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#ClimateChangePost: Death toll of wildfire smoke could become very costly for the US climatechangepost.com/news/death-t...
“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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Heart attacks increased after Los Angeles wildfires, study finds
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai say rates of heart attack and respiratory illness ‘matched worst years of Covid’
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December 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#ClimateChangePost: Death toll of wildfire smoke could become very costly for the US climatechangepost.com/news/death-t...
“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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Recently in the ClimateChangePost: "Death toll of wildfire smoke could become very costly for the United States: $608 billion in 2050". www.climatechangepost.com/news/death-t...
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Large role of anthropogenic climate change in driving smoke concentrations across the western United States from 1992 to 2020 | PNAS
Wildfire activity has increased dramatically in the western United States over the
last three decades, having a significant impact on air quality a...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Recently in the ClimateChangePost: "Death toll of wildfire smoke could become very costly for the United States: $608 billion in 2050". www.climatechangepost.com/news/death-t...
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Wadden Sea more vulnerable to sea level rise than previously thought. Growth rate of tidal flats has been overestimated and parts of the Wadden Sea already seem to be struggling with the accelerating sea level rise.
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Wadden Sea more vulnerable to sea level rise than previously thought
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December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Wadden Sea more vulnerable to sea level rise than previously thought. Growth rate of tidal flats has been overestimated and parts of the Wadden Sea already seem to be struggling with the accelerating sea level rise.
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#ClimateChangePost: Marine heat waves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services www.climatechangepost.com/news/marine-...
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Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
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December 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#ClimateChangePost: Marine heat waves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services www.climatechangepost.com/news/marine-...
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#ClimateChangePost: Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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See Which New York City Neighborhoods Could Get Hit By the Next Hurricane (Gift Article)
Heavy rain would make a hurricane catastrophic. See the neighborhoods that could face the worst flooding.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#ClimateChangePost: Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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#ClimateChangePost: Risk of unprecedented, extreme wildfires is spreading to the north of Europe www.climatechangepost.com/news/risk-of...
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UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#ClimateChangePost: Risk of unprecedented, extreme wildfires is spreading to the north of Europe www.climatechangepost.com/news/risk-of...
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ClimateChangePost: Almost half of the world’s sandy beaches could be gone by the end of the century. www.climatechangepost.com/news/sandy-c...
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Houses Collapsing Into the Sea? It’s Not as Baffling as It Looks.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ClimateChangePost: Almost half of the world’s sandy beaches could be gone by the end of the century. www.climatechangepost.com/news/sandy-c...
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ClimateChangePost: More heat stress for cattle, less milk and meat for us www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-he...
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Climate Change Is Stressing Italy’s Cows, and Coming for Your Burrata
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November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ClimateChangePost: More heat stress for cattle, less milk and meat for us www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-he...
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Flooding in Wales:
Half of the annual precipitation falls in fewer and fewer days www.climatechangepost.com/news/half-of...
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Half of the annual precipitation falls in fewer and fewer days www.climatechangepost.com/news/half-of...
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Storm Claudia: Major incident declared in Monmouth after flooding
Met Office yellow rain warning was in place early on Saturday with 83 flood warnings issued for England and 12 flood warnings across Wales.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Flooding in Wales:
Half of the annual precipitation falls in fewer and fewer days www.climatechangepost.com/news/half-of...
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Half of the annual precipitation falls in fewer and fewer days www.climatechangepost.com/news/half-of...
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#ClimateChangePost: In the Alps, global warming increases the risk of rockfalls www.climatechangepost.com/news/in-the-...
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The Alps Are Melting, but the Villagers Will Not Be Moved
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November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#ClimateChangePost: In the Alps, global warming increases the risk of rockfalls www.climatechangepost.com/news/in-the-...
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Adaptation could turn climate change into an opportunity for European rice growers www.climatechangepost.com/news/adaptat...
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Growing Rice In The UK 'Not So Crazy' As Climate Warms
Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Adaptation could turn climate change into an opportunity for European rice growers www.climatechangepost.com/news/adaptat...
