This is the reality the SPRINGS project exists to measure — how climate shocks amplify waterborne diarrheal disease, and how that evidence can shape policy before the next crisis.
Read the full article → bit.ly/4cmVqr4
#ClimateHealth #SPRINGS #WaterborneDisease #GlobalHealth
@wwattribution.bsky.social confirmed climate change made the January 2026 rainfall ~40% more intense.
The science is robust. The research is consistent.
Yet the gap between what the evidence shows and what policy delivers remains wide — and vulnerable communities are paying the price.
The same floodwaters that contaminated drinking sources also destroyed the clinics and supply chains needed to respond to the outbreak.
Climate shock → infrastructure collapse → disease outbreak → overwhelmed health system → preventable deaths.
One event. One connected chain.
The floods in Mozambique didn't just displace 720,000+ people.
They destroyed the infrastructure meant to protect them from disease:
💧 229 health facilities damaged or flooded
💧 Cholera cases 7× higher than 2025
💧 Main national road severed — helicopters deployed to deliver medicines
In January 2026, parts of Southern Africa received a full year's worth of rain in just 10 days.
What followed was not just a flood emergency.
It was a climate-health cascade. 🧵👇
This is the reality the SPRINGS project exists to measure, how climate shocks amplify waterborne diarrheal disease, and how that evidence can shape policy before the next crisis.
Read the full article → bit.ly/4cmVqr4
#ClimateHealth #SPRINGS #WaterborneDisease #GlobalHealth
@wwattribution.bsky.social confirmed climate change made the January 2026 rainfall ~40% more intense.
The science is robust. The research is consistent.
Yet the gap between what the evidence shows and what policy delivers remains wide and vulnerable communities are paying the price.
The same floodwaters that contaminated drinking sources also destroyed the clinics and supply chains needed to respond to the outbreak.
Climate shock → infrastructure collapse → disease outbreak → overwhelmed health system → preventable deaths.
One event. One connected chain.
The floods in Mozambique didn't just displace 720,000+ people.
They destroyed the infrastructure meant to protect them from disease:
💧 229 health facilities damaged or flooded
💧 Cholera cases 7× higher than 2025
💧 Main national road severed — helicopters deployed to deliver medicines
Do you want to help tackle the impacts of climate change on public health? 🌍 💙 @planeoproject.bsky.social is looking for a Research Data Analyst to work at the intersection of climate, data and infectious diseases.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4dAOMP6
jmcolston.bsky.social
#ClimateHealth #ResearchJobs
Seeing inside your body without ever making a cut? Science made it possible. Together for health, stand with science. Image shows a health worker holding up a scan, with an illustrative line wrapping around the frame.
What if doctors could see inside your body without ever making a cut? Science made it real. X-ray, CT scan, MRI and ultrasound! Today these non-invasive visualizations of our bodies are a lifesaver.
This #WorldHealthDay: Together for Health #StandWithScience 💙
#WaterborneDiseases remain a major health risk, and climate change is making them harder to predict. Science helps us track water quality and anticipate how pathogens spread.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with science to protect health.
#StandWithScience 💙
In our #MeetOurPeople series, Christian Damgaard & Peter Borgen ( #AarhusUniversity ) share how statistical modelling helps uncover where and why #DiarrhoealDisease affects children, and how climate factors shape these risks.
▶️ Watch to learn more about their work in SPRINGS.
I think that @springsproject.bsky.social is right on when it comes to the recommendations in journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
As part of the Planetary Health Cluster, SPRINGS contributes to a new policy brief calling for stronger public understanding and preventive action on environmental health risks.
Read it here: bit.ly/4qGEhML
#PlanetaryHealth #ClimateAndHealth #PublicHealth #OneHealth #HorizonEurope #PolicyBrief
@springsproject.bsky.social
🌍 Climate resilience is not a cost. It is a competitiveness strategy.
Extreme weather already costs Europe €40–50bn every year 📉.
Investing in resilient 🌾 agriculture, ⚡ energy and 🚧 transport avoids far greater losses and strengthens long-term competitiveness 💶📊. www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
Keeping children safe from climate-driven diarrhoeal disease means acting on many fronts: #water 💧, #health ⚕️, #agriculture 🌾, #UrbanPlanning 🏢, and social support. SPRINGS maps adaptation #interventions & how they reduce risks. 📊
Full document: bit.ly/3NCMZhg
Childhood #DiarrhoealDisease has declined, but #ClimateChange threatens progress. #Adaptation actions exist across sectors, yet are rarely seen together. SPRINGS maps these interventions to reduce climate-sensitive diarrhoeal risk.
Article: bit.ly/4qFSHgw
Deliverable: bit.ly/4qLQCjf
As the year ends, we’re looking back at SPRINGS’ journey from plans to action in 🇬🇭🇹🇿🇮🇹🇷🇴. Together, we’re tackling water-related health risks & climate change to protect the most vulnerable. 💧🌡️
Thank you to our partners! Onward to 2026. 🥂🚀
#ClimateHealth #SPRINGSProject
Data gaps remain a major challenge in #ClimateHealth research. @planeoproject.bsky.social bridges climate & disease data to model where enteric pathogens may be circulating today. With SPRINGS, this work now extends toward future climate scenarios.
👉 bit.ly/49hxQtd
The first week of #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, saw adaptation and climate–health emerge as a key theme, highlighted by the Belém Health Action Plan and USD 300M pledged to help communities prepare for extreme weather and disease risks.
Read the news from the first week of COP30: bit.ly/4oUiS2U
#COP30 started this week, and today is Health Day! 🌍
At SPRINGS, we see how climate-driven changes in water systems affect disease spread, highlighting the link between health and #ClimateAction. Healthy people are central to a healthy planet. Watch the live session: bit.ly/3WXhG2e
🌍 2024 was the hottest year on record (1.55 °C above pre-industrial levels), with #floods and #droughts affecting 60% of rivers and glaciers melting worldwide. The #WMO calls for stronger global #water monitoring and data sharing to tackle these challenges.
🔗https://bit.ly/3JoQlmg
🎭 SPRINGS on Stage: At Naples’ Galleria Toledo, after the play “C’era una volta un fiume,” citizens joined an open discussion led by Vincenzo Mignano, Alina Narciso, and Bruno Miccio on sustainable water management and how SPRINGS supports safer, resilient water systems.
💧 How does water connect to our health — and how can research guide policy?
Join SPRINGS experts @vcharris.bsky.social & Andres Madriz Montero at the webinar “Linking Water and Health in European Research” (6 Nov, 15:00–16:45 CET) with other EU projects.
bit.ly/47kevGq
Really nice to see more daily rain gauge data from ECA&D (www.ecad.eu/dailydata/pr...). This wll benefit projects such as @springsproject.bsky.social
💧 Water connects us all — sustaining our communities, ecosystems, and health.
Join us with other EU-funded projects for the webinar “Linking Water and Health in European Research
📅 6 Nov, 15:00–16:45 CET
👉 bit.ly/4h9ZXxT
🌍 3.6B people face climate hazards like floods, droughts & heat stress. Even with lower emissions, extreme events will persist. 💧 SPRINGS studies how climate-driven water shifts spread disease, working with communities to build #adaptation that protects #health.
Read the article: bit.ly/3KqAiVu
🌍 Today is #WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay: Clean Air, Healthy People. Air pollution threatens #PublicHealth, and #ClimateChange is amplifying its impacts. 💧 At #SPRINGS, we explore another side: how climate-driven shifts in water systems spread pathogens. #ClimateAction is health action.
