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US climate assessment thrown into doubt as Trump dismisses authors
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US climate assessment thrown into doubt as Trump dismisses authorsNews

US climate assessment thrown into doubt as Trump dismisses authors

Washington, United States | AFP President Donald Trump's administration on Monday disbanded the authors of the United States' premier climate report, a move scientists said…
SourceSourceApril 29, 2025 Full article
BRICS set to meet over Trump trade policies
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BRICS set to meet over Trump trade policiesNews

BRICS set to meet over Trump trade policies

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP Senior diplomats from BRICS countries will meet on Monday in Brazil to present a united front in the face…
SourceSourceApril 28, 2025 Full article
Greenland will never be ‘piece of property’ to be bought: Greenlandic PM
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Greenland will never be ‘piece of property’ to be bought: Greenlandic PMNews

Greenland will never be ‘piece of property’ to be bought: Greenlandic PM

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP Greenland's new prime minister said on Sunday that the Arctic island would never be a "piece of property" to be bought,…
SourceSourceApril 27, 2025 Full article
Don’t make ‘disappointing’ retreat on climate, COP30 CEO urges EU
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Don’t make ‘disappointing’ retreat on climate, COP30 CEO urges EU

Paris, France | AFP Europe is "absolutely vital" to the fight against global warming and its leadership must not waver as climate ambition backslides elsewhere,…
SourceSourceApril 25, 2025 Full article
Trump admin cuts ‘mean more dirty air’: advocacy group
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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
First US ‘refugee scientists’ to arrive in France in weeks: university
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First US ‘refugee scientists’ to arrive in France in weeks: universityNews

First US ‘refugee scientists’ to arrive in France in weeks: university

Marseille, France | AFP The first researchers fleeing US spending cuts imposed by President Donald Trump will start work at a French university in June,…
SourceSourceApril 18, 2025 Full article
Nearly half of Americans open to plant-based diets to cut emissions
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Nearly half of Americans open to plant-based diets to cut emissionsNews

Nearly half of Americans open to plant-based diets to cut emissions

As Earth Day approaches on April 22, a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey shows that 46% of Americans would consider eating a…
SourceSourceApril 17, 2025 Full article
US firm pushes for deep-sea mining off Pacific island
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US firm pushes for deep-sea mining off Pacific island

Sydney, Australia | AFP A US firm says it has launched a bid for deep-sea mining in the waters off a remote Pacific island, urging…
SourceSourceApril 16, 2025 Full article
Conservatives in the US show broad distrust of scientists, study finds
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Conservatives in the US show broad distrust of scientists, study findsScience

Conservatives in the US show broad distrust of scientists, study finds

Conservative Americans appear to distrust science more broadly than previously understood — not only in areas that challenge their worldview, but also in fields that…
SourceSourceApril 14, 2025 Full article
Southern Ocean warming will bring lasting wet conditions to the western US and East Asia
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Southern Ocean warming will bring lasting wet conditions to the western US and East AsiaClimate

Southern Ocean warming will bring lasting wet conditions to the western US and East Asia

Southern Ocean warming will mean a wetter West Coast Summary: As global temperatures rise, the Southern Ocean will gradually release heat it has absorbed over…
SourceSourceApril 3, 2025 Full article
Global stocks mostly lower as tariff fears rattle markets
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Global stocks mostly lower as tariff fears rattle markets

New York, United States | AFP Global stock markets largely slipped on Monday after another turbulent day of trading, with the S&P 500 briefly falling…
SourceSourceApril 1, 2025 Full article
World economies brace for Trump tariffs deadline
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World economies brace for Trump tariffs deadlineNews

World economies brace for Trump tariffs deadline

Washington, United States | AFP US trading partners struggled Monday to prepare for a fresh onslaught of Donald Trump tariffs with the US president keeping…
SourceSourceApril 1, 2025 Full article
Fossil fuels drive crises threatening life and biodiversity
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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
SEC ends US companies’ need to release climate impact data
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SEC ends US companies’ need to release climate impact dataNews

SEC ends US companies’ need to release climate impact data

Washington, United States | AFP The United States abandoned plans Thursday to require publicly-listed companies to disclose data on their greenhouse gas emissions and exposure…
SourceSourceMarch 28, 2025 Full article
Trump admin moves to fire hundreds of government scientists
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Trump admin moves to fire hundreds of government scientistsNews

Trump admin moves to fire hundreds of government scientists

Washington, United States | AFP The Trump administration plans to lay off hundreds of scientists and researchers from the US federal government as part of…
SourceSourceMarch 18, 2025 Full article
Increased research funding essential to protect U.S. agriculture
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Increased research funding essential to protect U.S. agricultureScience

Increased research funding essential to protect U.S. agriculture

Dramatic increase in research funding needed to counter productivity slowdown in farming Summary: U.S. agriculture faces a mounting challenge: maintaining productivity in the face of…
SourceSourceMarch 14, 2025 Full article
Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safety
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Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safetyNews

Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safety

Washington, United States | AFP Climate scientist Tom Di Liberto had dreamed of working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since college. After…
SourceSourceMarch 11, 2025 Full article
Greenland votes under shadow of Trump
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Greenland votes under shadow of Trump

Nuuk, Denmark | AFP Greenland, the Danish self-governing territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, votes Tuesday in legislative elections that could yield a timeline…
SourceSourceMarch 11, 2025 Full article
French research groups urged to welcome scientists fleeing US
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French research groups urged to welcome scientists fleeing USNews

French research groups urged to welcome scientists fleeing US

Paris, France | AFP French officials are urging their country's research institutions to consider welcoming scientists abandoning the United States due to President Donald Trump's…
SourceSourceMarch 9, 2025 Full article
Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American
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Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island AmericanNews

Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American

Nuuk, Denmark | AFP Greenland's prime minister on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump's pledge to take the Arctic territory "one way or the…
SourceSourceMarch 6, 2025 Full article
Trump tells Greenland US will get it ‘one way or the other’
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Trump tells Greenland US will get it ‘one way or the other’News

Trump tells Greenland US will get it ‘one way or the other’

Washington, United States | AFP President Donald Trump urged Greenland on Tuesday to choose to join the United States but vowed to take the Danish-ruled…
SourceSourceMarch 5, 2025 Full article
Image of the day: Global sea ice hits record winter low
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Image of the day: Global sea ice hits record winter lowNews

Image of the day: Global sea ice hits record winter low

In early February 2025, global sea ice reached an all-time low, with Arctic and Antarctic ice covering just 15.76 million square kilometers. While Arctic ice…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 28, 2025 Full article
Proposed ‘weather control’ bans surge across US states
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Proposed ‘weather control’ bans surge across US statesNews

Proposed ‘weather control’ bans surge across US states

Washington, United States | AFP Fake stories that atmospheric experiments are triggering natural disasters have led to US states pushing blanket bans on weather modification,…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
Los Angeles wildfires costliest in history: Munich Re
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Los Angeles wildfires costliest in history: Munich ReNews

Los Angeles wildfires costliest in history: Munich Re

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP German reinsurance giant Munich Re said Wednesday that last month's huge wildfires in Los Angeles had been the costliest "in the…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article