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and create migration crises, which rich countries then protect themselves against with the help of the same companies, all at the expense of taxpayers... April 17th Climate crisis | heat | Heavy rain | Gross domestic product Study on economic damage: Climate crisis is shrinking global economy Global warming is not only melting glaciers, but also prosperity, warn...
Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty
Companies, states and citizens all over the world are contributing to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere rising far too quickly. The planet is warming. Heavy rain, storms and heat waves are increasing everywhere - in Australia as well as in Canada and Germany. The climate crisis is cross-border, international, universal. And that's exactly the crux of the matter: not at all...
Region rare. But when they do occur, they can be very severe. Even in winter, which brings the most rainfall on average, it is hardly humid. In October 2023, heavy rain, thunderstorms and a sandstorm had already led to similar weather chaos in Dubai. * Radon | Lung cancer | Stroke Radon also increases the risk of stroke Even moderate amounts of radon can...
Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support
Clouding of the water, the so-called browning. Many lakes are becoming browner as a result of global warming because more organic material is being created in them and is carried in from surrounding soil - for example during heavy rain. The phenomenon can already be clearly observed in countries such as Sweden and also in some regions of Germany... * AfD wins poll in Saxony State election in Saxony:...
of reports and dozens of climate conferences, we are still moving in the wrong direction,” says WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas. “This also means more weather extremes such as heat and heavy rain, more ice melting and sea level rise and warmer and acidifying oceans. The socio-economic and environmental costs will explode." * November 20, 1959 (INES 4) Oak Nuclear Plant...
emerged in 2014. Read more... News+ background knowledge Top of page Background knowledge ** The map of the nuclear world Extreme weather around the globe: heat waves and drought, heavy rain and floods. The internal search for extreme weather | heat | dryness | Heavy rain | Floods brought the following results, among others: September 18, 2023 - UN warns of further...
fight: against this high European court declaring the lawsuit admissible. And gives nation states legally binding guidelines for their climate policy... * Greece | Heavy rain Floods again in central Greece It must seem like déjà vu to people: it was only in September that the region was flooded by storm “Daniel”. Now it's deep...
classified as the largest radiological accident in the world to date and rated level 5 (out of 7) on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)... September 12 Libya | Heavy rain | Weather disaster Weather disaster in Libya: Half the city washed into the sea Thousands dead, ten thousand missing: The flood disaster in Libya is hitting the country all the more because it has...
Chernobyl, decided in a referendum to phase out nuclear power. The last Italian nuclear power plant was shut down that year... * Weather extremes | Mediterranean | Heavy rain Now comes the Omega situation Central Europe can look forward to sunny late summer weather. However, there is a risk of extreme rain floods in the Mediterranean. A special weather situation is responsible for this. Of a...
the groundwater and thus our drinking water. Collected rainwater could help. But certain conditions are required for this. Berlin - According to Berlin hydrogeologist Irina Engelhardt, the enrichment of artificial groundwater during heavy rain could provide relief during drought periods in the future. “In some regions we are seeing a significant drop in...
Radiation dates back to the above-ground nuclear weapons tests of the 1950s and 1960s... * Climate catastrophe | Glaciers are melting in Peru | RWE Group Corporations in court Floods, heavy rain and record heat. Who should pay for the damage? A growing number of plaintiffs are demanding that corporations share in the costs of the climate catastrophe - including in Germany. Til today...
Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine
| Sea temperature Heat records in the Atlantic: Sea off Florida well over 30 degrees Unusually high water temperatures endanger 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 in many places...
now try to find out how the enrichment to 84 percent came about... * Brazil | floods | Landslides Floods and landslides: deaths in Brazil due to heavy rain Dozens of residential buildings have been destroyed by floodwaters in the state of São Paulo. There had been heavy rains since Saturday. SãO PAULO dpa | Floods and landslides have occurred in...
Newsletter I 2023 - January 1st to 7th - News+ Where Are the Peacemakers?
ongoing heat wave, which brought new heat records in many places and which, according to attribution analyses, would not have been possible without climate change. In many regions, heavy rain and heavy storms also caused severe flooding. The oceans and also the North and Baltic Seas also reached new heat records in 2022... * Assange | Whistleblower | Freedom of the press US President...
Newsletter XXII 2022 - May 27th to 31st - News+ The nuclear lobby is stepping on the gas again
There are things to defend than nature. * Climate change | Heat “Hope for a social tipping point” Do we still have enough time to save the earth? Extreme weather events are increasing: heat waves, heavy rain. Germany is also not spared from disasters that experts attribute to climate change. One climate conference follows the next, but the results remain poor...
