Billions in compensation for the coal phase-out could violate EU law
https://www.nau.ch/news/europa/entschadigungen-fur-kohleausstieg-verst
4.35 billion euros are to be paid to RWE and Leag in Germany from taxpayers' money to stop coal-fired power generation. The EU is now examining whether this violates EU law.
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https://www.nau.ch/news/europa/entschadigungen-fur-kohleausstieg-verst
Further links:
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=527
Sinabung volcano in Sumatra has erupted
A kilometre-high ash cloud was ejected. For centuries it was inactive. Since 2010 it has erupted again and again.
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A giant iceberg has broken off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica
Last change: Isolde Moussot 03.03.2021
The new iceberg has a size of 1 270 km².
Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47692895
https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Environnement/Un-iceberg-geant-de-la-t
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/brunt-ice-shelf-in-antarctica-calves/
https://m.geo.de/natur/nachhaltigkeit/24111-rtkl-naturphaenomen-gigant
Study shows dramatic slowdown of the Gulf Stream
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2021-02/klimawandel-golfstrom-abschw
Last change: Isolde Moussot 26.02.2021
Scientists from Ireland, Great Britain and Germany provide the result of a study according to which the Gulf steome is weaker than it has been for at least 1000 years. -> To translate the source texts, deepl.com can be used, for example.
Sources:
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2021-02/klimawandel-golfstrom-abschw
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/wahrscheinlich-folge-des-klimawande
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/icarus/news/gulf-stream-system-its-w
Further links:
https://www.quarks.de/umwelt/klimawandel/was-passiert-wenn-der-golfstr
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=gulf_stream
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-record-high-arctic-freshwater-labrador-s
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/icarus/news/maynooth-university-post
Gulf Stream could weaken by 34-45% by 2100
Last change: Isolde Moussot 27.02.2021
according to the latest generation of climate models," says Rahmstorf, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. "This could bring us dangerously close to the tipping point where the flow becomes unstable."
Sources:
https://m.geo.de/natur/oekologie/24080-rtkl-erderwaermung-dem-golfstro
Nonsense of the week
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/windkraft-abbau-windr
Functioning wind turbines in Germany are now being dismantled after 20 years of successful electricity production for one reason only, because the EEG subsidy is expiring and it is only possible to sell the electricity on the market for 1 cent or even less per kilowatt.
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https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/windkraft-abbau-windr
Grain prices rise to record highs
https://www.agrarheute.com/markt/marktfruechte/weizenpreise-brechen-al
At times over 240 euros per tonne. Prices for maize, soya and rapeseed also rose sharply.
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https://www.agrarheute.com/markt/marktfruechte/weizenpreise-brechen-al
Tipping points and the influence of the rapidity of change
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/umwaelzstroemung-droht-ein-verfr
Model simulations provide evidence that tipping elements such as the North Atlantic current are also influenced by the speed of change.With faster changes, a collapse could already have occurred before threshold values are reached.
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https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/umwaelzstroemung-droht-ein-verfr
The permafrost in Russia is thawing at a record pace
Documentary about Yakutia, a republic of Russia, where more and more people have to leave their homes and villages..
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Soviel Schnee gibt es nur alle 20 Jahre in der Schweiz
Last change: Isolde Moussot 17.01.2021
Lasinengefahr besonders im Berner Oberland und im Kanton Uri.
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Indonesia
Last change: Isolde Moussot 17.01.2021
The epicentre was 36 km south of Mamuju, the island's capital. At least 73 dead, 826 injured and 27,850 homeless.
Sources:
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/indonesien-erdbeben-109.html
Extreme snowfall in Japan
More than 12 dead
https://www.nau.ch/news/ausland/schneefalle-haben-japan-weiter-im-grif
The snowfall was 3 to 4 times above average.
Sources:
https://www.nau.ch/news/ausland/schneefalle-haben-japan-weiter-im-grif