Tropical Storm Amanda hits El Savador
At least 12 people have died, 900 Memschen have lost their homes.
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25 degrees at the polar circle and danger of frost in Germany
Whitsun 2020
https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-05-29-hochdruck-bri
The warm air from Spain reaches the Arctic Circle. To compensate, cold air from the Arctic Circle comes to Germany and causes the danger of frost at Whitsun.
Sources:
https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-05-29-hochdruck-bri
Heavy storms and floods in Central America
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/unwetter-ueberschwemmungen-in-m
Last change: Isolde Moussot 30.05.2020
Nicaragua has already given a catastrophe alarm on Tuesday. 334 people had to flee, 759 houses were damaged. Also affected are Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras
Sources:
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/unwetter-ueberschwemmungen-in-m
Heat wave and plague of locusts in India
https://www.wetteronline.de/wetterticker/hitzewelle-indien-bis-zu-50-g
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
Flood in Kansas City
https://www.kansascity.com/news/weather-news/article243066636.html
Floods in the City after heavy rain and thunderstorm.
Sources:
https://www.kansascity.com/news/weather-news/article243066636.html
Renewed forest fires in Siberia
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/waldbraende-am-polarkreis-di
5600 fires reported nationwide, 250 buildings burned
Sources:
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/waldbraende-am-polarkreis-di
Floods in Odessa, Ukraine
https://pushkinska.net/news/navodnenie-na-balkovskoyi-tonusshie-mashin
After hours of rain, parts of Odessa are flooded. A 4-storey residential building with 30 apartments collapsed.
Sources:
https://pushkinska.net/news/navodnenie-na-balkovskoyi-tonusshie-mashin
https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2020/05/28/odessu-zatopilo-utrennim-livnem
Flashfloods in Dubai
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-society/447278-dubai-police-re
In the Hatta Valley, 20 people in a bus are trapped by the floods
Sources:
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-society/447278-dubai-police-re
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-crown-prince-orders-house-
35 degrees in Siberia
These are record values
https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/regionales/wetter/bis-zu-35-grad-unge
Large parts of Russia are affected, from the Urals to the Republic of Tuva. Furthermore, the number of ticks in Krasnoyarsk south of the city has increased 200 times.
Sources:
https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/regionales/wetter/bis-zu-35-grad-unge
https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/where-is-our-spring-locals
Last change: Isolde Moussot 26.05.2020
Only a few materials are needed, most of which you already have at home to build the solar cooker, such as cardboard, an emergency blanket made of aluminium or aluminium foil, etc.
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Last change: Isolde Moussot 26.05.2020
A very informative film contribution by ZDF on 27.1.2020 shows the connections in an impressive way. Among other things, it reports how diligently further pesticides will be approved, how the extension of pesticides will be extended in a very controversial way and what Mrs. Klöckner
Sources:
https://www.zdf.de/verbraucher/wiso/pestizide-im-wasser---wie-stehts-u
Further links:
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Pestizidgefahr-im-Grundwa
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pestizid
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/staedte-ohne-pestizide-neue-wege
More and more soil turns into wasteland every year
More than 30 % of the world's soils are affected, with an additional 10 million hectares being added each year.
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