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hail

Yes, climate change can also change the intensity of hailstorms

US Atlantic coast

The adaptation challenge of US coastal cities

protest

No, we are not living in the Anthropocene, scientists conclude

flood sign

Floods have become less deadly worldwide

Aletsch glacier

How the Swiss continue winter sport in times of climate change

irrigation

Global trends in groundwater levels: good news and bad news

rain

Half of the annual precipitation falls in fewer and fewer days

estuary

Extreme salt intrusion into European estuaries will become increasingly common this century

graph showing heat-related mortality

Twenty years after the deadly heat of 2003, Europe’s heat response is still ineffective

River flood in the Netherlands

Room for the river, the exception rather than the rule

Ireland

Drought magnitude and frequency in Ireland will increase in the summer

storm surge

Storm surges in the near future: good news for some, bad news for others

forest

Services European forests provide to society will decline, no matter what

Ambulance in Vienna

Clear footprint of global warming on death toll in European summer of 2022

book on climate emergency

Facing the Climate Emergency

heat

From Paris Agreement to current policies: a 5-fold increase in global hot exposure

Singapore

70 years from now, nearly half of the urban population could be exposed to high heat stress

Arctic

More routes for trans-Arctic shipping will open in the next 50 years

flood barrier

The best way to combat increasing river flood risk in Europe? Water storage!

protest

How climate change is affecting global migration patterns

wildfire in Europe

Economic damage of wildfires in Southern Europe is up to €21 billion per season, on average

glacier

Flood hazard of ice-dammed lakes at melting glaciers is decreasing

river flood in Germany

What is driving future fluvial flood risk in Europe?

Book The Geography of Future Water Challenges

New: The Geography of Future Water Challenges

Wildfires in the Arctic

Unprecedented fire activity in the Arctic in recent years due to global warming

river flood in the Netherlands

Mixing signals of different catchments blurs climate-related trends in river floods

grain harvest

Longer growing seasons will not offset the global drop in crop yields

Aletsch glacier

At least half of all glaciers will be gone by 2100

coastal city

Subsidence coastal cities contributes more to relative sea level rise than previously thought

flood

What is causing increased disaster losses, societal change or climate change?

Beach and dunes

Coastal flood risk increases much faster than previously thought

Dresden

Dryer summers and heavier rainfall: a bad combination

lightning

More lightning in the north, less in the south

Arctic infrastructure

The costs of damage of permafrost thawing in the Arctic will be about $200 billion by mid-century

rock coast

When sea level rise accelerates, so will the erosion of rock coast cliffs

beach

What high-end sea level rise should we plan for? 1.55 m by 2100, scientists conclude

ambulance in Vienna

Health at the mercy of fossil fuels

peatlands

Rewetting our peatlands not only serves the climate

Flooding

Vast majority of people exposed to flooding are too poor to protect themselves

delta

Human interventions in rivers outpace threats from climate change

biodiversity

Insect biodiversity is changing because of agriculture and climate change

flood disaster

A flaw in classic approach to flooding: the floods of 2021

beach

Each summer will last about half a day longer than the previous one

temperature

Latest projections of future temperatures over Europe

heat stress

More heat stress for cattle, less milk and meat for us

beach tourism

Tourism and energy of southern European islands are vulnerable for climate change

protest

Climate extremes have already changed over Europe

outdoor workers

Heat exposure outdoor workers already leads to productivity loss of 1.7 per cent of GDP