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Crete’s Quiet Undoing: An Island’s Battle with Climactic Change

2025-10-21 by Phil Butler

In the years to come Crete becomes a barren desert isle

At dawn in Crete, the island still breathes. When the sun climbs the ridges to the East in Lassithi Prefecture, the air here still tastes of sea salt and dry thyme, but even this is only a remnant of the natural splendor this island paradise once carried. Where rivers once whispered, olives pulsed, and people […]

Tags: climate change, Crete drought, Crete resources, desertification, overdevelopment

TRANSCEND European Project Mini-Summit Held at Zaros

2023-10-03 by Argophilia Travel News

TRANSCEND European Project

The 1st Workshop of the TRANSCEND European Project was held in Zaros to address climate change and water scarcity.

Tags: climate change, crete, Crete environmental, Crete projects, Crete water scarcity, Environment, Giorgos Alexakis, HORIZON EUROPE, TRANSCEND European Project, water scarcity

In the Spotlight: Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort

2023-05-31 by Phil Butler

Bucuti & Tara Beach

A spotlight no Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort Aruba, one of the world’s only truly regenerative hospitality efforts.

Tags: Aruba, Aruba beaches, Aruba overtourism, Aruba sustainability, Bucuti and Tara Beach, carbon negative resorts, Caribbean hotels, climate change, Eagle Beach, Eco-Tourism, hotels, Regenerative Economics, regenerative hotels, regenerative tourism

Greece’s Mitsotakis Apologizes For “Somebody” Letting His Country Burn

2021-08-10 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

As Greece wildfires destroy his country, Greece’s Prime Minister apologizes for governmental failures. Meanwhile, firefighters battle the blazes.

Tags: climate change, Elia Island, global warming, Greece wildfires, Mitsotakis, Nikos Hardalias, UN, wildfires

The WWF Warns Us the Mediterranean Is Becoming Tropical Sea

2021-06-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Moray Eel

A new WWF report says the Mediterranean is quickly becoming a tropical sea, with temperatures rising 20% faster than the global average.

Tags: Biological Diversity COP15, climate action, climate change, ecology, global warming, Mediterranean, oceanography, sustainability, WWF, ” Blueprint for a Living Plane

Scientists Say Arctic and Eastern Med Hardest Hit by Climate Change

2021-03-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Santorini heat

According to CLIMPACT scientists, Greece may be the hardest hit by climate change effects. Rising temperatures to effect crop yields.

Tags: climate change, CLIMPACT, crete, crop damage, drought, Eastern Mediterranean, Greece crops, Greece economy, hydrology, National Observatory of Athens, Nikos Michalopoulos, Southern Europe, water table

Posidonia 2020 Could Be Biggest Ever Maritime Meetup

2020-02-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Posidonia 2020

The 2020 Posidonia exhibition is on course to see record numbers of exhibitors and visitors this summer, serving the Greek shipping industry.

Tags: climate change, Greece events, Greek shipping, HELMEPA, Maritime conferences, maritime events, Posidonia 2020, Posidonia Games, Posidonia Golf Tournament, sustainability

Will the Greek Paradise Be Paved Over Like Florida Was?

2019-10-16 by Phil Butler

Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens

In Athens, tourism decision-makers are poised to turn Greece tourism into a Florida clone. Key leaders want investment to double visitors.

Tags: Bank of Greece, Brookings Institute, climate change, environmental concerns, Florida, Fulbright Scholar, Greece, Greece development, Greek tourism, NATO scholar, SETE, sustainable tourism, sustainable travel, Theodore Pelagidis, University of Piraeus, Yiannis Retsos

September 20th the World Goes on Climate Strike to Save Our Planet

2019-09-17 by Phil Butler

Climate Strike

September 20 – 27, millions of people concerned about the massive effects of climate change will walk out of workplaces and homes. Join them.

Tags: 350 Org, climate change, Climate Strike, Cousteau Divers, Environment

ADAPTtoCLIMATE Conference to Address Crete Agricultural Adaptation

2019-06-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Coming up in Heraklion June 24th and 25th, the ADAPTtoCLIMATE Conference will focus on the adaptation of the agricultural sector to climate change.

