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Image of the day: Tracking global sea levels with Copernicus Sentinel-6News

Image of the day: Tracking global sea levels with Copernicus Sentinel-6

The Copernicus Sentinel-6 mission provides the world’s most accurate measurements of sea surface height, helping scientists monitor rising sea levels and better understand how the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 30, 2025 Full article
Image: AI art of Earth - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: October 26, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: October 26, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (October 26, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Satellite Image: Cyclone Gabrielle (23 September 2025)
Image of the day: Cyclone Gabrielle over the Atlantic OceanNews

Image of the day: Cyclone Gabrielle over the Atlantic Ocean

Cyclone Gabrielle developed in the central Atlantic Ocean in mid-September 2025 and rapidly strengthened as it moved eastward. By 22 September, it had intensified into…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 30, 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
Satellite Image: The Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
Image of the day: Expansive new marine sanctuary in French PolynesiaNews

Image of the day: Expansive new marine sanctuary in French Polynesia

Far out in the South Pacific Ocean, the remote Gambier Islands lie scattered like emeralds across a wide turquoise lagoon. These volcanic islands, fringed by…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 18, 2025 Full article
Image: Sea Near Buildings (Burleigh Heads, QLD, Australia)
Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: reportNews

Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Rising oceans and flooding caused by climate change will threaten the homes and livelihoods of more than a million…
SourceSourceSeptember 15, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 2, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 2, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 2, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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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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Climate Science Digest: August 14, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: August 14, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 14, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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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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Greece to create new marine reserves to protect underwater wildlifeNews

Greece to create new marine reserves to protect underwater wildlife

Athens, Greece | AFP Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday said that his government was creating two new protected marine areas, fulfilling a promise he…
SourceSourceJuly 21, 2025 Full article
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New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressureNews

New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure

Kingston, Jamaica | AFP After two weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is still far from finalizing rules for extracting coveted metals on the…
SourceSourceJuly 18, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 18, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 18, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 18, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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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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What’s behind the North Atlantic ‘cold blob’? It’s not just ocean currentsClimate

What’s behind the North Atlantic ‘cold blob’? It’s not just ocean currents

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find Summary: A persistent patch of cool water in the subpolar North Atlantic – often called…
SourceSourceJuly 7, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 4, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 4, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 4, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Image: White Boat In The Middle Of The Sea During Sunset (s. Mediterranean Sea)
Mediterranean set new June temperature high on Sunday: French weather serviceNews

Mediterranean set new June temperature high on Sunday: French weather service

Paris, France | AFP The Mediterranean Sea on Sunday hit its warmest temperature on record for June at 26.01 degrees Celsius, said a French weather service…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2025 Full article
Image: Greenland ocean sunset | landscape and aerial photography of icebergs on body of water during daytime
Century-long slowdown of Atlantic circulation explains cold patch south of GreenlandClimate

Century-long slowdown of Atlantic circulation explains cold patch south of Greenland

Research confirms weakening circulation drives South Greenland anomaly Summary: A persistent patch of cold water south of Greenland, long known as the North Atlantic Warming…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Island of Guernsey, The English Channel
Image of the day: Spring bloom of phytoplankton in the English ChannelNews

Image of the day: Spring bloom of phytoplankton in the English Channel

Each spring, the English Channel comes alive with color as phytoplankton blooms flourish across its nutrient-rich waters. This seasonal surge is visible in this image,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 18, 2025 Full article
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Value oceans, don’t plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFPNews

Value oceans, don’t plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFP

Nice, France | AFP French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world's largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas -- and it hopes to…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2025 Full article
Image: Launch of MBARI's MiniROV during an international expedition to study the Arctic seafloor
MBARI research and technology play integral role in new Decade of Action for Cryospheric SciencesNews

MBARI research and technology play integral role in new Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences

International collaborations leverage MBARI’s expertise and advanced technology to better understand polar ecosystems This year marks the opening of the United Nations Decade of Action…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2025 Full article
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Ancient Pacific sediments hold key to future climate researchClimate

Ancient Pacific sediments hold key to future climate research

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain understudied clues into Earth’s environmental future Summary: Ancient…
SourceSourceJune 8, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Hurricane Bud, shown here over Baja in 2018, extended across Mexico and left some surprising changes in its wake, UC Merced researchers found
Hurricanes stir deep oxygen-poor waters, fueling microbial bloomsClimate

Hurricanes stir deep oxygen-poor waters, fueling microbial blooms

With careful planning and a little luck, researchers found a surprising upside to hurricanes after a Category 4 storm disrupted their expedition off the coast…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2025 Full article
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2023 North Atlantic heatwave was largest and fastest on recordClimate

2023 North Atlantic heatwave was largest and fastest on record

A summer like no other: inside 2023’s record-smashing North Atlantic marine heatwave Summary: The North Atlantic Ocean experienced an unprecedented marine heatwave in the summer…
SourceSourceJune 4, 2025 Full article