1. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    of nine limits of planetary carrying capacity have been exceeded - two more than in 2015, as a new balance sheet reveals. The planetary limits have therefore been exceeded in terms of global warming, the biosphere, deforestation, nitrogen cycles, pollutants and fresh water. The pressure on these earth systems and cycles is also growing more and more. There is a risk of serious and...

  2. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    large gaps. Experts consider the so-called global inventory to be a possible turning point. The Paris Climate Agreement is the written promise of 195 countries to limit global warming to well below two degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times and to make efforts to keep warming below 1,5 degrees. The countries have this promise...

  3. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    to the study. According to Peter Fretwell's team, the results published in the journal "Communications Earth & Environment" support predictions that if global warming continues, 90 percent of all emperor penguin colonies will be virtually extinct by the end of the century... * The golden board in front of the head Who delivered the greatest anti-scientific nonsense of the...

  4. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    So far it has been a somewhat reassuring thought: people can slow down the climate change that they are causing. We could even stop it - although hardly at global warming of 1,5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times, but hopefully at the much-vaunted two-degree target. If everyone tried hard enough, the green transition would still be possible...

  5. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    questions the freedom of the young generation. This was the only way it was decided that Germany must be climate neutral by 2045. That gives me hope. Can we still limit global warming without catastrophic consequences? Rich countries are causing the climate crisis, and poor countries are suffering the most. This is totally unfair. When the rich countries do the poor for the...

  6. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    Corals off the US coast. Warm seas also increase the risk of heavy rain on land. BERLIN taz/ap Coastal towns in Florida are struggling with the effects of record-breaking global warming of the oceans. The water temperature is well over 30 degrees Celsius in many places. A buoy from the US weather agency NOAA measured 36,1 degrees near Johnson Key on Monday evening (local time). Another buoy...

  7. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    warm June in a row, reports the German Weather Service (DWD). There is a clear trend that this first month of summer is getting warmer in this country, but that is anything but surprising given global warming. At the same time, June was far too dry on average across the country. Compared to the average from 1961 to 1990, there were only 51 liters per square meter of 60...

  8. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    3M will pay a hefty sum of up to $12,5 billion... * Drought | Groundwater | Precipitation Hydrologist on climate change: How Germany is losing its groundwater How can we live well despite global warming? Hydrologist Borchardt advocates for Lanz to take precautions in good time. Because one thing seems clear: climate change will change Europe. [...] "This drought that we are seeing now is...

  9. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    more than half of the US federal budget, leaving other areas such as health, environmental protection, job training and schools to compete for the remaining balance... * Climate crisis | Global warming | 1,5 degrees New data platform Global warming is accelerating According to a study, the remaining budget for the 1,5 degree limit is smaller than previously thought. The lead author speaks of a “wake-up call”...

  10. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    anderem müssen bis spätestens 2026 diverse Auslandsgeschäfte verkauft werden. Hierzulande muss sich Uniper von dem Skandalkraftwerk Datteln 4 sowie vom Fernwärmgeschäft trennen... 31. Mai Erderwärmung | Kipppunkt | Klimaforschung Studie zu Klimaforschung Grenzen der Erde bereits überschritten? Ein internationales Klima-Forscherteam hält ein sicheres und gerechtes Leben für alle Menschen auf der...

  11. Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard

    the difference to the market price. There were fears from the outset that companies would take advantage of this and charge prices above market... * Methane | Temperature rise | Global warming Special satellite for methane is intended to detect leaks and large sources. Environmental organization is building satellite "MethaneSAT" to measure methane, which can detect even the smallest leaks. The data should be public...

  12. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    Die Methankonzentration in der Atmosphäre steigt rasant und erreichte in den vergangenen Jahren Rekordwerte. Nach Angaben des Weltklimarats ist Methan für rund 0,5 Grad der bisherigen Erderwärmung von 1,2 Grad seit 1880 verantwortlich. Methan (CH4) ist zwar viel kurzlebiger als CO2, aber kurzfristig bis zu 80-mal klimaschädlicher. Von den derzeit rund 600 Millionen Tonnen Methan, die jährlich...

  13. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    auch, dass weniger CO2 aus der Luft aufgenommen wird. Bisher absorbieren die Ozeane rund ein Viertel der Treibhausgase, die durch menschliche Aktivitäten emittiert werden. Doch mit zunehmender Erwärmung wird dies weniger werden, sodass mehr CO2 dauerhaft, das heißt für mehrere Jahrtausende, in der Atmosphäre verbleibt. * Klimaneutral | fossil Heizen | Wirkungsgrad | Wärmepumpe Aus für Öl- und...

  14. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    These batteries have a number of significant advantages in production and use. On the one hand, the temperature-independent use should be mentioned. Without external cooling or heating, the battery can be used in a range between -20 °C to +60 °C without any voltage losses. This not only expands the geographical area of ​​application, but at the same time...

  15. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    The necessary globally coordinated climate protection policy has been largely missing for too long. This removal of CO2 from the air is still necessary even if the central goal of the Paris Agreement of "warming significantly below two degrees Celsius" is aimed for and not the more demanding goal of a maximum of 1,5 degrees warming (compared to the period before industrialization ). Measures to remove CO2...

  16. Newsletter XIII 2023 - March 26 to April 1 - News+ What uranium ammunition would do to Ukraine

    partly heated again and fed into the water cycle, and also warms the rivers along the nuclear power plants again. But a large part is evaporated via the cooling towers, increases global warming and is missing from agriculture for irrigation,” explain Josef Engelmann and Manfred Doppler from the Anti-Nuclear Committee. This water shortage made it clear last summer that the...

  17. Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard

    out of. But there is also good news. Berlin - Climate experts from the German Weather Service (DWD) warned of the increasing influences of global warming in the climatological assessment for 2022. “We are getting out of the comfort zone,” said Andreas Becker, head of the climate observation department at the DWD, in Berlin. With strong heat waves, record sunshine and persistent...

  18. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    and traces of other radioactive substances... * Greenhouse gas | Emissions | methane | Food We eat the climate Global food consumption could lead to an additional degree of warming by 2100 and thus single-handedly break not only the 1,5 degree mark, but also the two degree mark. This is what a new study shows. But there are various measures that can reduce emissions...

  19. Newsletter IX 2023 - February 26 to March 4 - News+ 48 days until the last nuclear power plants in Germany are switched off

    and oil lobby were successfully blocked. The current intervention by Transport Minister Wissing in Brussels is just another example of this prevention policy... *** March 3rd Global warming | Fridays for Future | Verdi union Fight against global warming Tens of thousands of people are on strike for the climate “Climate protection instead of coal pollution” are demanded by demonstrators in Germany and...

  20. Newsletter VII 2023 - February 12th to 18th - News+ Buzzword climate neutrality, saviors of the fossil lobby and the talk of alarmism

    can be supported by legislative bodies. If adoption is delayed further, Germany could face EU infringement proceedings and thus possible fines. * CO2 | Warming | Geoengineering Weathering as Earth's thermostat Model quantifies temperature dependence of CO2 binding in rocks Geochemical climate protection: Chemical weathering binds CO2 in...

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