Warming amplified deadly Valencia storm

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Richard S.J. Tol	13%	107	40.3%

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Richard Tol

@richardtol.bsky.social

So, technically, Darwin published before Strzepek
www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

World Agriculture and Climate Change

Recent studies suggest that possible global increases in temperature and changes in precipitation patterns during the next century will affect world agricul-ture. Because of the ability of farmers to ...

www.google.co.uk

February 18, 2026 at 8:58 AM

by Michael E. Mann

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Reposted by Peter Thorne

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Scholar power: 35.5%

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Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

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Jérôme OLLIER

@jeromeollier.bsky.social

Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia's 2024 catastrophic flash flood - @natcomms.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood - Nature Communications

This study reveals how climate change altered storm dynamics during the 2024 Valencia floods. Warmer seas fueled stronger updrafts, increasing rainfall intensity by 20% and significantly amplifying fl...

www.nature.com

February 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM

by Richard S.J. Tol

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Scholar power: 40.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
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Richard Tol

@richardtol.bsky.social

This paper restricts trade to see the impact of climate change get worse: pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/41...

pure.iiasa.ac.at

February 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM

by Juli G. Pausas

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Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

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🎓 Juli G. Pausas	48%	94	139.6%

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juli g pausas

@jgpausas.bsky.social

"Although the burned area shows a slight statistically non-significant decrease, human exposure per unit of burned area has risen by 42%-138%" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

That is, the fire risk for people is more of an urban-planning issue than a climate issue!

🌳🔥🎄🔥🍁 EnvSci wildfire

Marco Turco @marco-turco.bsky.social · 1d

Human exposure to wildfires in Catalonia has increased markedly over the past 30 years—driven not by more burned area, but by urban expansion into fire-prone landscapes.

Figure below shows the trend clearly.

DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM

by Dana R. Fisher Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

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🎓 Graeme S. Cumming	51%	71	43.0%
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

@fisherdanar.bsky.social

This new paper in Nature Climate presents the results of a field experiment regarding what is the most effective social media strategy for climate communication, finding that "exhortations were more effective than requests." Read on for details: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Tell don’t ask: how to use social media to mobilise local collective climate action - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Tell don’t ask: how to use social media to mobilise local collective climate action

www.nature.com

February 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM

Reposted by James M. Bullock

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Scholar power: 43.8%

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Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

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Dr. Aaron Thierry

@thierryaaron.bsky.social

Theres a quiet myth that #climate adaptation is less contentious than mitigation. It isn’t

Who's protected? Who pays? Who decides?

If we can’t transform society to decarbonize justly, why think adaptation will be easier? Both hinge on fairness, equality &democracy

Reminded of key Qs by @volts.wtf

Who decides which properties will be allowed to rebuild?
Who will pay for rebuilding and subsequent insurance?
Who decides which cities or areas will be defended — by sea walls, dredging projects, canals — and which will be abandoned?
If people must relocate, who decides when, and which people?
Who pays for relocation?
Which communities take in the relocated?
Who decides on compensation for the relocated?
What are the legal rights of the relocated? Who is legally liable for foreseeable damage to coastal property?
What is the value of nonmonetary attachment to a home or place? Is sentiment counted? Who decides on its value?
Should these decisions be made by lawmakers and technocrats or popular votes and referenda? Ad hoc or planned in advance? Determined by market forces or by some collective judgment of fairness?
If, as seems inevitable, the poor suffer first and worst from the impacts of extreme weather, what role should equity play in decisions about relocation?

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/9/8/16272538/what-is-worth-saving

February 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM

Reposted by Scott C. Doney

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🎓 Scott C. Doney	41%	128	46.4%

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Climate at the National Academies

@climate.nationalacademies.org

📣Virginians! Join us Mar 27 for a hybrid symposium on advancing flood resilience in VA, hosted with the Virginia Academy of Sciences & UVA Engineering. Panels on urban/rural flooding & innovation. In-person space limited! 9AM-5PM ET + reception. Register: https://ow.ly/625250Yhe19

February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM

Reposted by James M. Bullock

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Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne

@xrwimborne.bsky.social

We are not facing a future climate crisis. We are living in it now. Forests burning, heat rising, nature collapsing. Yet Governments still delay. Every year of inaction locks in more loss. This is the moment to act or explain to the next generation why we didn’t.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating

Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation

www.theguardian.com

February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM

Reposted by Elena D. Concepción

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🎓 Elena D. Concepción	57%	21	26.1%

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Andrés Bravo-Oviedo

@abforestal.bsky.social

🚨Paper alert: The adaptation of forests to climate‑change‑related risks (droughts, wildfires) includes the transformation of homogeneous stands into complex forest structures.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reverting homogenous forest landscapes in a Mediterranean site. Transitioning to mixed oak forests

Initial reforestation efforts in the Western Mediterranean basin aimed to convert degraded lands into forests dominated by native Mediterranean oaks f…

www.sciencedirect.com

February 17, 2026 at 12:05 PM

Reposted by Ramón López Facal

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🎓 Ramón López Facal	-	14	-

AEMET

@aemet.es

🧵 El cambio climático antropogénico amplificó la virulencia y extensión de las tormentas asociadas a la catastrófica dana de Valencia de 2024.

➡️ Esta es la principal conclusión de un estudio publicado en @Nature en el que ha participado Aemet.

🔗 www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...

February 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM

by Matthew E. Kahn

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Reposted by Jem Bendell

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by Marcus Grant

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Marcus Grant

@marcusxgrant.bsky.social

The 'public health' professionals, practitioners and associated fraternity have been captured in the web of short term targets.
Whilst the core parameters of a planet habitable for humanity ebb away.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23h

Do what ?!
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating

Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation

www.theguardian.com

February 17, 2026 at 11:34 AM

by Christopher Wright

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Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

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Christopher Wright

@chriswrightau.bsky.social

A marvellous article - I set it as a core reading in my climate change class a few years back - so relevant to our current derangement!

February 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM

by Daniel P. Aldrich

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Daniel Aldrich

@danielaldrich.bsky.social

New #chapter from Das et al: Sustainable Strategies and Review of Innovative Approaches in Water Infrastructure
TL;DR: supports the reduction of pollution loads, the preservation of ecosystems, and the enhancement of climate resilience in expanding cities
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

February 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich

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Environmental science 63%, Geography 32%, Public Health 5%

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Damian Carrington

@dpcarrington.bsky.social

France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall

Climate experts "have been warning us for a long time that events like this will happen more often - in fact, tomorrow has arrived”, says minister

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall

Aftermath of Storm Nils causes chaos across country with flooding under way or expected on Garonne, Maine and Loire rivers

www.theguardian.com

February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM

by Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal

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🎓 Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal	2%	8	1.7%

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Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal

@le-otero.bsky.social

www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2026...

El cambio climático incrementó un 21 % la intensidad de las lluvias de la dana de Valencia

Los resultados del nuevo estudio refuerzan la tesis del IPCC de que el calentamiento podría intensificar las inundaciones relámpago en la región del Mediterráneo

www.lavanguardia.com

February 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM

by Georg Weizsäcker

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Georg Weizsäcker

@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social

Pushing the big buttons of climate policy -- 🇪🇺 is a very good level for it.

The main scientific advisors are @esabcc.bsky.social and they just published new advice on adaptation.

European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change @esabcc.bsky.social · 1d

New advice from the @esabcc.bsky.social urges the EU to urgently strengthen its adaptation framework. With rising loss of life, damages and ecosystem harm, coordinated adaptation, alongside rapid mitigation, is crucial to address climate risks and protect EU's priorities: tinyurl.com/yc4dxw9r