European Commission's Commissioner for Competition and the Green Deal, Teresa Ribera, emphasized that the EU needs new funding options to adapt to climate change, including a larger budget, common debt, and taxation of fossil fuel companies. (translated)
Climate change threatens Europe's plans for increasing nuclear energy, as intense heatwaves and drought have reduced river water levels, forcing many nuclear power plants to limit or shut down production, requiring governments to rethink their strategies for constructing new plants. (translated)
The article discusses the Gaia hypothesis, exploring whether the Earth acts as a complex self-regulating system capable of surviving despite disasters, or whether it is simply a special luck, considering that human activity is dramatically changing the climate and ecosystems. (translated)
Germany registered a record 15,800 heat-related deaths in the summer, primarily among those over 75, as the country experienced heat waves exceeding 40 degrees. (translated)
The heat wave that has occurred in Europe this summer has already caused at least 35,000 excess deaths, which is why the European Commission is urging countries to quickly invest in climate change mitigation to prevent future damages. (translated)
The increasing temperature in Finland has shown that the risk of a certain harmless amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, can become life-threatening, as evidenced by the tragic death of an eight-year-old girl in Louisiana from a rare infection, raising questions about the understanding of the amoeba's spread and recommended precautions for swimmers. (translated)
Updated climate data shows that the stable climate of the last ten thousand years is coming to an end, bringing extreme thunderstorms that affect the rhythm of tropical rains, and thus the region's crops and the risk of flooding. (translated)
Climate change could nearly triple the area affected by wildfires in Europe, causing fires in regions where experience in extinguishing them is limited, according to a recently published study, in the context of Europe already suffering from severe wildfires. (translated)
Studies show that increasing temperatures due to climate change are making extreme heat more dangerous for older people at lower temperatures and humidity than for younger generations, which previous climate risk modeling underestimated. (translated)
The village of Kandersteg, located in Switzerland and home to 1,300 residents, is threatened by a rockfall due to the Spitze Stei rock mass eroding the permafrost and glacial melt, which could lead to a disaster similar to the destruction of the village of Blatten last year. (translated)
Professor of climatophysics Velle Toll says that the El Niño phenomenon, which promises to be exceptionally strong, will affect Estonia with rising food prices and a warm winter, likely bringing several global socioeconomic consequences. (translated)
Belgium is facing the largest forest fire in history, which has already destroyed 3,000 hectares of forest, and firefighters, including international specialists, are trying to contain it with the expected rain and efforts from local authorities, while climate change increases the likelihood of similar situations occurring in Europe. (translated)
Studies show that a sudden warming of the climate that occurred about 56 million years ago led to a significant reduction of forest canopies by more than half, and scientists warn that today’s climate changes could lead to similar environmental damage and the destruction of ecosystems. (translated)
The article discusses postbiotics, which are preparations of inactivated microorganisms and their components that have a proven positive effect on human health, and emphasizes the importance of studying the condition of the gut microbiome. (translated)
The increasing demand from Europeans for various forest benefits, such as carbon sequestration and wood supply, meets changing climate conditions and insufficiently coordinated forest policies, leading to conflicts between the objectives of forest use. (translated)
The global damage from natural disasters registered in the first half of the year reached 100 billion dollars, significantly lower than the previous year's 152 billion dollars for the same period, but experts say that due to hurricanes and the El Niño weather phenomenon in the second half, the risk and damages may increase again. (translated)
The loss of biomass in European forests has accelerated in recent years, primarily due to natural disturbances such as droughts and storms, making these changes a serious threat to achieving the EU's climate goals and stabilizing the entire ecosystem, says biologist Tiit Maran. (translated)
The guardians of Antarctica, who have been restoring the beauty of this beautiful but vulnerable region for years, have now decided to resign, feeling that their work has become part of environmental issues, and they can no longer support the polluting tourism industry. (translated)
European electricity networks are facing unprecedented pressure due to heat waves and significant solar eclipses, as low river levels and a reduction in Norwegian hydro resources limit production, forcing grid operators to find solutions to compensate for lost solar energy, although the European Commission confirms that the system remains under control. (translated)
The deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level in a decade over the past year, reflecting the efforts of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government in environmental protection. (translated)
