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Extremely warm Mediterranean Sea is cause for concern

Extreme temperatures are increasing

Extreme temperatures, the new normal? What do we know so far?

Dutch Wadden Sea

Sea level rise may be more dramatic for the Dutch than for the German Wadden Sea

Drought in Europe

Droughts are intensifying because the atmosphere becomes thirstier

Forest in Western Europe

Forest productivity in Western Europe is now declining, likely because of climate change

Glacier in Central Europe

Ice loss from glaciers in Central Europe since 2000 almost eight times the global average

Burt areas across Europe in 2024

European state of the climate in 2024: Our pick of key findings

Mountain stream

Austrian floods: Textbook examples of the impact of climate change

Wildfire in England

Peatland fires dominate carbon emissions by wildfires in the UK

Sea level rise 2024

Sea level rise in 2024 much higher than expected

Wildfire in Arizona

North American forests have burned more often in the past, but the impacts are now greater

Flag of the European Union

The European Union is taking major steps in the energy transition

Eiffel tower in Paris

‘Detective’ Hansen concludes: we have reached the +1.5 °C threshold of the Paris Climate Agreement

Peatlands in Britain

Higher temperatures and more droughts endanger the future of Britain’s peatlands

Ambulance in Vienna

Increase in heat-related deaths will outpace decline in cold-related deaths in Europe, recent study shows

Beach in the Netherlands

Coastal infrastructure increases the vulnerability of sandy beaches

Arctic sea ice

The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean is almost here

Hydropower in Finland

In northern Europe, climate change can be good for both hydropower and biodiversity

Avalanches in the Alps

The number of avalanches in the Alps is decreasing less than the decrease in snowfall would suggest

Island of Aruba

In small island states, only a small part of the flood risk comes from the sea

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward after Katrina

Protecting New Orleans may fail, but so do more deltas around the world

Map extreme weather events

Mapped: The fingerprint of climate change in extreme weather events across the world

Damage New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina

Global economic losses by extreme weather amount to hundreds of billions of dollars each year

Controlled burning

Controlled burning to fight wildfires: Indigenous populations show us the way

Hurricane Kirk

Hurricane Kirk is coming to Europe. Well, not quite.

Ocean

The oceans are increasingly gasping for breath

There is no planet B

Can we turn our rivers and oceans into carbon sponges?

Wildfire risk Portugal

Risk of unprecedented, extreme wildfires is spreading to the north of Europe

Methane emissions

Methane emissions are increasing, fueling global warming

Peak discharge Danube September 2024

Heavy rainfall Central Europe 2024 twice as likely due to climate change

Drought in Europe

Trend of more extreme drought in Europe continues

Arctic sea ice

By 2100, year-round navigation of the Arctic Ocean

Schaffhausen

Droughts in the Swiss Alps: At the transition from the wet north to the dry south

London Piccadilly Circus

More trees, fewer deaths from the heat, London study shows

The Geography of Future Coastal Water Challenges

The Geography of Future Coastal Water Challenges

Hurricane Matthew

Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare

Ocean

Oceans are increasingly affected by heat, acidification and oxygen loss

Unprecedented high thunderstorm losses in the USA and Europe

Unprecedented high thunderstorm losses in the USA and Europe: the natural disasters of 2023

The future of clean air

The future of clean air: Are agreements effective?

Potential for cooling European cities

We can cool our cities much more than we currently do

Fossil fuel use for electricity generation

From now on, fossil fuel use for electricity generation will decrease

We will fail to achieve the Paris climate agreement

We will fail to achieve the Paris climate agreement, IPCC experts say

Droughts, not floods, are the biggest challenge in the Alps

Droughts, not floods, are the biggest challenge in the Alps

Stop climate change

Climate change is already having an impact on our incomes

Phoenix

How the hottest city in the US fights the heat

Atlantic Sea

Americans, brace yourself for this year’s hurricane season

grapes

Winemaking in Southern Europe is under serious pressure

protest

Heatwaves in northern Europe are increasingly similar to those in the south