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water challenge

Press release: The geography of future water challenges

heatwave

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

Boreal forest

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

flood damage hurricane Katrina

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

flood damage

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

heatwave

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

river flood

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

storm surge

The number of people dying from storm surge floods is decreasing

heatwave

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

sea level

Rate of sea level rise is accelerating, as predicted

mushrooms

Surprisingly, climate change may increase mushroom productivity in Mediterranean forests

airconditioning

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

turbulence

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

storm surge

Sea level rise and storm surges, a complicated relationship

river flood

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

drought

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

wildfire

A future on fire

glacier

Glacier retreat can be slowed down by artificially produced snow

world map coastal flood risk

Ambitious climate policies are needed to avoid fast sea level rise

Scotland

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

peatlands

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

wheat

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

flood

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

glacier in Asia

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

Nile delta

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

beach tourism

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

wildfire in Portugal

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

Greenland

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

algal blooms

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

permafrost

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

hurricane Ophelia

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

wildfire in California

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

biodiversity

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

Mark Rutte

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

mackerel

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

landslide

Landslides in a changing climate, a complicated story

heat stress

How to protect office-workers from future heat stress?

global warming

Changing climate shifts timing of European river floods

heat stress

Heat waves and their effect on human mortality in Europe

Venice

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

flooding

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

Glacier

At least one-third of Asian glaciers will disappear

biodiversity

Plants start to flower much earlier in spring thanks to global warming

outdoor workers

Global warming will increase cost of avoiding heat-related illness outdoor workers

flooding

Current once-in-a-hundred-years flood levels along US coastline may occur every few years by 2050

drought

Drought risk increases substantially in large parts of the world, even if we do reach the goals of the Paris agreement

heatwave

Far more heat wave days and far less cold spells in Spain and Portugal this century

urban flooding

The warmer Europe gets, the more precipitation, runoff and river discharge change