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“We need a way to separate the men from the boys”. Melissa was one of the fastest intensifying storms of all time. www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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Category 6 is the new hurricane normal, scientists warn
Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more life-threatening
www.independent.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“We need a way to separate the men from the boys”. Melissa was one of the fastest intensifying storms of all time. www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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Impressive. Video from a NOAA aircraft in the eye of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean this year www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Monster hurricane to hit Jamaica: ‘I have been on my knees in prayer’
Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified on its way toward Jamaica, where it may become the country’s strongest storm on record when it hits late Monday.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Impressive. Video from a NOAA aircraft in the eye of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean this year www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day
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October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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First ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean: We could observe ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean already as early as 2030.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
First ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean: We could observe ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean already as early as 2030.
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Wildfire smoke is toxic and travels far. In 2023, an estimated 82,100 people died prematurely from exposure to Canadian wildfire smoke, including 22,400 in Europe.
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires is deadly even in Europe
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October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wildfire smoke is toxic and travels far. In 2023, an estimated 82,100 people died prematurely from exposure to Canadian wildfire smoke, including 22,400 in Europe.
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In the ClimateChangePost: A new generation of wildfires: Welcome to the Pyrocene! www.climatechangepost.com/news/a-new-g...
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Britain has experienced its first official 'MEGA FIRE'
The Carrbridge and Dava Moor in the Scottish Highlands was devastated by the worst wildfire in living memory. Worryingly, experts say that this could be a sign of things to come.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
In the ClimateChangePost: A new generation of wildfires: Welcome to the Pyrocene! www.climatechangepost.com/news/a-new-g...
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As a Dutch water expert I know it took the Netherlands 40 years to build its current flood protection system. Think ahead!
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What New York Can Do to Survive Flooding (Gift Article)
Adaptation is a matter of survival, and the city may have to throw every solution available at a worsening situation.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
As a Dutch water expert I know it took the Netherlands 40 years to build its current flood protection system. Think ahead!
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#ClimateChangePost: From Paris Agreement to current policies: a 5-fold increase in global hot exposure www.climatechangepost.com/news/from-pa...
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Paris Agreement is working but too slowly to prevent dangerous global heat
Planet may experience 57 fewer extremely hot days a year if all countries meet their current emissions targets and limit global warming to 2.6C this century
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#ClimateChangePost: From Paris Agreement to current policies: a 5-fold increase in global hot exposure www.climatechangepost.com/news/from-pa...
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Atlantic reefs will lose their role in flood protection. Coral reefs protect low-lying coastal areas by dissipating the energy of waves. Atlantic reefs can’t keep pace with sea level rise and are therefore becoming less effective at doing so.
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Atlantic reefs will lose their role in flood protection
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October 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Atlantic reefs will lose their role in flood protection. Coral reefs protect low-lying coastal areas by dissipating the energy of waves. Atlantic reefs can’t keep pace with sea level rise and are therefore becoming less effective at doing so.
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#ClimateChangePost: Similar experiences in Australia. The past can be a key to the future. For 5000 years prior to British colonization, Indigenous ‘cultural burning’ effectively reduced shrub cover and the intensity of bushfires. www.climatechangepost.com/news/control...
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How indigenous practices can help protect forests
The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#ClimateChangePost: Similar experiences in Australia. The past can be a key to the future. For 5000 years prior to British colonization, Indigenous ‘cultural burning’ effectively reduced shrub cover and the intensity of bushfires. www.climatechangepost.com/news/control...
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#ClimateChangePost: The oceans are increasingly gasping for breath www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-oce...
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Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say
Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year
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October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#ClimateChangePost: The oceans are increasingly gasping for breath www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-oce...
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Did warm water of the Black Sea play a role in, like in 2012? www.climatechangepost.com/news/flash-f...
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Deadly Floods in Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast | Elenite, Nessebar and Sveti Vlas Submerged
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October 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Did warm water of the Black Sea play a role in, like in 2012? www.climatechangepost.com/news/flash-f...
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