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Increasing heat stress will strongly reduce labour productivity worldwide

Increasing heat stress will strongly reduce labour productivity worldwide

Paris Agreement may have a strong impact on future extreme heat waves

Paris Agreement may have a strong impact on future extreme heat waves

Europe’s road and rail transport more often exposed to landslides this century

Europe’s road and rail transport more often exposed to landslides this century

New: The geography of future water challenges

New: The geography of future water challenges

Mitigating global warming can reduce strong increase record-breaking summer temperatures by 50%

Mitigating global warming can reduce strong increase record-breaking summer temperatures by 50%

Different ways to reach the Paris Agreement goals, different impacts for coastal management

Different ways to reach the Paris Agreement goals, different impacts for coastal management

Future heat waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities

Future heat waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities

Press release: The geography of future water challenges

Press release: The geography of future water challenges

More people exposed to heat waves: global warming versus population growth

More people exposed to heat waves: global warming versus population growth

Shift in boreal forest tree species urgently needed due to climate change

Shift in boreal forest tree species urgently needed due to climate change

Future affordability and coverage climate-risk insurance calls for more resilience

Future affordability and coverage climate-risk insurance calls for more resilience

Annual damage to Europe’s critical infrastructure may increase 10-fold this century

Annual damage to Europe’s critical infrastructure may increase 10-fold this century

In the near future twice as many heat waves over Central Europe

In the near future twice as many heat waves over Central Europe

Lower future river flood peaks in Northern and Southern Europe, for different reasons

Lower future river flood peaks in Northern and Southern Europe, for different reasons

The number of people dying from storm surge floods is decreasing

The number of people dying from storm surge floods is decreasing

The combination of hot and humid weather may threaten the lives of many people by 2080

The combination of hot and humid weather may threaten the lives of many people by 2080

Rate of sea level rise is accelerating, as predicted

Rate of sea level rise is accelerating, as predicted

Surprisingly, climate change may increase mushroom productivity in Mediterranean forests

Surprisingly, climate change may increase mushroom productivity in Mediterranean forests

Europe will use more energy for cooling than can be saved with heating

Europe will use more energy for cooling than can be saved with heating

More often, flights will be bumpy due to turbulence increase under climate 
change

More often, flights will be bumpy due to turbulence increase under climate 
change

Sea level rise and storm surges, a complicated relationship

Sea level rise and storm surges, a complicated relationship

No evidence so far of more major river floods due to climate change

No evidence so far of more major river floods due to climate change

Climate change is amplifying Europe’s contrast of drying south and wetting north

Climate change is amplifying Europe’s contrast of drying south and wetting north

A future on fire

A future on fire

Glacier retreat can be slowed down by artificially produced snow

Glacier retreat can be slowed down by artificially produced snow

Ambitious climate policies are needed to avoid fast sea level rise

Ambitious climate policies are needed to avoid fast sea level rise

Europe’s wine production will move north this century, but not to Scotland

Europe’s wine production will move north this century, but not to Scotland

Cultivated peat soils lead to land subsidence and emit greenhouse gases. How can we avoid this?

Cultivated peat soils lead to land subsidence and emit greenhouse gases. How can we avoid this?

Technology may counterbalance negative impacts of climate change on cereal yields in Western Europe

Technology may counterbalance negative impacts of climate change on cereal yields in Western Europe

When sea level rise accelerates, inland migration may not be that easy

When sea level rise accelerates, inland migration may not be that easy

Asia’s glaciers will loose at least one third of their ice mass this century

Asia’s glaciers will loose at least one third of their ice mass this century

What if the past is the key to the future? We may start losing coastal deltas 50 years from now

What if the past is the key to the future? We may start losing coastal deltas 50 years from now

European heat waves like in the 1950s: what if climate hadn’t changed?

European heat waves like in the 1950s: what if climate hadn’t changed?

Wildfires in Portugal: is past trend of forest cover increase now ‘going up in smoke’?

Wildfires in Portugal: is past trend of forest cover increase now ‘going up in smoke’?

Deltas at the Greenland coast are growing due to a warmer climate

Deltas at the Greenland coast are growing due to a warmer climate

Warmer water due to climate change may lead to more algal blooms, or less

Warmer water due to climate change may lead to more algal blooms, or less

Ground settlement due to melting permafrost will affect a large part of the Northern Hemisphere

Ground settlement due to melting permafrost will affect a large part of the Northern Hemisphere

In 2013 Dutch scientists already saw Ophelia as a realistic scenario due to global warming

In 2013 Dutch scientists already saw Ophelia as a realistic scenario due to global warming

Deadliest wildfires in California ever: lessons to be learned from southern Europe

Deadliest wildfires in California ever: lessons to be learned from southern Europe

The smaller the Mediterranean islands, the more vulnerable their biodiversity for climate change

The smaller the Mediterranean islands, the more vulnerable their biodiversity for climate change

Climate change will be a spearhead for the new and ‘greenest Dutch government ever'

Climate change will be a spearhead for the new and ‘greenest Dutch government ever'

Mackerel migrating to the north: the first climate change related conflict in European politics?

Mackerel migrating to the north: the first climate change related conflict in European politics?

Landslides in a changing climate, a complicated story

Landslides in a changing climate, a complicated story

How to protect office-workers from future heat stress?

How to protect office-workers from future heat stress?

Changing climate shifts timing of European river floods

Changing climate shifts timing of European river floods

Heat waves and their effect on human mortality in Europe

Heat waves and their effect on human mortality in Europe

Historic palaces of Venice provide a clue for sea level rise since 1350

Historic palaces of Venice provide a clue for sea level rise since 1350

Just a few cm of sea-level rise may double the frequency of coastal flooding

Just a few cm of sea-level rise may double the frequency of coastal flooding