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  1. Yet no other continent has warmed as rapidly as #Europe, at nearly twice the global average since the mid-1990s. That has forced Europeans to confront, more starkly than others, the harsh realities of a changed climate, particularly in the summer, when their once-mild days have given way to furnacelike heat.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  2. Yet no other continent has warmed as rapidly as #Europe, at nearly twice the global average since the mid-1990s. That has forced Europeans to confront, more starkly than others, the harsh realities of a changed climate, particularly in the summer, when their once-mild days have given way to furnacelike heat.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  3. #Europe is not alone, of course. #Heatwaves gripped #Australia & #Japan this year. #Floods devastated #Kenya & #Angola. A snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern #UnitedStates. Developing countries in the Southern Hemisphere are still more vulnerable than wealthy Europe to the effects of a changing climate.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  4. #Europe is not alone, of course. #Heatwaves gripped #Australia & #Japan this year. #Floods devastated #Kenya & #Angola. A snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern #UnitedStates. Developing countries in the Southern Hemisphere are still more vulnerable than wealthy Europe to the effects of a changing climate.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  5. #Europe is ground zero when it comes to impacts” from #ClimateChange, said Johan Rockström, a Swedish scientist who is the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany.

    “2026 is just the beginning,” Professor Rockström added. “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse to the point where, I’m afraid, we’ll be passing the limits of adaptation.”

    #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  6. #Europe is ground zero when it comes to impacts” from #ClimateChange, said Johan Rockström, a Swedish scientist who is the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany.

    “2026 is just the beginning,” Professor Rockström added. “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse to the point where, I’m afraid, we’ll be passing the limits of adaptation.”

    #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  7. Ravenous #wildfires. Searing #heatwaves. Freakish #storms. The summer of 2026 has already shattered meteorological records in several European countries. On a continent that has weathered centuries of upheaval — ruinous wars, deadly pandemics — it is the weather itself that now has #Europe feeling close to a breaking point.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  8. Ravenous #wildfires. Searing #heatwaves. Freakish #storms. The summer of 2026 has already shattered meteorological records in several European countries. On a continent that has weathered centuries of upheaval — ruinous wars, deadly pandemics — it is the weather itself that now has #Europe feeling close to a breaking point.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  9. #Europe / #European #wildfires > #climatechange

    The fight against forest fires must adapt to climate change (European Union)

    To better combat forest fires, the European Union must both focus on forest management and raise awareness of fire risks in the context of climate change, according to the European Commissioner for Crisis Management.

    In an interview with Reuters, Hadja Lahbib also stressed the need for more financial resources in the context of the massive fires in France and Spain, which have led to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents and tourists.

    "Climate change is accelerating. Our response must therefore evolve just as rapidly. We must prepare for risks before disasters occur, and not simply react after the fact," she noted.

  10. #Europe / #European #wildfires > #climatechange

    The fight against forest fires must adapt to climate change (European Union)

    To better combat forest fires, the European Union must both focus on forest management and raise awareness of fire risks in the context of climate change, according to the European Commissioner for Crisis Management.

    In an interview with Reuters, Hadja Lahbib also stressed the need for more financial resources in the context of the massive fires in France and Spain, which have led to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents and tourists.

    "Climate change is accelerating. Our response must therefore evolve just as rapidly. We must prepare for risks before disasters occur, and not simply react after the fact," she noted.

  11. Firefighters have been struggling to contain the #wildfires before another #heatwave descends on the region today, with temperatures soaring to 104°F (40°C). Last month was the hottest June on record in Western #Europe, & #climate experts say the continent can expect even higher temperatures in the future. The heat dries vegetation, making it more susceptible to fire. (It also exhausts firefighters.)

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  12. Firefighters have been struggling to contain the #wildfires before another #heatwave descends on the region today, with temperatures soaring to 104°F (40°C). Last month was the hottest June on record in Western #Europe, & #climate experts say the continent can expect even higher temperatures in the future. The heat dries vegetation, making it more susceptible to fire. (It also exhausts firefighters.)

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  13. The #wildfires threatening central #Spain & southwestern #France over the past 2 weeks may be small by American standards. In #Europe, though, they are tremendous. Some are the largest in their countries’ modern histories, raging in places not accustomed to fires of this scale: on the outskirts of Madrid, for instance, or near the ancient vineyards of Bordeaux.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  14. The #wildfires threatening central #Spain & southwestern #France over the past 2 weeks may be small by American standards. In #Europe, though, they are tremendous. Some are the largest in their countries’ modern histories, raging in places not accustomed to fires of this scale: on the outskirts of Madrid, for instance, or near the ancient vineyards of Bordeaux.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  15. #Europe’s Summer of Reckoning Is ‘Just the Beginning’

    The continent is experiencing some of its biggest #wildfires & highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond & “it will get worse,” one #climate expert said.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis
    nytimes.com/2026/07/29/world/e

  16. #Europe’s Summer of Reckoning Is ‘Just the Beginning’

    The continent is experiencing some of its biggest #wildfires & highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond & “it will get worse,” one #climate expert said.

    #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis
    nytimes.com/2026/07/29/world/e

  17. RE: mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCar

    #heat that doesn't kill causes neurological damage & traumatizes survivors when it does. It hits minorities, the poor, women, children, elders, & the chronically ill and disabled hardest of all. I hear one more privileged white boy on Nextdoor blow it off as "just the weather" ....

    #climatechange events ( #wildfires , #hurricanes , #heatwaves, etc. ) cause #ptsd

    A #heatdome is no joke.

    And speaking of underreporting, I'm guessing our "government" won't report out on #Heatwave2026 at all.

  18. RE: mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCar

    #heat that doesn't kill causes neurological damage & traumatizes survivors when it does. It hits minorities, the poor, women, children, elders, & the chronically ill and disabled hardest of all. I hear one more privileged white boy on Nextdoor blow it off as "just the weather" ....

    #climatechange events ( #wildfires , #hurricanes , #heatwaves, etc. ) cause #ptsd

    A #heatdome is no joke.

    And speaking of underreporting, I'm guessing our "government" won't report out on #Heatwave2026 at all.

  19. The watery environments of the #beaver can also provide life-saving fire-proof sanctuaries for myriad plants, #animals – and even people. With #wildfires increasing in frequency and intensity as a result of #climatechange, the value of beaver country cannot be underestimated. As a wise man once said: “water doesn’t burn!”

    rewildingeurope.com/blog/beave

  20. Here's a handy 'how it works' item on the demise of planet Earth.

    It's truly shocking our government is actively turning away from a desperately needed conversation around our use of fossil fuels.

    Sick, in fact.

    cbc.ca/news/science/pyrocumulo

    #climatechange #environment