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Deltas are vulnerable even if we stop subsidence. Already in a few decades, subsidence will no longer be the dominant driver determining the future of our deltas and low-lying coastal areas.
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Deltas are vulnerable even if we stop subsidence
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January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Deltas are vulnerable even if we stop subsidence. Already in a few decades, subsidence will no longer be the dominant driver determining the future of our deltas and low-lying coastal areas.
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The world’s river deltas are sinking rapidly. Half of the global river delta areas are sinking, largely due to groundwater extraction. This subsidence in many cases contributes more to relative sea-level rise than sea-level rise itself.
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The world’s river deltas are sinking rapidly
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January 25, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The world’s river deltas are sinking rapidly. Half of the global river delta areas are sinking, largely due to groundwater extraction. This subsidence in many cases contributes more to relative sea-level rise than sea-level rise itself.
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The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean is almost here. Predictions of the first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean, based on several models, show that we could observe ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean already as early as 2030.
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The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean is almost here
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January 18, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean is almost here. Predictions of the first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean, based on several models, show that we could observe ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean already as early as 2030.
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By 2100, year-round navigation of the Arctic Ocean. From 2065 onward, ships will be able to achieve stable and safe navigation across the Arctic Ocean during the summer and autumn seasons, with the potential for year-round navigation.
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By 2100, year-round navigation of the Arctic Ocean
From 2065 onward, ships will be able to achieve stable and safe navigation across the Arctic Ocean during the summer and autumn seasons, with the potential for year-round navigation.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM
By 2100, year-round navigation of the Arctic Ocean. From 2065 onward, ships will be able to achieve stable and safe navigation across the Arctic Ocean during the summer and autumn seasons, with the potential for year-round navigation.
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Trans-Arctic shipping will be relatively risky until about 2045, because of fast ice formation and sea ice ridging. But new routes across the Arctic will open in due course, perhaps as early as the 2070s.
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More routes for trans-Arctic shipping will open in the next 50 years
Trans-Arctic shipping will be relatively risky until about 2045, because of fast ice formation and sea ice ridging. But new routes across the Arctic will open in due course, perhaps as early as 2070.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Trans-Arctic shipping will be relatively risky until about 2045, because of fast ice formation and sea ice ridging. But new routes across the Arctic will open in due course, perhaps as early as the 2070s.
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European peatlands emit much more greenhouses gases than previously estimated. The emission of greenhouse gases from drained peatlands in the European Union is twice as large as the amount that has been reported by the individual countries so far.
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European peatlands emit much more greenhouses gases than previously estimated
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January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
European peatlands emit much more greenhouses gases than previously estimated. The emission of greenhouse gases from drained peatlands in the European Union is twice as large as the amount that has been reported by the individual countries so far.
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Overview of wildfires in a changing climate. Forests have become a new hotspot.
Previous in ClimateChangePost: Trends for wildfires and forest fires are different: less wildfires, more forest fires. www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...
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Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires
Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate change
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January 14, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Overview of wildfires in a changing climate. Forests have become a new hotspot.
Previous in ClimateChangePost: Trends for wildfires and forest fires are different: less wildfires, more forest fires. www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...
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The oceans have never been this warm in recent history. Ocean heat is now at its highest since records began. A new record was set in 2025. Ocean warming rate continues to increase, especially in recent decades.
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The oceans have never been this warm in recent history
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January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The oceans have never been this warm in recent history. Ocean heat is now at its highest since records began. A new record was set in 2025. Ocean warming rate continues to increase, especially in recent decades.
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The oceans are increasingly gasping for breath www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-oce...
Triple threat extremes of heat, acidification and oxygen loss have expanded 39‐fold since 1960s. www.climatechangepost.com/news/oceans-...
“Global warming is ocean warming”
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Triple threat extremes of heat, acidification and oxygen loss have expanded 39‐fold since 1960s. www.climatechangepost.com/news/oceans-...
“Global warming is ocean warming”
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‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis
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January 12, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The oceans are increasingly gasping for breath www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-oce...
Triple threat extremes of heat, acidification and oxygen loss have expanded 39‐fold since 1960s. www.climatechangepost.com/news/oceans-...
