October 31, 2022 - After their visit to the cemeteries for the All Saints' Day, the people in Dalmatia can go straight to the beach and the sea this year, enjoying the warm weather.

This is a very rare occurrence in Dalmatia, with temperatures this high, both air and sea temperature. There are always those extremely brave and persistent individuals who swim year-round, but this year it's something else, Slobodna Dalmacija writes.

And it seems that the current warm weather is to continue well into November. These days, the sea temperature is 19° to 21° C along the coast, which is warm enough for a pleasant swim. Slavko Radilović, PhD, a forecaster of the State Hydrometeorological Institute in Split, says that the air temperatures of 24° to 25° degrees are here to stay for the upcoming days. 

People from the islands tell Slobodna reporters how they're picking their olives and going for a swim in the sea afterwords, which is something they've never experienced before. The forecaster Radilović confirms that the extreme situation is probably the result of global warming, which prolongs the period of relatively high temperatures all the way to September and October, so these weather conditions of the last few days are not strange either. The sea temperature goes up to 22 degrees because there is no wind, and as air temperatures get to 26 degrees, the sea can't even cool down. The high-pressure field has been creating frequent fogs in the last ten days, both in continental Croatia and in some regions by the sea, such as around Zadar.

The upcoming two days will not see any wind, and when there is no wind, there is nothing to bring cold air. When the northern wind, so-called bura appears, it will bring some cold air from the continent, only then will the sea cool down. However, the forecast is that before that happens, the southern wind will bring rain to the region. Looking more broadly, he says that this October fits perfectly into the ten-year period of global warming.

ZAGREB, 12 Nov 2021  -  As many as 64% of respondents in Croatia support stricter government measures that will make people change their behaviour in an attempt to overcome climate crisis, according to a survey conducted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in cooperation with the BVA pollster.

The opinion polls show that 64% of the respondents in Croatia are in favour of "strict government measures imposing changes on people’s behaviour to fight climate change," while 70% of EU citizens and 73% of Britons are also in favour of such measures.

Furthermore, 78% of Croatians welcome the adoption of a tax on products and services that contribute most to global warming, according to the results of the fourth EIB Climate Survey conducted among more than 30,000 respondents in 30 countries from 26 August to 22 September this year.

In Croatia, three quarters of the respondents believe that climate change and its consequences are the biggest challenge in this century. Also, 85% believe they are more concerned about the climate emergency than their government.

Furthermore, 84% of the Croatians believe that climate change affects their everyday lives, and 81% are in favour of using renewable energy to help overcome the climate emergency, as against the EU average of 63%.

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June 12, 2018 — Croatia's vaunted Adriatic Sea may soon join the ranks of the world's oceans — a plastic-filled, hot mess — if things don't change soon.

According to new forecasts, Croatian coastal towns will be almost uninhabitable in several decades or less.