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In the Arctic, the U.S. Shifts Focus From Climate Research to Security

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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.

#ClimateChangePost: More than 50,000 heat-related deaths in Europe’s recent summers www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-th...

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Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds

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Half of the increased heat wave intensity linked to largest fossil fuel companies

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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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.

#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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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

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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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’

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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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.

#ClimateChangePost: We can cool our cities much more than we currently do www.climatechangepost.com/news/we-can-...

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In 2024, the discharge of most rivers worldwide was abnormally high or low

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World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed

#ClimateChangePost: Last year we wrote: "The ’triple threat’ of heat, acidification and little oxygen in ocean waters has expanded 39‐fold, lasts 3‐times longer, and has become 6‐times more intense since the early 1960s". www.climatechangepost.com/news/oceans-...

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More than 50,000 heat-related deaths in Europe’s recent summers

During each of the summers of 2022, 2023 and 2024, more than 50,000 Europeans died because of the heat, of which more than two-thirds in southern Europe.

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YouTube video by Nature's Revenge 05 Horrific Chaos in Italy and France | Storms, Floods, and Mudslides Destroy Cities

Southern Europe is hit again by extreme weather. The economic damage of this summer in Europe is already tens of billions of Euros. www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-bal...

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Europe’s climate refugees: The Greek communities wiped off the map Villages in the country’s agricultural breadbasket lie half-abandoned two years after catastrophic floods.

That was two years ago. What about this year's summer in Europe? Tens of billions in economic costs www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-bal...

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Death toll of wildfire smoke could become very costly for the United States

In the US, economic damage of smoke deaths by 2050 is likely to exceed existing estimates of all other climate change-driven damages combined.

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‘It’s not just our houses’: can a Scottish village save Queen Elizabeth’s coastal path from the waves? The people of Johnshaven have watched the sea edge closer and closer. Preserving the path is key to protecting their community

#ClimateChangePost: Can we protect Scotland’s archaeological assets along its dynamic coast? www.climatechangepost.com/news/can-we-...

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Can Hybrid Grapes Solve the Climate Change Dilemma for Wine Makers?

#ClimateChangePost: ‘climate change will drive major changes in global wine production in the near future.’ www.climatechangepost.com/news/winemak...

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Watch the sea claim yet another house on N.C.’s Outer Banks Erosion, rising seas and churning storms have caused the collapse of a dozen homes on that stretch of seashore over the past five years.

#ClimateChangePost: Meanwhile .... Sea level rise in 2024 much higher than expected www.climatechangepost.com/news/sea-lev...

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The Siberian Tundra Is Exploding. New Research Helps Explain Why.

#ClimateChangePost: The costs of damage of permafrost thawing in the Arctic will be about $200 billion by mid-century.
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One of the wettest winters on record has firefighters worried about a potentially deadly NSW bushfire season Heavy rains have driven growth that could fuel devastating fires. The wet conditions have also hampered efforts to conduct hazard reduction burns

#ClimateChangePost: The past can be a key to the future. For 5000 years prior to British colonization, Indigenous ‘cultural burning’ in #Australia effectively reduced shrub cover and the intensity of bushfires. www.climatechangepost.com/news/control...

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The balance sheet of this year’s summer: thousands of heat deaths, tens of billions in economic costs

Two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer are linked to climate change. The costs of this year’s heat waves, droughts, and floods could rise to more than €120 billion in 2029.

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Latest heatwaves, droughts, floods could cost Europe €126 billion by 2029 This summer’s heatwaves, droughts, and floods are expected to cost the European economy more than €120 billion in the long term, according to a new study.

'likely an underestimate', they did not include other impacts of climate change, such as wildfires. That impact will add several billions. #ClimateChangePost: www.climatechangepost.com/news/economi...

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Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide

#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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‘Entire neighborhoods will have to move’: growth collides with rising seas in Charleston Residents worry new developments – including a sea wall planned to shield the city’s historic center – could push floodwaters into their communities

#ClimateChangePost: The adaptation challenge of US coastal cities: the impact of subsidence is often underestimated in urban planning www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-ada...

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Humanity is rapidly depleting water and much of the world is getting drier Research shows vast portions of the world are losing fresh water and getting drier. Groundwater depletion accounts for two-thirds of the continents' water losses, contributing to rising oceans.

Summarized on the #ClimateChangePost: Continents are losing freshwater to the oceans at an alarming rate www.climatechangepost.com/news/contine...

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Germany’s 2021 flood could have been much worse

The flood killed more than 230 people and caused 50 billion euros in damage. If the rainfall had hit the catchment just 20 km further east, about a quarter more water would have flooded the area.

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Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat

#ClimateChangePost: And it's not just Paris. We can cool our cities much more than we currently do www.climatechangepost.com/news/we-can-...

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Climate crisis will increase frequency of lightning-sparked wildfires, study finds These wildfires tend to burn in more remote areas and grow larger faster, posing a higher risk to public safety and health

#ClimateChangePost: Weather regimes with thunderstorms and lightning shift to the north, increasing lightning frequency at higher latitudes in the summer. www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-li...

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When It Rains, It … Is ‘Terrifying’

Frankly, nothing new. 70% of Europe’s flood casualties are due to flash floods, and the number of flash floods increases www.climatechangepost.com/news/70-of-e...

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What the Future Ocean Might Look Like Amid Climate Change, Overfishing and More (Gift Article) Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.

#ClimateChangePost: Oceans are increasingly affected by heat, acidification and oxygen loss www.climatechangepost.com/news/oceans-...

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Climate change has made Spain’s extreme fire season of 2025 a common event

Extreme fire weather conditions now 40 times more likely because of climate change.

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