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Posted on Posted on In a world of rising extreme temperatures urban areas will need to adapt if humans and non-humans are to function safely under heat. A new commentary featuring CMCC scientists and published in Nature Climate Change looks at how thermal justice can help ensure equitable adaptation and minimize heat-risk displacement in cities.

Posted on Posted on Registration is open for CMCC’s four free online events at Climate Week NYC 2026, one of the year’s landmark moments for global climate action. From 21 to 25 September, internationally renowned scientists, negotiators, and communicators discuss a just food transition, the financial risks of climate extremes, next-generation climate information and the power of climate visuals. Sign up now and take part.

Posted on Posted on When you’re at the beach this summer, you never know what you might encounter beneath the surface. From a chance field find to a formal discovery: CMCC researcher Salvatore Causio’s early observations led to the identification of a new Adriatic tube-dwelling marine worm, years later named in his honor. A new marine species, Bispira causioi sp.

Posted on Posted on As Mediterranean countries face another summer of extreme heat, new research led by CMCC examines the economic costs of prolonged drought exposure. Agriculture and manufacturing — construction above all — are among the sectors paying the highest price. Things could get worse in a hotter climate, the study finds: prolonged droughts erode GDP, investment, and employment for years, and the damage doubles as temperatures rise, especially in southern Europe.

Posted on Posted on What do June and July reveal about one of the most persistent marine heatwave seasons on record? With sea surface temperatures reaching up to 3°C above average – and still counting – three of the past five years have already experienced conditions that would once have been considered exceptional, like those of the record-hot summer of 2003.

Posted on Posted on The research internship programme launched through the collaboration between the CMCC Foundation and Princeton University’s High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) has concluded its second edition, offering undergraduate students hands-on experience in climate and Earth system research.

Posted on Posted on Wildfires are becoming an increasingly severe and complex risk across Europe, driven by climate change, land-use transformations, and socio-economic pressures.

Posted on Posted on A new multiparametric oceanographic buoy has been deployed off the port of Civitavecchia as part of a project involving CMCC. The buoy will provide continuous observations of coastal water quality in an area exposed to multiple human and climate-related pressures.

Posted on Posted on Wildfires are becoming a regular feature, yet their greenhouse gas emissions are still hard to measure accurately. A new CMCC-led study presents FIRE-TRACE, a satellite-based framework that allows users to estimate their impacts at national, regional, and even municipal scales and improves how countries monitor and report emissions from forest fires, helping to close a key gap in global climate action.

Posted on Posted on The 2025 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change reveals the relationship between climate change and food insecurity: in 2023, an additional 2.7 million people across 26 SIDS experienced moderate or severe food insecurity due to the higher frequency of heatwaves and droughts.