research develops concept of 'transformative governance capacity,' or how able cities are to evolve in terms of climate resiliency Summary: Cities led by governments that…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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East Asia’s cleaner air may be fueling faster global warming, study findsClimate

East Asia’s cleaner air may be fueling faster global warming, study finds

Research ties China’s anti-pollution efforts to a global spike in warming Summary: The rapid acceleration in global warming since 2010 may be linked to a…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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What scientists got right, and wrong, about threats to coastlines in 2025Science

What scientists got right, and wrong, about threats to coastlines in 2025

Scientists revisit turn-of-the-century forecasts about threats that would face the world’s shorelines Summary: In 2002, a team of scientists made a series of long-range forecasts…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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‘Hope isn’t enough – we need action when it comes to climate change’, an earth scientist’s guide for the futureNews

‘Hope isn’t enough – we need action when it comes to climate change’, an earth scientist’s guide for the future

Climate change is coming… but what on Earth can we do about it? Scientist Dr. Kimberley Miner has written a guide to riding out the…
SourceSourceJuly 14, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: June 2025 breaks heat records across western EuropeFacts

Image of the day: June 2025 breaks heat records across western Europe

Western Europe endured its warmest June on record in 2025, with temperatures driven to extreme levels by back-to-back heatwaves and unusually warm seas. Data from…
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Climate Science Digest: July 11, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 11, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 11, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Heat-related deaths in England and Wales could rise fiftyfold by 2070sClimate

Heat-related deaths in England and Wales could rise fiftyfold by 2070s

The annual number of heat-related deaths in England and Wales is set to rise up to fiftyfold over the next 50 years because of climate…
SourceSourceJuly 11, 2025 Full article
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Melting glaciers turn carbon-storing land into greenhouse gas sourcesClimate

Melting glaciers turn carbon-storing land into greenhouse gas sources

A new study conducted by geologists from the University of Florida and the University of Maryland reveals that, as land is exposed by melting glaciers,…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 10, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 10, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 10, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Bowhead whale samples reveal link between Arctic warming and rising algal toxinsScience

Bowhead whale samples reveal link between Arctic warming and rising algal toxins

Filter-feeding whales sample the Arctic food web, tracking decades of change Summary: Fecal samples collected from bowhead whales over a 19-year period reveal that climate-driven…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2025 Full article
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Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: expertsNews

Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts

Kathmandu, Nepal | AFP Flash floods that killed at least nine people in a mountainous region between China and Nepal and swept away a key bridge…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 9, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 9, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 9, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2025 Full article
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Heatwave durations accelerating faster than global warming, study findsClimate

Heatwave durations accelerating faster than global warming, study finds

The longest and rarest heatwaves – which can last for weeks – show the greatest increase in frequency Summary: As global temperatures rise, the world’s…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2025 Full article