Tropical diseases now also in Germany
Climate change under suspicion
https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/west-nil-fieber-weitere-fae
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.
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https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/west-nil-fieber-weitere-fae
Song Karl der Käfer
wasn't asked and just kicked away
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1386754921474052&id=121244
An old song about a beetle being kicked out and replaced by sheet metal. Now perhaps even more up to date in the theme than at the time it was composed.
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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1386754921474052&id=121244
Oil multinational Exxon on trial
for misrepresenting the consequences of climate change
The New York prosecution accuses Exxon of deliberately misleading clients and investors about financial risks related to climate change and of making false statements to them. The process is currently being held by the court in New York.
Sources:
https://m.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/new-york-exxon-steht-im-klima
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/oelriese-exxon-wege
https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/New-York-macht-Exxon-den-Klimaprozess-a
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/climate/new-york-lawsuit-exxon.html
Own hydrogen filling station in the garage
In the size of a refrigerator
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/wasserstoff-schweizer-entw
The prototype was developed by a team of researchers at the EPFL University in Lausanne.
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https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/wasserstoff-schweizer-entw
Ein neues Lied für den Klimaschutz für Gesang in mehreren Gesangsstimmen ausgelegt.
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Livestream: This evening at 8 pm European Time Greta Thunberg speaks
on climastrike in Vancauver, Canada
Greta Thunberg is on the way in Canada, where she meets indigenous peoples and participates on climate strikes every Friday. Today she gives a speech at the climate strike in Vancouver, which can be seen live on YouTube.
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Our House is on Fire, says Greta Thunberg
So now also Greenpeace with an action before the congress house in Baden-Baden, Germany
The International Reinsurance Congress is taking place in Baden-Baden, where specialists from the insurance, reinsurance, brokerage and other sectors from all over the world meet.
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Videos and Photos on Facebook klima27.com
Videos and Photos on Instagram klima27.com
Further links:
https://baden-baden-reinsurance.de/
https://www.kongresshaus.de/event/reinsurance-meeting-2/
http://www.stadtwiki-baden-baden.de/w/images/1/15/Augustaplatz_Windros
Plastic bags from fish waste
Lucy Hughes invented it
https://www.trendsderzukunft.de/plastikfreie-welt-in-sicht-fischabfael
With little energy, plastic bags can be made from fish waste and red algae. If compostability is also given, this could become a real environmentally friendly alternative.
Sources:
https://www.trendsderzukunft.de/plastikfreie-welt-in-sicht-fischabfael
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/scaling-back-graduate-in
The 1.5 degree target can be reached
When by 2050 a third part of the earth is covered with forest
https://www.focus.de/wissen/klima/schweizer-studie-forscher-sicher-ein
A Forcus report reports that researchers are confident that planting trees is the most effective way to combat climate change, in addition to reducing CO2 emissions.
Sources:
https://www.focus.de/wissen/klima/schweizer-studie-forscher-sicher-ein
What are you gonna tell the kids? When they ask? Why didn't you prevent the climate disaster?
Didn't you all know about it?
When will a climate package finally come that can still prevent the climate catastrophe? It is about nothing less than the survival of us all, all animals and all plants on earth now and in the future.
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Lack of nutrients in plants due to more CO2 in the air?
https://m.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/umwelt/erhoehter-co2-geh
Plants have less nutrients due to the increased amount of CO2 in the air, according to the evaluations of scientists Matthew Smith and Samuel Myers. This can also lead to malnutrition in humans.
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https://m.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/umwelt/erhoehter-co2-geh
September 2019 was the warmest September since 1880
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/eye-of-the-storm/september-2019-e
Researchers are alarmed to find that the previous months were also the warmest or second warmest since weather records began.
Sources:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/eye-of-the-storm/september-2019-e
https://background.tagesspiegel.de/energie-klima/september-2019-histor
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/klimawandel-september-stellt-erneut