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‘A good cruise is one that doesn’t come’: Europe’s ports bear brunt of ship pollution

As health and environmental impact of cruise ships becomes clearer, Mediterranean ports consider bans and restrictions.

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Fatima Bhutto: Climate change is the catastrophe to end all other catastrophes

Humanity will endure wildfires, super floods, storms, hurricanes and tsunamis for as long as possible — perhaps not long at all.
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Water migrants: Rising death toll in the Mediterranean

The number of deaths in the Mediterranean Sea in 2023 will soon surpass any year since 2015, the height of the Syrian refugee crisis.

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Libya’s deadly floods show the growing threat of medicanes

Entire neighborhoods of the Libyan city of Derna have vanished following devastating floods wrought by Storm Daniel. Such storms are rare—but climate change will supersize them.
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UK will face greater food insecurity as climate crisis deepens, say analysts

Much of the UK’s food imports come from the Mediterranean, a region highly exposed to drought.
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Northerly destinations, off-season travel: How climate change could affect Mediterranean tourism

Destructive fires, temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and tourists dodging possible catastrophe by staying home. Will climate change end up transforming tourism – not least in the Mediterranean?

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How hail hazards are changing around the Mediterranean

A new method for studying hailstorms from space offers more consistent and more complete views of how and where hail forms, and how climate change might influence hail’s impacts in the future.
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