Global warming and the impact on animals

06.07.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de
Last change: Isolde Moussot 07.07.2020

Sie fressen ganze Felder kahl. Das kann zu Hungersnöten führen. Betroffen sind Indien, Kenia und viele weitere Länder in Ostafrika, Brasilien, Argentinien, Paraguay, Pakistan und China.

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India

Argentina

India drones against locusts / Indien Dronen gegen Heuschrecken

Paraguay and Argentinia

Brazil / Brasilien

Nepal Katmandu

East Afrika / Ostafrika

https://www.spektrum.de/news/verheerende-heuschreckenplage-von-ostafri

https://www.sonnenseite.com/de/umwelt/ostafrika-droht-eine-noch-fatale

Further links:

https://www.swr.de/swr2/wissen/heuschreckenplage-somalia-ruft-notstand

https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=581

19.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

The virus is transmitted by the mosquito Culex and causes symptoms such as fever and rashes in 20 percent of infected people. 1 percent of those infected could suffer serious illness.

Sources:

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/west-nil-fieber-rki-rechne

https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/W/WestNilFieber/West-Nil-Fieber_Ue

https://www.t-online.de/gesundheit/krankheiten-symptome/id_88084644/mu

Further links:

https://www.netdoktor.de/krankheiten/west-nil-fieber/

02.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

In Bavaria 100 of 169 butterfly species are on the red list of endangered species. Intensive agriculture and land sealing are cited as causes. In addition, for the 3rd year in a row the moths suffer from too dry summers.

Sources:

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/insektenexperte-beklagt-immer-meh

28.05.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Temperatures up to 50 degrees. In addition, the country has the worst plague of locusts in decades.

Sources:

https://www.wetteronline.de/wetterticker/hitzewelle-indien-bis-zu-50-g

https://www.focus.de/wissen/natur/47-000-hektar-land-sind-betroffen-in

17.05.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

One third of pasture land and a quarter of all arable land and forests worldwide are affected. Biodiversity and thus life in the soil is also threatened. As a result, the regeneration of the soil is also at risk.

Sources:

https://www.bund-rlp.de/service/meldungen/detail/news/studie-boeden-we

https://www.gruene-bundestag.de/themen/biologische-vielfalt-naturschut

https://www.zeit.de/2019/06/erdboden-erdkruste-oekosystem-bodenfruchtb

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruchtfolge

Further links:

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/boden-landwirtschaft/bodenbelast

08.03.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de
Last change: Isolde Moussot 08.03.2020

Schuld daran, dass es immer weniger Glühwürmchen gibt, sind vor allem Pestizide und das trockenere und wärmere Klima, sagt eine Studie.

Sources:

https://taz.de/Neue-Untersuchung-zu-Insektensterben/!5669907/

04.02.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Huge swarms of locusts infest the fields. Very high harvest losses are expected. The Pakistani government says this is the worst locust infestation in more than two decades and has therefore declared a state of emergency in the east of the country.

Sources:

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/heuschrecken-alarm-soma

Further links:

https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-declares-national-emergency-over-locust

26.01.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

The reason for this is the floods that have hit East Africa. Now the locusts eat everything bare. In Kenya, there is a swarm that is 60 km long by 40 km wide.

Sources:

https://m.dw.com/de/heuschrecken-fressen-ostafrika-kahl/a-52116420

https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.plage-in-ostafrika-milli

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ostafrika-heuschreckenplage-101.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-26/locust-plague-in-east-africa-un

18.01.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de
Last change: Isolde Moussot 18.01.2020

Africa's wildlife is dying because of the drought. Film about the current situation.

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https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/panorama/Suedafrikas-Wildtiere-ve

14.01.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Since Christmas, almost 300 Pacific green sea turtles have been found dead on the southern Pacific coast of Mexico due to a red algae bloom.

Sources:

https://www.ibtimes.com/red-tide-mexico-kills-nearly-300-endangered-gr

02.01.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

The effects of the shortened hibernation period of bears on other animal species and humans have not yet been thoroughly investigated.

Sources:

https://m.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/erde-klima/wie-der-klimawandel-den-wi

https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-bears-insomnia-hibernation-warm-winte

28.10.2019 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Several cases of West Nile fever have been detected in the Leipzig, Wittenberg and Berlin areas. Since the virus is not always dramatic, there may have been hundreds of other cases that have not been reported. The Zika virus is also occurring for the first time in Germany.

Sources:

https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/west-nil-fieber-weitere-fae