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 Tropical Peatlands Work—and Why They're Burning Science

How Tropical Peatlands Work—and Why They're Burning

Tropical peatlands store more carbon than all the world's forests combined, yet wildfires in these ecosystems have reached a 2,000-year high. Here's h...

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How Solar Wind Stripped Mars of Its Atmosphere Science

How Solar Wind Stripped Mars of Its Atmosphere

Billions of years ago, Mars had rivers, lakes, and a thick atmosphere. Today it is a frozen desert. The culprit is the solar wind—and the loss of the...

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How Arctic Sea Ice Works—and Why Its Loss Matters Science

How Arctic Sea Ice Works—and Why Its Loss Matters

Arctic sea ice is far more than frozen water at the top of the world. It regulates global temperatures, drives ocean circulation, and sustains entire...

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How Tidal Energy Works—and Why It Matters Science

How Tidal Energy Works—and Why It Matters

Tidal energy harnesses the gravitational pull of the moon to generate reliable, carbon-free electricity—but high costs and limited sites have kept it...

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What Is El Niño and How Does It Affect the World? Science

What Is El Niño and How Does It Affect the World?

El Niño is a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that disrupts weather patterns across the globe, triggering droughts, floods, and economic...

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How Landslides Form—and Why They're So Deadly Science

How Landslides Form—and Why They're So Deadly

Landslides kill thousands of people every year and cause billions in damage, yet many people don't understand what triggers them. Here's the science b...

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How Temperature Limits Every Living Thing on Earth Science

How Temperature Limits Every Living Thing on Earth

Scientists have uncovered a universal temperature rule that governs all life—from deep-sea bacteria to tropical insects—revealing why evolution cannot...

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How Carbon Offsets Work—and Why They're Controversial Science

How Carbon Offsets Work—and Why They're Controversial

Carbon offsets let companies pay to cancel out their greenhouse gas emissions by funding climate projects elsewhere. But how do they actually work—and...

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What Is AMOC and Why Scientists Fear Its Collapse Science

What Is AMOC and Why Scientists Fear Its Collapse

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a vast ocean conveyor belt that keeps Europe temperate and regulates global climate — and recent re...

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What Are Critical Minerals and Why Nations Fight Over Them Economy

What Are Critical Minerals and Why Nations Fight Over Them

Critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, yet their dangerously concentr...

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What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs Science

What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs

Coral bleaching occurs when rising ocean temperatures sever the vital partnership between corals and their food-producing algae, turning reefs white a...

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How Small Modular Reactors Work and Why They Matter Technology

How Small Modular Reactors Work and Why They Matter

Small modular reactors (SMRs) promise to reinvent nuclear power — cheaper to build, safer by design, and flexible enough to power remote communities o...

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