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NGO links major chocolate brands to Liberia deforestationNews

NGO links major chocolate brands to Liberia deforestation

Monrovia, Liberia | AFP Some of the world's best-known chocolate, from Mars to KitKat, is likely linked to deforestation in Liberia's rainforest despite many brands' claims…
SourceSourceNovember 25, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: November 24, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: November 24, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press roundup (November 24, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief:…
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Climate Science Digest: November 4, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: November 4, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (November 4, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink: studyClimate

Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink: study

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb,…
SourceSourceOctober 16, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: September 17, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 17, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 17, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Climate Science Digest: September 15, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: September 15, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (September 15, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Deforestation drives sharp rainfall loss and heat rise in the AmazonClimate

Deforestation drives sharp rainfall loss and heat rise in the Amazon

For the first time, research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo quantifies the impact of forest loss and global climate change on…
SourceSourceSeptember 9, 2025 Full article
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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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Seed-dispersing animals are vital to forests and climate, scientists warnClimate

Seed-dispersing animals are vital to forests and climate, scientists warn

International team of researchers issues global warning about the need to include frugivores in conservation, forest restoration, and climate change mitigation strategies Summary: The dramatic…
SourceSourceAugust 8, 2025 Full article
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Forest degradation rises 163% in the Amazon, offsetting climate gainsClimate

Forest degradation rises 163% in the Amazon, offsetting climate gains

'Negative balance' of biome protection recorded between 2022 and 2024 could jeopardize Brazil’s international goals, warn Brazilian researchers and their international collaborators in the journal…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2025 Full article
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Amazon hydrological extremes intensifying, tree rings study showsClimate

Amazon hydrological extremes intensifying, tree rings study shows

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle over the last 40 years: wet seasons are…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2025 Full article
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Amazon trees reveal survival tactics under intense sunlight and heatClimate

Amazon trees reveal survival tactics under intense sunlight and heat

Amazon canopy trees adjust their energy use under extreme light and drought, revealing critical limits for photosynthesis and implications for satellite monitoring Summary: In the…
SourceSourceJune 15, 2025 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: June 12, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: June 12, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 12, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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AI-powered wildfire detection shows 93% accuracy in Amazon rainforest studyScience

AI-powered wildfire detection shows 93% accuracy in Amazon rainforest study

Integrating this new technology with current AI systems could help detect wildfires, such as the devastating LA blazes, to enhance earlier warning strategies – experts…
SourceSourceMarch 9, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Perućica, Europe’s last primeval rainforestNews

Image of the day: Perućica, Europe’s last primeval rainforest

Nestled within Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Sutjeska National Park, Perućica is one of Europe’s last remaining primeval rainforests. This untouched expanse, near the border with Montenegro,…
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Climate Science Digest: January 29, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: January 29, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (January 29, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In…
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Fossil evidence redefines the history of Australia’s rainforest marginsScience

Fossil evidence redefines the history of Australia’s rainforest margins

A new study challenges the common portrayal of Australian tall eucalypt forests (TEFs) and rainforests as ecological adversaries. Fossil records, including Early Eocene specimens from…
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Amazon thunderstorms shape new pathways for cloud formationClimate

Amazon thunderstorms shape new pathways for cloud formation

The Amazon rainforest plays a crucial role in global climate regulation, not only through its carbon storage capabilities but also as a source of natural…
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Rainforest protection improves air quality and saves livesScience

Rainforest protection improves air quality and saves lives

Protecting the Amazon rainforest is delivering critical benefits for human health, as new research reveals that conservation efforts reduce air pollution and lower rates of…
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Climate change could decimate up to 68% of the world’s rare temperate rainforests by 2100Climate

Climate change could decimate up to 68% of the world’s rare temperate rainforests by 2100

The world’s temperate rainforests, rare ecosystems found only in cool, moist climates, are facing unprecedented threats from climate change, according to new research by scientists…
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Climate Science Digest: November 8, 2024Science

Climate Science Digest: November 8, 2024

Unexpected measurements from ‘lost’ Seaglider reveal warming impact on Antarctic ice shelf Gillian Damerell (formerly UEA) preparing to deploy the Seaglider Marlin with the Ross…
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Brazil’s Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years: govtNews

Brazil’s Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years: govt

Brasília, Brazil | AFP - The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's…
SourceSourceNovember 7, 2024 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: November 4, 2024Science

Climate Science Digest: November 4, 2024

How a melting ice sheet reshaped North America’s coastline Approximately 19,000 to 26,000 years ago, a vast ice sheet blanketed Canada and extended over parts…
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Amazon forest loses area the size of Germany and France, fueling firesNews

Amazon forest loses area the size of Germany and France, fueling fires

By Lucia LACURCIA | AFP Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The Amazon rainforest has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined…
SourceSourceSeptember 24, 2024 Full article