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Sea level rise is jeopardizing the future of Venice and may call for drastic measures to ensure the city’s survival. Over time, the current storm surge barrier will no longer be effective.

Climate change

Atlantic current that determines Europe’s climate likely to collapse

April 19, 2026

Climate change

Global warming continues to accelerate; the oceans trap most of the heat

March 23, 2026

Climate change

It looks like 2027 will be an extremely warm year

March 18, 2026

Climate change

The rate of global warming has doubled over the last 10 years

March 9, 2026

Coastal erosion and coastal floods

Sea levels and future flood risk are higher than previously assumed

March 5, 2026

Biodiversity

For every 0.1 °C increase in seabed temperature, we lose 7% of fish biomass

February 26, 2026

Agriculture and horticulture

The world needs to step up adaptation to ensure global food security

February 11, 2026

Health

Current adaptations will hardly reduce mortality in Europe from future heat waves

February 6, 2026

Fresh water resources

Our rivers are changing, and river management must follow suit

February 6, 2026

Climate change

Atlantic current that determines Europe’s climate likely to collapse

April 19, 2026

It is highly likely that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation AMOC will have lost half of its strength by 2100, with major consequences for Europe and beyond, according to a recent study.

Global warming continues to accelerate; the oceans trap most of the heat

March 23, 2026

It looks like 2027 will be an extremely warm year

March 18, 2026

The rate of global warming has doubled over the last 10 years

March 9, 2026

The oceans have never been this warm in recent history

January 12, 2026

Droughts and desertification

Droughts are intensifying because the atmosphere becomes thirstier

June 9, 2025

Global warming is making the atmosphere thirstier, and this has made droughts more frequent and more intense worldwide over the last four decades. Also, they now affect larger areas.

Trend of more extreme drought in Europe continues

August 9, 2024

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

July 30, 2024

Drought magnitude and frequency in Ireland will increase in the summer

January 3, 2024

Dryer summers and heavier rainfall: a bad combination

February 10, 2023

Flash floods and urban flooding

Germany’s 2021 flood could have been much worse

September 8, 2025

If the rainfall had hit the catchment just 20 km further east, about a quarter more water would have flooded the area.

Floods have become less deadly worldwide

March 5, 2024

Half of the annual precipitation falls in fewer and fewer days

February 7, 2024

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

June 22, 2022

Intense rainstorms are moving more slowly, causing more floods

October 3, 2021

Health

Current adaptations will hardly reduce mortality in Europe from future heat waves

February 6, 2026

Heat-related human mortality from historical weather patterns would be much higher if they were to recur now and in the future, even reaching a mortality comparable to peak COVID-19.

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

September 23, 2025

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

September 19, 2025

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

January 31, 2025

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

July 24, 2024

River floods

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

September 25, 2025

Only a third of the world’s river basins experienced normal conditions in 2024. The global water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, leading to more floods and droughts.

Austrian floods: Textbook examples of the impact of climate change

April 7, 2025

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

December 16, 2024

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

September 25, 2024

Room for the river, the exception rather than the rule

January 22, 2024

Security and crisis management

How climate change is affecting global migration patterns

April 18, 2023

Migration in response to climate change is not an option for an increasing number of poor people. They lack the financial means to move and are the ‘trapped population’.

Climate-driven shocks to agriculture spur emigration from poor countries

January 17, 2020

Does climate change already affect armed conflicts?

September 25, 2019

New perspectives on the global distribution of climate risk. The Netherlands stands out!

January 7, 2019

Ranking the world on climate security: European countries at the top

August 16, 2018

Storms

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

October 7, 2024

What started off as a hurricane over the Atlantic is about to hit the European continent as a storm. The hurricane will have dissipated much of its energy by then.

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

July 5, 2024

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

May 31, 2024

Americans, brace yourself for this year’s hurricane season

April 5, 2024

More lightning in the north, less in the south

February 9, 2023

Wildfires

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is deadly even in Europe

October 19, 2025

Wildfire smoke is toxic and travels far. In 2023, an estimated 82,100 people died prematurely from exposure to Canadian wildfire smoke, including 22,400 in Europe.