48 degrees Celsius in Iran
https://www.wetteronline.de/wetterticker/e865d7af-2e07-4a47-b6d5-22d74
Heat wave in the Middle East. A high of 48.4 Gtad was recorded in Iran. Iraq is also affected. A high of 47.2 degrees was measured there.
Sources:
https://www.wetteronline.de/wetterticker/e865d7af-2e07-4a47-b6d5-22d74
30 degrees in Russia and Siberia and cold spring in Europe
https://www.wetter.de/cms/hitze-und-waldbraende-in-russland-jetstream-
While Europe has an unusually cold spring in 2021, Russia to Siberia has temperatures 30 degrees and more.
Sources:
https://www.wetter.de/cms/hitze-und-waldbraende-in-russland-jetstream-
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/hitzest
Seeds to borrow in the library
In Lüneburg and some other cities in Germany, seeds can be borrowed from the library. However, the seeds do not have to be returned immediately,
Sources:
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/saatgutbibliothek-103.ht
https://saatgutniedersachsen.wordpress.com/herzlich-willkommen/
https://www.buecherhallen.de/saatgutbibliothek.html
https://www.berliner-woche.de/tiergarten/c-kultur/die-gruene-bibliothe
Currently the world's largest iceberg, slightly larger than Mallorca, detaches from the ice shelf in Antarctica
South Pole
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/05/Meet_the_world_s_lar
Last change: Isolde Moussot 21.05.2021
According to ESA, the iceberg named A-76 is about 170 km long and 25 km wide, making it the largest iceberg in the world to date.
Sources:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/05/Meet_the_world_s_lar
https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2021/05/20/le-plus-gros-iceber
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/esa-eisberg-antarktis-101.html
Parts of the Greenland ice sheet have been shown to destabilise
Has the tipping point been reached soon and what are the implications?
Destabilisation of central-western areas of the ice sheet could be an early warning sign that a tipping point for the Greenland ice sheet will soon be reached. Feedback effects, such as increased snowfall as warmer air absorbs more moisture, could still slow this down,
Sources:
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/groenlandeis-kurz-vor-dem-kipppu
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/klimakollaps-in-der-arktis-groenlan
https://bildungsserver.hamburg.de/ozean-und-klima/11358144/amoc-gegenw
https://www.wetter.de/cms/groenland-eis-kurz-vor-dem-kipppunkt-abschme
https://www.europapress.es/ciencia/cambio-climatico/noticia-signos-des
Further links:
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=825
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=polar_ice
https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/energie-umwelt/landhebung-in-schw
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postglaziale_Landhebung
https://weather.com/de-DE/wissen/klima/news/2021-03-22-elastischer-eff
Drought emergency in California
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/10/california-declares-dr
April and May were unusually warm.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/10/california-declares-dr
From May 2021, flexible organic solar film is expected to be mass-produced in Dresden
You can use it everywhere where other modules are too heavy and inflexible. It can be glued on!
Sources:
https://taz.de/Technische-Neuerung-Solarfolie/!5768005/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliatek
Further links:
https://tu-dresden.de/mn/physik/iap/optoelektronik/forschung/osens
The current climate protection law in Germany is illegal in parts according to a ruling by the Constitutional Court
The judges in Karlsruhe examined 4 lawsuits. Fridays for Future and several environmental organisations supported the plaintiffs, including BUND, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, and Greenpeace.
Sources:
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2021-04/klimaschutzgesetz-ist-in-tei
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/klimaschutzgesetz-bundesverfassungsge
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Klimaschutzgesetz-in-Teilen-verfassungswid
https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/urteil-aus-karlsruhe-deutsches-kl
Arctic ice loss could have an impact on weather in Europe
https://www.nationalgeographic.de/umwelt/2021/04/arktischer-eisschwund
New studies clarify the connections. Europe could see more snow in the future.
Sources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.de/umwelt/2021/04/arktischer-eisschwund
We, all humanity, are all together in the same boat and in the dock
We need not fear revenge. Because there is no need for revenge, because humanity judges itself.
Sources:
The wise man said: Do not avail yourself of revenge. Sit down and wait...
Those who do evil will destroy themselves in the end." Unfortunately, this also applies to humanity as a whole.
Sources:
Alle Möglichkeiten zu nutzen für Wind- und Solarenergie, könnte entscheidend sein, um die Erde vor dem Kollaps zu bewahren.
Last change: Isolde Moussot 14.04.2021
Wenn Du ein Windrad auf Deinem Dach installierst oder eine Solaranlage in Betrieb nimmst, auch wenn es nur ein kleines klappbares Solarpanel ist, oder nur ein kleines Windrad ist,
Sources:
Further links:
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=725
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=619
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=588
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=515
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=511
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=323
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=310