“Global warming is ocean warming”
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Triple threat extremes of heat, acidification and oxygen loss have expanded 39‐fold since 1960s. www.climatechangepost.com/news/oceans-...
“Global warming is ocean warming”
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#ClimateChangePost: Death toll of wildfire smoke could become very costly for the US climatechangepost.com/news/death-t...
“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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Heart attacks increased after Los Angeles wildfires, study finds
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai say rates of heart attack and respiratory illness ‘matched worst years of Covid’
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December 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#ClimateChangePost: Death toll of wildfire smoke could become very costly for the US climatechangepost.com/news/death-t...
“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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“What we saw during the wildfires was an excess of respiratory illness showing up in our ER that matched the worst years of Covid”
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Large role of anthropogenic climate change in driving smoke concentrations across the western United States from 1992 to 2020 | PNAS
Wildfire activity has increased dramatically in the western United States over the
last three decades, having a significant impact on air quality a...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Wadden Sea more vulnerable to sea level rise than previously thought. Growth rate of tidal flats has been overestimated and parts of the Wadden Sea already seem to be struggling with the accelerating sea level rise.
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Wadden Sea more vulnerable to sea level rise than previously thought
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December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Wadden Sea more vulnerable to sea level rise than previously thought. Growth rate of tidal flats has been overestimated and parts of the Wadden Sea already seem to be struggling with the accelerating sea level rise.
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#ClimateChangePost: Marine heat waves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services www.climatechangepost.com/news/marine-...
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Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
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December 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#ClimateChangePost: Marine heat waves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services www.climatechangepost.com/news/marine-...
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#ClimateChangePost: Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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See Which New York City Neighborhoods Could Get Hit By the Next Hurricane (Gift Article)
Heavy rain would make a hurricane catastrophic. See the neighborhoods that could face the worst flooding.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#ClimateChangePost: Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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#ClimateChangePost: Risk of unprecedented, extreme wildfires is spreading to the north of Europe www.climatechangepost.com/news/risk-of...
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UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#ClimateChangePost: Risk of unprecedented, extreme wildfires is spreading to the north of Europe www.climatechangepost.com/news/risk-of...
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ClimateChangePost: Almost half of the world’s sandy beaches could be gone by the end of the century. www.climatechangepost.com/news/sandy-c...
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Houses Collapsing Into the Sea? It’s Not as Baffling as It Looks.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ClimateChangePost: Almost half of the world’s sandy beaches could be gone by the end of the century. www.climatechangepost.com/news/sandy-c...
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ClimateChangePost: More heat stress for cattle, less milk and meat for us www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-he...
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Climate Change Is Stressing Italy’s Cows, and Coming for Your Burrata
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November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ClimateChangePost: More heat stress for cattle, less milk and meat for us www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-he...
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Flooding in Wales:
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Storm Claudia: Major incident declared in Monmouth after flooding
Met Office yellow rain warning was in place early on Saturday with 83 flood warnings issued for England and 12 flood warnings across Wales.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Flooding in Wales:
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#ClimateChangePost: In the Alps, global warming increases the risk of rockfalls www.climatechangepost.com/news/in-the-...
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The Alps Are Melting, but the Villagers Will Not Be Moved
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November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Adaptation could turn climate change into an opportunity for European rice growers www.climatechangepost.com/news/adaptat...
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Growing Rice In The UK 'Not So Crazy' As Climate Warms
Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Adaptation could turn climate change into an opportunity for European rice growers www.climatechangepost.com/news/adaptat...
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“We need a way to separate the men from the boys”. Melissa was one of the fastest intensifying storms of all time. www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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Category 6 is the new hurricane normal, scientists warn
Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more life-threatening
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November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“We need a way to separate the men from the boys”. Melissa was one of the fastest intensifying storms of all time. www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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Impressive. Video from a NOAA aircraft in the eye of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean this year www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Monster hurricane to hit Jamaica: ‘I have been on my knees in prayer’
Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified on its way toward Jamaica, where it may become the country’s strongest storm on record when it hits late Monday.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Impressive. Video from a NOAA aircraft in the eye of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean this year www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day
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October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare www.climatechangepost.com/news/hurrica...
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