Climate Change

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Climate change affects Central Europe more intensely than the global average. We cover Slovak agriculture, water management, energy pricing, and the policy response from both Brussels and national governments.

Quick facts

  • Central Europe is warming faster than the global mean — roughly 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
  • The EU Green Deal targets climate neutrality by 2050, with a 55 % emissions cut by 2030 as the interim goal.
  • In Slovakia, the largest climate impacts hit forestry, water resources and agriculture.
How Scientists Size Up Giant Prehistoric Snakes Science

How Scientists Size Up Giant Prehistoric Snakes

Paleontologists reconstruct the length and mass of ancient mega-snakes like Titanoboa and Vasuki indicus from a handful of fossilized vertebrae, using...

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Who Are the Tuareg—and Why Do They Keep Rebelling? Culture

Who Are the Tuareg—and Why Do They Keep Rebelling?

The Tuareg, Sahara's nomadic 'blue people,' have launched at least five major rebellions since 1916. Their fight for autonomy in northern Mali reveals...

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How the AMOC Works—the Current That Shapes Climate Science

How the AMOC Works—the Current That Shapes Climate

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation moves heat, salt, and nutrients across the globe. Understanding how this ocean conveyor belt works—and...

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How Brain-Eating Amoebas Work—and Why They're Spreading Science

How Brain-Eating Amoebas Work—and Why They're Spreading

Naegleria fowleri kills over 97% of those infected by traveling from the nose to the brain. Climate change is pushing this rare but devastating organi...

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How Invasive Species Spread—and Why They're Hard to Stop Science

How Invasive Species Spread—and Why They're Hard to Stop

Invasive species cost the global economy over $423 billion annually and drive 60% of recorded extinctions. Here's how they arrive, why they thrive, an...

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How Wildfires Spread—and Why Some Become Unstoppable Science

How Wildfires Spread—and Why Some Become Unstoppable

Wildfires depend on three factors—fuel, weather, and topography—that together determine whether a small flame dies out or becomes a devastating infern...

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How Managed Aquifer Recharge Works—Banking Water Underground Science

How Managed Aquifer Recharge Works—Banking Water Underground

Managed aquifer recharge is an increasingly vital water management strategy that deliberately channels stormwater, treated wastewater, and surface wat...

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How Salmon Find Their Way Home—Thousands of Miles Science

How Salmon Find Their Way Home—Thousands of Miles

Salmon navigate thousands of miles of open ocean and return to the exact stream where they were born using a dual navigation system: Earth's magnetic...

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How the Goldman Environmental Prize Works—the Green Nobel Science

How the Goldman Environmental Prize Works—the Green Nobel

The Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the Green Nobel, honors six grassroots environmental activists each year — one from each inhabited conti...

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How Tsunami Warning Systems Work—From Quake to Alert Technology

How Tsunami Warning Systems Work—From Quake to Alert

Tsunami warning systems combine seismometers, deep-ocean pressure sensors, and satellite links to detect deadly waves and alert coastal populations wi...

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How Iron-Air Batteries Work—Storing Power as Rust Technology

How Iron-Air Batteries Work—Storing Power as Rust

Iron-air batteries store electricity through reversible rusting, offering 100 hours of grid-scale energy storage at a fraction of lithium-ion costs. H...

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How Coral Bleaching Works—and Why Reefs Are Dying Science

How Coral Bleaching Works—and Why Reefs Are Dying

Coral bleaching occurs when rising ocean temperatures break the symbiotic bond between corals and the algae that feed them, turning reefs white and th...

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