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The ClimateChangePost: the latest news on how the shifting climate is affecting life in Europe. https://www.climatechangepost.com
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How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, fires and floods
Rising global temperatures mean extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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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
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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
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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
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November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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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
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Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare
The number of tropical cyclones that intensify from a category 1 hurricane (or weaker) into a major hurricane within 36 hours has more than doubled today compared to half a century ago.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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October 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#ClimateChangePost: Global economic losses by extreme weather amount to hundreds of billions of dollars each year www.climatechangepost.com/news/global-...

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At $4.5bn each year extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say
‘The trajectory is only up, in terms of insured costs’ CEO of insurance peak body warns
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October 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Two sides of the same coin www.climatechangepost.com/sections/sec...

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In the Arctic, the U.S. Shifts Focus From Climate Research to Security
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October 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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#ClimateChangePost: More than 50,000 heat-related deaths in Europe’s recent summers www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-th...

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Heat-related Deaths In Spain Up 88% From Last Year: Health Ministry
The number of heat-related deaths in Spain between May 16 and September 30 hit 3,832, an 87.6-percent increase from the same period in 2024, the health ministry said Thursday.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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But honestly, we already knew this. Read our articles about wildfires in a changing climate www.climatechangepost.com/sections/for...

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Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds
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October 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Half of the increased heat wave intensity is linked to the largest fossil fuel companies. Both the intensity and probability of heatwaves is increasing globally, for a large part due to greenhouse gas emissions of the 180 largest fossil fuel companies.

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Half of the increased heat wave intensity linked to largest fossil fuel companies
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October 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#ClimateChangePost: Heat exposure outdoor workers already leads to productivity loss of 1.7 per cent of GDP www.climatechangepost.com/news/heat-ex...

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Workers keep dying from heat. Data from inside their bodies shows why.
Nearly half of Florida farmworkers’ bodies reached dangerous temperatures in one study — but short breaks pulled them back from the danger zone.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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70 years from now, nearly half of the urban population could be exposed to high heat stress www.climatechangepost.com/news/70-year...

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World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s
Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say
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September 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Yes, “Delaying or postponing climate targets would only increase costs, deepen inequalities and weaken our resilience.” Costs of this year’s heat waves, droughts, and floods in Europe could rise to more than €120 billion. www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-bal...

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Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
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September 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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#ClimateChangePost: We can cool our cities much more than we currently do www.climatechangepost.com/news/we-can-...

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How Cities Are Beating the Heat (Gift Article)
The world is hot — and only getting hotter. We looked at what places around the globe are doing to keep cool.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM