Our purpose is to determine whether some generalizable statements about the general opinion climate in Eastern Europe can be made. More precisely, we will assess whether the presence, support, and influence of important actors of escalation affected the general opinion climate in directions benign or...
Capturing the energy-efficiency potential in Eastern Europe would require a combination of market forces and policy initiatives. Such optimistic prediction, however, should not be taken at face value. Financial and technical constraints will impede some of the potential gains in energy efficiency in Ea...
1a,b). When the NAO is in a negative phase (NAO−), the westerlies carry more moisture from the North Atlantic towards South Eastern Europe (Fig. 1c,d). The mean annual temperature at Scărișoara Ice Cave (SIC) is ~6 °C and precipitation amounts reach 1200 mm/year, ...
The updated national energy and climate plans (NECPs) are due to be submitted on 30 June, and environmental NGOs are denouncing the lack of ambition on the part of Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) in their decarbonisation policies. "Eastern European ...
Many parts of Europe have experienced a series of highly unusual summers with extremely dry/hot (2003) and wet/cool (2002, 2005) years. Climate models predict that summers of this kind will become more frequent in the future, but the underlying mechanism
or anthropogenic land-use changes54can still cause nonzero regional-scale climate speeds (e.g., in Eastern Europe on Fig.1c). Climate speeds are larger over the ocean (Fig.1d) than land (Fig.1c), reflecting the smaller spatial temperature gradients in marine environments34. Where temperature...
The occurrence of multiple epochs in recent Earth history during which continental glaciers, developed at high latitudes, penetrated into northern Europe and eastern North America was recognized by scientists by the late 19th century. Scottish geologist James Croll proposed that recurring variations in ...
And as the prospect of relief from the East fades, cracks are starting to emerge in the EU’s wider energy policy, with rumblings of discontent growing in central and eastern Europe about the role which the EU’s climate strategy might be playing in the dire state of affairs. ...
Eastern and Southern Europe is enduring a severe heatwave, with temperatures reaching over 40 degrees Celsius in many countries including Greece, Croatia, Macedonia, and Romania. Driven by hot air from North Africa, this prolonged heatwave has raised significant threats for residents and has strained...
Massive populations of sardines inhabit both the western and eastern boundaries of the world’s subtropical ocean basins, supporting both commercial fisheries and populations of marine predators. Sardine populations in western and eastern boundary curren