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Plastic pollution treaty talks end without dealNews

Plastic pollution treaty talks end without deal

Talks aimed at striking a landmark treaty on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution ended Friday with no consensus on a last-ditch proposal aimed at…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2025 Full article
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Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treatyNews

Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treaty

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24 hours to salvage a…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2025 Full article
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Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talksNews

Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talks

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly…
SourceSourceAugust 10, 2025 Full article
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UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global crisis’News

UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global crisis’

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Nations must step up and resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2025 Full article
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UN Plastics Treaty: Will the negotiations in Geneva finally achieve a breakthrough?News

UN Plastics Treaty: Will the negotiations in Geneva finally achieve a breakthrough?

From 5 to 14 August, representatives from over 170 countries as well as from science, civil society and industry are meeting in Switzerland continuing the…
SourceSourceAugust 4, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: July 28, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 28, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 28, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Climate Science Digest: July 23, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: July 23, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 23, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 23, 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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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…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 4, 2025 Full article
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More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: studyScience

More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Drinks including water, soda, beer and wine sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles,…
SourceSourceJune 20, 2025 Full article
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Verdict due for Sweden’s ‘Queen of Trash’ over toxic wasteNews

Verdict due for Sweden’s ‘Queen of Trash’ over toxic waste

Stockholm, Sweden | AFP A court in Sweden will rule Tuesday in the country's biggest environmental crime trial, where a self-proclaimed "Queen of Trash" and four…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Greenwashing rife in EU aviation: consumer groupsNews

Greenwashing rife in EU aviation: consumer groups

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The European aviation industry is awash with misleading climate-related claims, consumer groups said Tuesday, over a year after the…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 3, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 3, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 3, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 3, 2025 Full article
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Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levelsScience

Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levels

PolyU research reveals rising soil nitrous acid emissions driven by climate change and fertilisation accelerate global ozone pollution Summary: Emissions of nitrous acid (HONO) from…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2025 Full article
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Carbon capture startup Climeworks to cut staffNews

Carbon capture startup Climeworks to cut staff

Swiss firm Climeworks, which has pioneered the direct capture of CO2 using huge industrial fans in Iceland, is holding talks with staff representatives to cut…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2025 Full article
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Trump admin cuts ‘mean more dirty air’: advocacy groupNews

Trump admin cuts ‘mean more dirty air’: advocacy group

Washington, United States | AFP The Trump administration's planned drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "mean more dirty air" across the United States,…
SourceSourceApril 23, 2025 Full article
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Canadian wildfire smoke cooled New York but worsened air pollutionClimate

Canadian wildfire smoke cooled New York but worsened air pollution

Canadian wildfire smoke cooled New York by 3 degrees and trapped air toxicants Summary: When smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed New York City in June…
SourceSourceApril 22, 2025 Full article
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New model reveals how pollution spreads through Galveston Bay during stormsScience

New model reveals how pollution spreads through Galveston Bay during storms

Model tracks how pollution travels through Galveston Bay Summary: Understanding how pollution spreads through complex estuarine environments is essential for protecting coastal communities and ecosystems.…
SourceSourceApril 16, 2025 Full article
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5 deep changes urgently needed for a sustainable world and how to achieve themNews

5 deep changes urgently needed for a sustainable world and how to achieve them

New 'Theory of Deep Change' says future depends on transforming fundamental assumptions, structures behind today’s global crises Google Web Story Amid deepening inequalities and escalating…
SourceSourceApril 12, 2025 Full article
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Sweden drowns in discarded fast fashion itemsNews

Sweden drowns in discarded fast fashion items

Stockholm, Sweden | AFP Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager…
SourceSourceApril 11, 2025 Full article
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Catalyst breakthrough converts CO₂ to fuel in minutes with record efficiencyScience

Catalyst breakthrough converts CO₂ to fuel in minutes with record efficiency

From harmful to helpful: researchers at Tohoku University and Hokkaido University have developed a record-breaking method to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into a fuel source…
SourceSourceApril 9, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: April 7, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: April 7, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: USTC unveils…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskApril 7, 2025 Full article
Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, climate, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: April 3, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: April 3, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Despite fears…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskApril 4, 2025 Full article
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Fossil fuels drive crises threatening life and biodiversityClimate

Fossil fuels drive crises threatening life and biodiversity

Research: Top scientists issue urgent warning on fossil fuels Summary: A new review published in Oxford Open Climate Change warns that fossil fuels and the…
SourceSourceMarch 31, 2025 Full article