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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: studyNews

Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday,…
SourceSourceSeptember 22, 2025 Full article
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Ocean carbon sink weakened as record heat drove CO₂ release in 2023Climate

Ocean carbon sink weakened as record heat drove CO₂ release in 2023

Measurements analysed by an international research team led by ETH Zurich show that the global ocean absorbed significantly less CO₂ than anticipated during the unprecedented…
SourceSourceSeptember 22, 2025 Full article
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Heatwaves worsened by major carbon producersClimate

Heatwaves worsened by major carbon producers

In brief: According to ETH Zurich climate researchers, greenhouse gas emissions from major fossil fuel and cement producers are significant contributors to the occurrence and…
SourceSourceSeptember 19, 2025 Full article
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Extreme heat drives mass die-off of Red Sea clownfish and anemonesScience

Extreme heat drives mass die-off of Red Sea clownfish and anemones

A new study led by Boston University marine biologists reveals that heat waves are threatening the future of the fish made famous by Finding Nemo…
SourceSourceSeptember 19, 2025 Full article
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Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: studyClimateNews

Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities…
SourceSourceSeptember 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 11, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 11, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 11, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Image of the day: August 2025, the third-warmest August on record globallyFactsNews

Image of the day: August 2025, the third-warmest August on record globally

August 2025 was the third-warmest August ever measured worldwide, according to the latest Climate Bulletin from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Global surface air…
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Climate Science Digest: August 28, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 28, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 28, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Tokyo logs record 10 days of 35°C or moreNews

Tokyo logs record 10 days of 35°C or more

Tokyo, Japan | AFP Tokyo experienced a record 10 consecutive days of temperatures 35°C or above, the weather office said Wednesday, after the country sweltered through…
SourceSourceAugust 27, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: August 27, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 27, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 27, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Climate Science Digest: August 25, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 25, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 25, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Spain on heat alert and ‘very high to extreme’ fire riskNews

Spain on heat alert and ‘very high to extreme’ fire risk

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Muser NewsDesk All of Spain was on heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 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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Iraq announces nationwide power outage amid ‘record’ heatNews

Iraq announces nationwide power outage amid ‘record’ heat

Baghdad, Iraq | AFP Iraq on Monday announced a nationwide power outage as rising temperatures pushed demand on the electricity grid to unprecedented levels. The electricity…
SourceSourceAugust 11, 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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Turkey reports hottest July in 55 yearsNews

Turkey reports hottest July in 55 years

Ankara, Turkey | AFP Turkey recorded its hottest July in 55 years, the environment ministry said Saturday. Temperatures recorded in 66 of the country's 220 weather…
SourceSourceAugust 9, 2025 Full article
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‘Silent killer’: the science of tracing climate deaths in heatwavesClimate

‘Silent killer’: the science of tracing climate deaths in heatwaves

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have…
SourceSourceJuly 31, 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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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…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 11, 2025 Full article
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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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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
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Heatwaves slash milk yields despite cooling tech, study findsClimate

Heatwaves slash milk yields despite cooling tech, study finds

A new study finds extreme heat reduces milk production by up to 10 percent and adding cooling technologies only offsets about half of the loss…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Scorching land temperatures track Europe’s spreading heatwaveNews

Image of the day: Scorching land temperatures track Europe’s spreading heatwave

An intense heatwave has swept across Europe since late June 2025, with scorching land surface temperatures expanding eastward over the course of a week. The…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 4, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Heatwave grips EuropeNews

Image of the day: Heatwave grips Europe

Large swathes of Europe are experiencing extreme heat as a prolonged heatwave sweeps across the continent, bringing record-breaking temperatures, school closures, and rising health risks.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 2, 2025 Full article