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Athena<p>Each year, many of us dream about Mediterranean summer escapes— blue waters, sun-soaked beaches, gentle waves. But beneath those glittering surfaces, a storm is brewing. Quite literally.</p><p>Covering around 70% of our planet, the ocean is Earth’s great heat bank, absorbing so far around 90% of the excess heat generated by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. But this protective buffer has come at a price. </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatehistorian/p/beneath-the-sea-surface-the-mediterranean?r=1qy42b&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/theclima</span><span class="invisible">tehistorian/p/beneath-the-sea-surface-the-mediterranean?r=1qy42b&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediterranean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremetemps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremetemps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a></p>
Athena<p>Yet another blow to the credibility of Nordhaus’ DICE model, which for decades has significantly underestimated the economic risks of global warming. </p><p>A new study reveals that a 4°C rise in global temperatures could leave the average person 40% poorer. </p><p>Of course, if we hit 4°C, keeping even 40% of humanity alive would be a miracle.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremetemps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremetemps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a></p>