Tags: ADAPTtoCLIMATE, climate change, Crete Agriculture, Crete climate, Crete environment, Crete events, ECMWF, Theodoulos Mesimeris

Study Reveals Greece In Environmental Crosshairs

2018-02-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Greece heat wave

According to a new scientific study, Athens will be the worst hit of all European capitals where future droughts and heatwaves are concerned. Researchers at Newcastle University sourced all the available climate models (based on three scenarios) in order to predict how weather patterns will evolve for some 571 European cities between 2050 and 2100.

Tags: Athens climate, climate change, drought, floods, future climate, global warming, Greece climate, Greece drought, Greece floods, heatwave, Selma Guerreiro

Beaches of Jersey Shore Open As the Bay Side Floods

2014-03-11 by Phil Butler

Hard stabilization at Groynes UK - Courtesy ichaelMaggs

Hurricane Sandy cut a scar into seaside communities along the New Jersey coast in October 2o12, and only now are some beach communities emerging with a prosperous touristic outlook for Summer 2014. However positive the tide may have turned for Jersey shore communities though, the sustainability of Atlantic coastline beach communities is endangered by sea […]

Tags: Atlantic coast, Atlantic Seaboard, beaches, climate change, floods, Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, President Obama, Toms River, US beaches

It’s True – Europe Entering “Mini Ice Age” – Huh?

2013-05-31 by Phil Butler

Ice Age

Here in Germany it’s cold, unseasonably cold. Spring has been and it almost gone and each morning we awake to a chill house, go to work in the cold rain, enter damp and cool offices. In France, just across the border, businesses from farming to tourism are feeling the pain of what may be the next Ice Age.

Tags: climate, climate change, Dr. Zangari, Europe tourism, France business, France tourism, John R. Moore, NOAA

Marina Bay Sands Hosts Branson’s “Carbon War Room”

2013-05-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sir Richard Branson enjoying the view atop Sands SkyPark

One of the world’s most magnificent hotels, Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands played host to Sir Richard Branson for a meetup of his Carbon War Room.
200 meters above ground at the Sands SkyPark. The media was invited to a press conference with Branson and other executives this week.

Tags: Carbon friendly, Carbon War Room, climate change, Environment, famous hotels, hotels, Richard Branson, Singapore, Singapore hotels, Sir Richard Branson

Google Earth Collaborates to Show Us Earth Timelapse

2013-05-09 by Phil Butler

Time Timelapse Project

For the geographer or climatologist among you out there, Google has helped develop a fascinating time-lapse view of our planet. Just released today, the stunning perspective via Google Earth, and in collaboration with Time, NASA, and the USGS, offers the most comprehensive view of our planet over time ever.

Tags: climate change, Earth, geography, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, urbanization

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Stories of Interest

flood erosion

Skaleta Coastal Works to Resume in November With €62,886 Safety Upgrade

2026-09-03 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Rethymno signs a €62.8K supplementary contract for Skaleta’s coastal front works, with construction set to resume on November 2, 2026.

air passengers rights

Chania Cruise Traffic Remains Strong With 215,000 Passengers So Far in 2026

2026-09-03 By Kostas Raptis

air passengers rights

flood erosion

€200,000 Approved for Flood and Erosion Protection in Fire-Hit Villages of Southern Crete

2026-09-03 By Iorgos Pappas

€200,000 in funding has been approved for flood and erosion protection in fire-hit Saktouria and Gianniou in southern Crete.

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Skaletа Seawall Gets €62,886 Safety Upgrade Before Work Resumes

2026-09-03 By Ion Bogdan V.

A €62,886 supplementary contract will strengthen the Skaleta seawall against wave action and improve beach access safety near Rethymno.

Heraklion Airport passenger records

Heraklion Airport Handles 1.85 Million Passengers in August

2026-09-03 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Heraklion Airport recorded 1.85 million passenger movements in August 2026, with international arrivals up 3.47% and Germany leading foreign markets.

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