38 degrees in Siberia
And more than 6000 forest fires in recent weeks
https://www.wetter.com/news/hitzerekord-in-der-arktis-hitzewelle-in-si
In Verkhovyansk, a place in Yakutia, the temperature of cement today is 38° degrees.
Sources:
https://www.wetter.com/news/hitzerekord-in-der-arktis-hitzewelle-in-si
https://www.rtl.de/cms/skandinavien-russland-erleben-im-juni-2020-hitz
https://www.t-online.de/nachhaltigkeit/id_88099416/hitzewelle-in-sibir
https://www.wetteronline.de/wetternews/hitze-bis-35-grad-in-sibirien-6
https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-06-21-38-grad-in-de
https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_climat-38-degres-releves-en-sibe
https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/tecnologia/siberia-roza-los-grados-te
https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/tecnologia/siberia-roza-los-grados-te
Further links:
https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-04-14-hitzewelle-in
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-ala
Up to 34 degrees in Siberia
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sibirien-leidet-unter-rekord
Normally there are temperatures up to 12 degrees in this season.
Sources:
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sibirien-leidet-unter-rekord
The West Nile virus could spread in Germany says the RKi
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/west-nil-fieber-rki-rechne
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:
Wildfires in Arizona, USA
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/weather/arizona-wildfires-coronavir
3 times more affected areas than in the same period of 2019. 2000 residents displaced.
Sources:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/weather/arizona-wildfires-coronavir
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/17/arizona-wildfires-co
Arctic heat fires
Heat fires in the Arctic. More and more of the climate-damaging methane is being released. Parts of the earth that until recently were classified as non-combustible are now in flames.
Sources:
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hitze-braende-in-der-arktis-419038416808
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/waldbraende-am-polarkreis-di
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/klimawandel-sibirien-hitzerekorde-1
WandelOasen
A manual with potential for healthy structural change
https://verlagdeswandels.wordpress.com/eigene-edition/wandeloasen/
WandelOasen describes a way of life in harmony with nature and with each other.
Sources:
https://verlagdeswandels.wordpress.com/eigene-edition/wandeloasen/
En Baja Sajonia, Alemania, las aguas subterráneas se están volviendo escasas
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Grundwasser-wird-in-viele
Last change: Isolde Moussot 24.06.2020
Ni siquiera las lluvias de los últimos días pudieron reponer las reservas de agua subterránea. Alemania se dirige posiblemente al tercer año de sequía consecutivo.
Sources:
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Grundwasser-wird-in-viele
Heat wave at the Arctic Circle, Siberia
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-ala
Ocean currents transport heat to the poles, the polar ice melts and the earth heats up even more because the reflective effect of the polar ice decreases. Not only now it is too warm in the polar circle, also the winter and spring 2020 were much too warm.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-ala
https://amp.blick.ch/news/ausland/moerderisch-heiss-in-sibirien-in-sib
https://www.srf.ch/article/18659973/
Further links:
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sibirien-leidet-unter-rekord
Ocean vortices move at high speed in the direction of the pols
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/meeresstroemungen-verschieben-si
Last change: Isolde Moussot 16.06.2020
800 meters per year on average, ocean eddies move towards the pols. Global warming is a major factor in this.
Sources:
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/meeresstroemungen-verschieben-si
Further links:
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/golfstrom-verschiebung-ozean-wirbel
Extinction Rebellion blocks NDR and the Spiegel
Extinction Rebellion blocks the NDR and Spiegel and demands that the media should report more about the climate crisis. The word "climate crisis" should be used instead of "climate change" and the issue should be considered less in isolation. Those affected by the climate crisis should
Sources:
https://taz.de/Umweltbewegung-Extinction-Rebellion/!5692625/
https://www.eimsbuetteler-nachrichten.de/extinction-rebellion-fordert-
Pig farming in Germany
It is unbearable to see how pigs and especially sows are treated in Germany. A long overdue decision on improving husbandry is again postponed.
Sources:
https://m.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/bundesrat-vertagt-entscheidung-ue
More than half of all wild bees are threatened with extinction in Switzerland
https://www.blick.ch/news/das-sagt-der-biodiversitaetsexperte-ueber-in
Last change: Isolde Moussot 16.06.2020
This is mainly due to intensive agriculture with the use of pesticides.
Sources:
https://www.blick.ch/news/das-sagt-der-biodiversitaetsexperte-ueber-in