Environment

Environment refers to the natural and physical surroundings in which living organisms exist, including air, water, land, climate and ecosystems, as well as their interactions. It encompasses both biotic components such as plants, animals and microorganisms and abiotic elements such as soil, minerals and atmospheric conditions. The environment influences life processes, human activities and the functioning of ecosystems.

Image: Sir David Attenborough speaks at the Opening Ceremony for COP26 at the SEC, Glasgow (November 1, 2021)
100 years on Earth: Iconic naturalist Attenborough marks centuryNews

100 years on Earth: Iconic naturalist Attenborough marks century

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk David Attenborough, a leading voice on climate change and biodiversity loss whose landmark documentaries transformed popular understanding of…
SourceSourceMay 6, 2026 Full article
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Wind power in Europe can grow without sacrificing scenic landscapesClimate

Wind power in Europe can grow without sacrificing scenic landscapes

Wind turbines supply a particularly large amount of electricity in winter – precisely when demand is high. Nevertheless, expansion is stagnating in many regions of…
SourceSourceMay 4, 2026 Full article
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Ships in North Atlantic to cut sulphur emissions: IMONews

Ships in North Atlantic to cut sulphur emissions: IMO

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Ships crossing the Northeast Atlantic will have to cut sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions in a move adopted…
SourceSourceMay 1, 2026 Full article
Image: Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkey
Just telling nations to quit fossil fuels ‘not realistic’: COP31 chiefNews

Just telling nations to quit fossil fuels ‘not realistic’: COP31 chief

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The Turkish COP31 president-designate said Thursday the clean energy transition will be a top issue at the climate summit…
SourceSourceApril 30, 2026 Full article
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Drivers help study road-trip mystery: what became of bug splats?News

Drivers help study road-trip mystery: what became of bug splats?

Enghien-Les-Bains, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Long an emblem of the summer road trip, squashed bugs on the car have become less numerous over the…
SourceSourceApril 30, 2026 Full article
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Bali drowning in trash after landfill closedNews

Bali drowning in trash after landfill closed

Denpasar, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Buckets of blooms adorn Yuvita Anggi Prinanda's sidewalk flower stall in Bali, but their perfume can't mask the stench…
SourceSourceApril 30, 2026 Full article
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Air quality improving in Europe but more effort needed: reportNews

Air quality improving in Europe but more effort needed: report

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP Air quality in Europe is improving but more effort is needed to reach the European Union's 2030 targets, the European Environment Agency…
SourceSourceApril 30, 2026 Full article
The business concept of the glass world on a laptop (s. climate, aid, science, news,globe,US energy)
Key points from the first global talks on phasing out fossil fuelsNews

Key points from the first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels

Santa Marta, Colombia | AFP The first global conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels wrapped up on Wednesday -- but what progress was made in…
SourceSourceApril 30, 2026 Full article
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Nations to kick off world-first fossil fuel exit talksNews

Nations to kick off world-first fossil fuel exit talks

Santa Marta, Colombia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk More than 50 governments meet in Colombia on Tuesday against the backdrop of the Iran war and a…
SourceSourceApril 28, 2026 Full article
Image: Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Velez Torres
Nations backing fossil fuel exit ‘a new power’: conference host ColombiaNews

Nations backing fossil fuel exit ‘a new power’: conference host Colombia

Santa Marta, Colombia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Around 60 nations are attending a world-first conference in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked the…
SourceSourceApril 27, 2026 Full article
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Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease US, host France saysNews

Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease US, host France says

Paris, France | AFP Environment ministers from G7 nations launched a two-day meeting in Paris on Thursday with climate change kept off the agenda to avoid…
SourceSourceApril 23, 2026 Full article
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98% of environmental claims by major meat and dairy companies are greenwashingScience

98% of environmental claims by major meat and dairy companies are greenwashing

A study in PLOS Climate examines 1,233 environmental claims from major meat and dairy companies and finds that most lack supporting evidence and rely on…
SourceSourceApril 23, 2026 Full article
Industrial machinery working with coal
Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exitNews

Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exit

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk More than 50 nations are attending a world-first conference on phasing out fossil fuels in Colombia next week as…
SourceSourceApril 20, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
Japan’s net greenhouse gas emissions fall to record lowNews

Japan’s net greenhouse gas emissions fall to record low

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Japan's net greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.9 percent in 2025 to hit their lowest levels in more than a…
SourceSourceApril 14, 2026 Full article
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How soil bacteria move into lakes by gaining or losing genesScience

How soil bacteria move into lakes by gaining or losing genes

Researchers at the University of Zurich have analyzed the genome of bacteria living in Lake Zurich to conclude that microbes employ two different strategies to…
SourceSourceApril 14, 2026 Full article
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Gray whales face 18% mortality rate in San Francisco Bay amid ship traffic risksScience

Gray whales face 18% mortality rate in San Francisco Bay amid ship traffic risks

The climate crisis seems to be altering gray whales’ access to food, leading them to change their migration paths and forage in San Francisco Bay…
SourceSourceApril 13, 2026 Full article
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Greece’s ancient sites get climate-change checkupNews

Greece’s ancient sites get climate-change checkup

Athens, Greece | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Worsening wildfires, soaring heatwaves and rising water levels have prompted Greek officials to take a closer look at protecting…
SourceSourceApril 13, 2026 Full article
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Ocean temperatures near record high in March: EU monitorClimate

Ocean temperatures near record high in March: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Ocean temperatures hit near-record highs for March, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday, signalling a likely shift…
SourceSourceApril 10, 2026 Full article
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Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosisNews

Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis

Fukuoka, Japan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A Japanese water plant is harnessing the natural process of osmosis to generate renewable energy that could one day…
SourceSourceApril 3, 2026 Full article
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Brazil court quashes Neymar environmental damage fineNews

Brazil court quashes Neymar environmental damage fine

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | AFP A Rio de Janeiro court has overturned a fine of more than $3 million against football star Neymar for allegedly…
SourceSourceApril 1, 2026 Full article
The business concept of the glass world on a laptop (s. climate, aid, science, news,globe,US energy)
Italy delays coal phase-out by over a decadeNews

Italy delays coal phase-out by over a decade

Rome, Italy | AFP Italy's parliament voted Tuesday to delay the closure of the country's coal-fired power stations by over a decade, a move experts slammed…
SourceSourceApril 1, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Colón and Limón Bay, Panama (24 March 2026) (s. Sargassum)
Image of the day: Sargassum streaks near Colón, PanamaNews

Image of the day: Sargassum streaks near Colón, Panama

Sargassum is a type of floating brown algae that provides food, shelter, and habitat for many marine species in the open ocean, but when large…
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Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN bodyNews

Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN body

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the…
SourceSourceMarch 29, 2026 Full article
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EU urged to broadly restrict ‘forever chemicals’News

EU urged to broadly restrict ‘forever chemicals’

Helsinki, Finland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk 'Forever chemicals' pose a growing risk to health and the environment and should be broadly banned across the European…
SourceSourceMarch 26, 2026 Full article