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.

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Behind AI’s carbon footprint, a potential climate toolNews

Behind AI’s carbon footprint, a potential climate tool

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a lightning rod in climate debates over concerns about the growing carbon footprint of…
SourceSourceOctober 15, 2026 Full article
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Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: studyScience

Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: study

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world's coral reefs face an existential threat from rising seawater temperatures that trigger widespread bleaching, a problem…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyorsNews

Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyors

Saint-Gervais Les Bains, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk France's tallest mountain was nearly two metres higher last month than its last reported measurement in 2023,…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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Global forest damage continues despite decline in deforestationNews

Global forest damage continues despite decline in deforestation

Aarhus, Denmark | Muser NewsDeskThe Forest Declaration Assessment 2026 documents uneven progress in efforts to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, with…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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El Niño sets temperature record in key Pacific zone: EU monitorFactsNews

El Niño sets temperature record in key Pacific zone: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk An intensifying El Niño broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's…
SourceSourceOctober 12, 2026 Full article
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Microplastics do more than accumulate in the environmentScience

Microplastics do more than accumulate in the environment

What happens to microplastics after they enter the environment? Three studies published in Environmental and Biogeochemical Processes explore this question from different perspectives, examining how…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 11, 2026 Full article
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Brazil prosecutors sue Shell for $108 mn over deadly 2024 floodsNews

Brazil prosecutors sue Shell for $108 mn over deadly 2024 floods

Brasília, Brazil | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Brazilian prosecutors on Friday filed an unprecedented lawsuit against oil giant Shell's subsidiary in the country, demanding $108 million…
SourceSourceOctober 10, 2026 Full article
Image: Novita, a young female orangutan, clings to a tree surrounded by thick smoke from forest fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in September 2026
Walking through flames: orangutans rescued in Indonesia firesNews

Walking through flames: orangutans rescued in Indonesia fires

Palangkaraya, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's Borneo, as waves of thick smoke…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
Malaysia closes schools in parts of country due to hazeNews

Malaysia closes schools in parts of country due to haze

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP Malaysia closed schools in parts of the country on Friday including in the capital Kuala Lumpur, the education ministry said, as…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2026 Full article
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Pacific presses world for help ‘surviving’ climate change at pre-COP summitNews

Pacific presses world for help ‘surviving’ climate change at pre-COP summit

Nadi, Fiji | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Pacific leaders pressed wealthy nations for more funds to help them "survive" climate change Wednesday at a gathering aimed…
SourceSourceOctober 7, 2026 Full article
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Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talksNews

Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talks

Nadi, Fiji | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Extreme heat is increasingly linked to problems such as premature births or underweight babies, the UN climate chief warned…
SourceSourceOctober 5, 2026 Full article
Image: Panoramic illustration of persistent pollution moving from an industrial city through rivers and wetlands into the sea, with wildlife above and below the waterline and fine plastic particles dispersed across connected ecosystems. | Muser Press (AI generated)
The hidden legacy of durability: persistent pollutionScience

The hidden legacy of durability: persistent pollution

When pollution stops being local What persistent pollution means for living systems From individual organisms to entire ecosystems Rethinking how pollution risk is measured Where…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 5, 2026 Full article
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Cry for help as French-Swiss lake dries upNews

Cry for help as French-Swiss lake dries up

Les Brenets, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The picturesque Lac des Brenets between France and Switzerland has dried up after a record-breaking hot summer, leaving…
SourceSourceOctober 4, 2026 Full article
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World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battleNews

World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to…
SourceSourceOctober 2, 2026 Full article
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Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: researchNewsFacts

Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: research

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Climate change is increasingly reshaping the polar oceans, with Arctic waters warming rapidly, sea ice shrinking and wildlife losing…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2026 Full article
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One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitorNews

One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitor

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Heatwaves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year combined to expose one third of the world's population to…
SourceSourceSeptember 30, 2026 Full article
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El Niño could cause 451,000 extra heat deathsNews

El Niño could cause 451,000 extra heat deaths

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk This year's powerful El Niño weather pattern could lead to 451,000 additional heat-related deaths worldwide through February as it…
SourceSourceSeptember 23, 2026 Full article
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Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: reportNews

Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: report

New York, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Global renewable power capacity grew by record levels last year, a report showed Monday, hailed as a…
SourceSourceSeptember 21, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Glacial lakes from retreating glaciers (termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan-Himalaya. Image provided by Jeffrey Kargel, USGS/NASA JPL/AGU)
The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier riskClimate

The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier risk

Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk In a humble control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to…
SourceSourceSeptember 9, 2026 Full article
Image: view of the Perito Moreno Glacier and snowcapped mountains in Argentina. Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Melting glaciers an ‘immediate’ climate risk: author of UN reportNews

Melting glaciers an ‘immediate’ climate risk: author of UN report

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Climate change is accelerating the loss of glaciers and increasing the risk of devastating events like the Himalaya floods,…
SourceSourceSeptember 2, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods, environment)
More than 20 people may be missing after Grand Canyon flash floodNews

More than 20 people may be missing after Grand Canyon flash flood

Los Angeles, United States | AFP More than 20 people may be missing after a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park, the National Park Service…
SourceSourceAugust 30, 2026 Full article
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Thousands march in Sweden climate demo as election loomsNews

Thousands march in Sweden climate demo as election looms

Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Updated @ 16:17 CET Around 10,000 people marched in Stockholm on Sunday for a protest against human-made climate change,…
SourceSourceAugust 23, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
South Korea sends trial container ship through Arctic route: ministryNews

South Korea sends trial container ship through Arctic route: ministry

Seoul, South Korea | AFP A container ship departed on Saturday from South Korea on a trial route through the Arctic, Seoul's oceans ministry said, as…
SourceSourceAugust 22, 2026 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, nature)
More than 135 mn in Europe set for temperatures over 35 °C on ThursdayNews

More than 135 mn in Europe set for temperatures over 35 °C on Thursday

Paris, France | AFP Areas of Europe home to more than 135 million people -- particularly in France, Italy, Spain and the UK -- are set…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2026 Full article