Severe flooding in Spain
After heavy rain, there was severe flooding in Toledo, Alcanar, and Cobisa.
Sources:
https://www.stern.de/panorama/wetter/spanien--sturm-und-starkregen-ver
Severe flooding in Mexico due to Hurricane Nora
Last change: Isolde Moussot 04.09.2021
At least 3 people lost their lives.
Sources:
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/mexiko-pazifik-hurrikan-nora-kind-komm
Das Abtauen vom Grönlandeisschild hat Verformungen der Erdkruste von großen Teilen der Nordhalbkugel der Erde zur Folge
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/glacier-melting-eart
Last change: Isolde Moussot 26.08.2021
Wissenschaftler haben durch eine Studie herausgefunden dass das Abschmelzen des Grönlandeisschilds und der arktischen Gletscher zu einer horizontalen und vertikalen Verformung der Erdkruste geführt hat, die sich nicht nur auf den Bereich beschränkt wo das Eis taut,
Sources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/glacier-melting-eart
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I made the vegan cheese sauce for the first time today. It's super tasty and will definitely be on the table more often now.
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Further links:
https://www.smarticular.net/kaesesauce-vegan-rezept-kartoffeln-karotte
https://www.smarticular.net/veganen-kaese-selbermachen-frischkaese-fet
150 litres of rain and hail per square metre in Pignon, France
140 firefighters were active to evacuate the inhabitants. Thus, despite the floods, no one lost their lives.
Sources:
https://www.leparisien.fr/meteo/var-un-violent-orage-provoque-des-inon
Rain for the first time on Greenland's highest peak
The influx of warm, humid air made it so warm in Greenland that rain even fell at Greenland's highest point, 3,216 metres above sea level. Precipitation lasting several hours
Sources:
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/erstmals-regen-auf-groenlands-gi
https://www.sonnenseite.com/de/wissenschaft/groenland-regen-loest-verm
https://www.wetter.de/cms/klimawandel-regen-auf-dem-hoechsten-punkt-de
The Parana River dries up
It is considered the lifeline of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay
The river supplies millions of people in Brazil and Argentina with drinking water. Now the drinking water has to be rationed.
Sources:
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/argentinien-brasilien-parana
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Severe flooding for the second time in the Namur region, Belgium
Only 10 days ago there was already flooding there
Roads were badly damaged, cars were swept away by the floods and badly damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
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Fortunately, there were no fatalities in the particularly affected small town of Schuld
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/aufsager-freisberg-schul
But in many other places. They are not to blame for the disaster either. We are all guilty if we do not fight for climate protection. We owe it to the victims to fight for climate protection. Otherwise there will be many more deaths in the future.
Sources:
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/aufsager-freisberg-schul
Further links:
https://www.spektrum.de/kolumne/naturkatastrophen-jetzt-ist-die-zeit-z
The bridges to 'Schuld (guilt)' are brocken
Last change: Isolde Moussot 16.07.2021
The bridges to "guilt" have been burned, they just said on SWR. I hope that we all burn our bridges to climate change guilt and keep asking ourselves: "Do I really need this?"
Sources:
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/aufraeumen-nach-dem-hoch
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/hochwasser-eifel-insul-101.html
At least 81 dead and at least 1300 missing after heavy flooding caused by heavy rain in Germany
Belgium and the Netherlands have also been hit hard
Up to 200 litres per square metre of rain fell in Germany in a few hours. 31 districts of Germany are affected.
Sources:
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/wetter-erreicht-tief-bernd-jetzt-
https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article232792277/wetter-hochwass
Tropical Storm Elsa hits the East Coast of the USA
Heavy rain, floods and tornadoes accompany the tropical storm.
Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/weather/tropical-storm-elsa-thursday/in