Europe

Human-Made Global Warming ‘Caused 2 In 3 Heat Deaths In Europe This Summer’

"Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases". "Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found."

Source: Guardian, 09/18/2025

"Sweden’s Rare-Earths Mine Could Harm Indigenous Sami Reindeer Herders

"High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years."

Source: AP, 09/09/2025

"The Druids Oak Is 800 Years Old - Can It Help Save Tomorrow's Forests?"

"Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more. "We know that this tree is a survivor," he says, taking a leaf sample for DNA testing."

Source: BBC News, 09/03/2025

"Planting Vines And Other Ways Hot Cities Are Creating Cool Spaces"

"As Spain takes a breath after yet another brutal summer heatwave, with temperatures above 40C in many parts of the country, the residents of the sherry-making town of Jerez de la Frontera have come up with a novel way to keep the streets cool."

Source: Guardian, 08/29/2025
August 31, 2025

DEADLINE: Magma Environmental Reporting Fellowship

Magma Magazine invites applications from early-career journalists based in southern Europe for the second edition of this fellowship, online Oct. 2025 to Apr. 2026. Receive mentoring, travel grant for reporting, expand your network and more. Deadline is Aug 31.

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"Shrinking Cod: How Humans Are Impacting the Evolution of Species"

"Biologists once thought that humans did little to affect the course of evolution in the short term. But a recent study of cod in the Baltic Sea reveals how overfishing and selective harvest of the largest fish has caused genetic changes that favor slower growth and smaller size."

Source: YaleE360, 08/08/2025

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