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Deadly Floods in Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast | Elenite, Nessebar and Sveti Vlas Submerged

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 2d

Did warm water of the Black Sea play a role in, like in 2012? www.climatechangepost.com/news/flash-f...

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 2d

#ClimateChangePost: Global economic losses by extreme weather amount to hundreds of billions of dollars each year www.climatechangepost.com/news/global-...

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At $4.5bn each year extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say

‘The trajectory is only up, in terms of insured costs’ CEO of insurance peak body warns

In the Arctic, the U.S. Shifts Focus From Climate Research to Security

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 4d

Two sides of the same coin www.climatechangepost.com/sections/sec...

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The number of heat-related deaths in Spain between May 16 and September 30 hit 3,832, an 87.6-percent increase from the same period in 2024, the health ministry said Thursday.

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 5d

#ClimateChangePost: More than 50,000 heat-related deaths in Europe’s recent summers www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-th...

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 5d

But honestly, we already knew this. Read our articles about wildfires in a changing climate www.climatechangepost.com/sections/for...

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Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds

Half of the increased heat wave intensity linked to largest fossil fuel companies

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 7d

Half of the increased heat wave intensity is linked to the largest fossil fuel companies. Both the intensity and probability of heatwaves is increasing globally, for a large part due to greenhouse gas emissions of the 180 largest fossil fuel companies.

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Workers keep dying from heat. Data from inside their bodies shows why.

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 8d

#ClimateChangePost: Heat exposure outdoor workers already leads to productivity loss of 1.7 per cent of GDP www.climatechangepost.com/news/heat-ex...

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Nearly half of Florida farmworkers’ bodies reached dangerous temperatures in one study — but short breaks pulled them back from the danger zone.

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 8d

70 years from now, nearly half of the urban population could be exposed to high heat stress www.climatechangepost.com/news/70-year...

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World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s

Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, “Delaying or postponing climate targets would only increase costs, deepen inequalities and weaken our resilience.” Costs of this year’s heat waves, droughts, and floods in Europe could rise to more than €120 billion. www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-bal...

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EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

How Cities Are Beating the Heat (Gift Article)

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 13d

#ClimateChangePost: We can cool our cities much more than we currently do www.climatechangepost.com/news/we-can-...

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The world is hot — and only getting hotter. We looked at what places around the globe are doing to keep cool.

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 13d

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

World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 14d

#ClimateChangePost: Last year we wrote: "The ’triple threat’ of heat, acidification and little oxygen in ocean waters has expanded 39‐fold, lasts 3‐times longer, and has become 6‐times more intense since the early 1960s". www.climatechangepost.com/news/oceans-...

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Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed

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

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 15d

During each of the summers of 2022, 2023 and 2024, more than 50,000 Europeans died because of the heat, of which more than two-thirds in southern Europe.

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Horrific Chaos in Italy and France | Storms, Floods, and Mudslides Destroy Cities

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 16d

Southern Europe is hit again by extreme weather. The economic damage of this summer in Europe is already tens of billions of Euros. www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-bal...

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 16d

That was two years ago. What about this year's summer in Europe? Tens of billions in economic costs www.climatechangepost.com/news/the-bal...

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Europe’s climate refugees: The Greek communities wiped off the map

Villages in the country’s agricultural breadbasket lie half-abandoned two years after catastrophic floods.

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 19d

In the US, economic damage of smoke deaths by 2050 is likely to exceed existing estimates of all other climate change-driven damages combined.

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

‘It’s not just our houses’: can a Scottish village save Queen Elizabeth’s coastal path from the waves?

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 19d

#ClimateChangePost: Can we protect Scotland’s archaeological assets along its dynamic coast? www.climatechangepost.com/news/can-we-...

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The people of Johnshaven have watched the sea edge closer and closer. Preserving the path is key to protecting their community

Can Hybrid Grapes Solve the Climate Change Dilemma for Wine Makers?

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 19d

#ClimateChangePost: ‘climate change will drive major changes in global wine production in the near future.’ www.climatechangepost.com/news/winemak...

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Watch the sea claim yet another house on N.C.’s Outer Banks

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 20d

#ClimateChangePost: Meanwhile .... Sea level rise in 2024 much higher than expected www.climatechangepost.com/news/sea-lev...

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Erosion, rising seas and churning storms have caused the collapse of a dozen homes on that stretch of seashore over the past five years.

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The Siberian Tundra Is Exploding. New Research Helps Explain Why.

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 21d

#ClimateChangePost: The costs of damage of permafrost thawing in the Arctic will be about $200 billion by mid-century.
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One of the wettest winters on record has firefighters worried about a potentially deadly NSW bushfire season

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 21d

#ClimateChangePost: The past can be a key to the future. For 5000 years prior to British colonization, Indigenous ‘cultural burning’ in #Australia effectively reduced shrub cover and the intensity of bushfires. www.climatechangepost.com/news/control...

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Heavy rains have driven growth that could fuel devastating fires. The wet conditions have also hampered efforts to conduct hazard reduction burns

The balance sheet of this year’s summer: thousands of heat deaths, tens of billions in economic costs

ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 21d

Two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer are linked to climate change. The costs of this year’s heat waves, droughts, and floods could rise to more than €120 billion in 2029.

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Latest heatwaves, droughts, floods could cost Europe €126 billion by 2029

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 21d

'likely an underestimate', they did not include other impacts of climate change, such as wildfires. That impact will add several billions. #ClimateChangePost: www.climatechangepost.com/news/economi...

Latest heatwaves, droughts, floods could cost Europe €126 billion by 2029 rfi.my/C0oE.BS

This summer’s heatwaves, droughts, and floods are expected to cost the European economy more than €120 billion in the long term, according to a new study.

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 25d

#ClimateChangePost: Heat exposure outdoor workers already leads to productivity loss of 1.7 per cent of GDP www.climatechangepost.com/news/heat-ex...

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Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide