Heuschreckenplagen weltweit und die globale Erwärmung
In Ostafrika, Südasien und Südamerika gibt es zur Zeit Heuschreckenplagen
Last change: Isolde Moussot 07.07.2020
Sie fressen ganze Felder kahl. Das kann zu Hungersnöten führen. Betroffen sind Indien, Kenia und viele weitere Länder in Ostafrika, Brasilien, Argentinien, Paraguay, Pakistan und China.
Sources:
India drones against locusts / Indien Dronen gegen Heuschrecken
https://www.spektrum.de/news/verheerende-heuschreckenplage-von-ostafri
https://www.sonnenseite.com/de/umwelt/ostafrika-droht-eine-noch-fatale
Further links:
https://www.swr.de/swr2/wissen/heuschreckenplage-somalia-ruft-notstand
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=581
Die Alpen haben seit dem Jahr 2000 ein sechstel ihrer Gletscher verloren.
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2020-06/klimawandel-gletscherschwund
Last change: Isolde Moussot 25.06.2020
Besonders betroffen ist die Schweiz und die Randgebiete der Alpen.
Sources:
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2020-06/klimawandel-gletscherschwund
Germany is an export country of pork. How does that work?
Employees with very poor wages and very poor working conditions made possible by employment via subcontractors. Import of cheap animal feed at the expense of the rainforest and
Sources:
https://www.zdf.de/gesellschaft/markus-lanz/markus-lanz-vom-23-juni-20
https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2018-01/fleischatlas-fleichkonsum-deuts
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=674
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=667
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=631
38 degrees in Siberia
And more than 6000 forest fires in recent weeks
https://www.wetter.com/news/hitzerekord-in-der-arktis-hitzewelle-in-si
In Verkhovyansk, a place in Yakutia, the temperature of cement today is 38° degrees.
Sources:
https://www.wetter.com/news/hitzerekord-in-der-arktis-hitzewelle-in-si
https://www.rtl.de/cms/skandinavien-russland-erleben-im-juni-2020-hitz
https://www.t-online.de/nachhaltigkeit/id_88099416/hitzewelle-in-sibir
https://www.wetteronline.de/wetternews/hitze-bis-35-grad-in-sibirien-6
https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-06-21-38-grad-in-de
https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_climat-38-degres-releves-en-sibe
https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/tecnologia/siberia-roza-los-grados-te
https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/tecnologia/siberia-roza-los-grados-te
Further links:
https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-04-14-hitzewelle-in
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-ala
Up to 34 degrees in Siberia
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sibirien-leidet-unter-rekord
Normally there are temperatures up to 12 degrees in this season.
Sources:
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sibirien-leidet-unter-rekord
Wildfires in Arizona, USA
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/weather/arizona-wildfires-coronavir
3 times more affected areas than in the same period of 2019. 2000 residents displaced.
Sources:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/weather/arizona-wildfires-coronavir
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/17/arizona-wildfires-co
Arctic heat fires
Heat fires in the Arctic. More and more of the climate-damaging methane is being released. Parts of the earth that until recently were classified as non-combustible are now in flames.
Sources:
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hitze-braende-in-der-arktis-419038416808
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/waldbraende-am-polarkreis-di
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/klimawandel-sibirien-hitzerekorde-1
Heat wave at the Arctic Circle, Siberia
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-ala
Ocean currents transport heat to the poles, the polar ice melts and the earth heats up even more because the reflective effect of the polar ice decreases. Not only now it is too warm in the polar circle, also the winter and spring 2020 were much too warm.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-ala
https://amp.blick.ch/news/ausland/moerderisch-heiss-in-sibirien-in-sib
https://www.srf.ch/article/18659973/
Further links:
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sibirien-leidet-unter-rekord
Ocean vortices move at high speed in the direction of the pols
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/meeresstroemungen-verschieben-si
Last change: Isolde Moussot 16.06.2020
800 meters per year on average, ocean eddies move towards the pols. Global warming is a major factor in this.
Sources:
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/meeresstroemungen-verschieben-si
Further links:
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/golfstrom-verschiebung-ozean-wirbel
Very expensive meat, because it is paid with the climate destruction!
The rainforest is cleared for the cultivation of soya and palm oil. This is then fed to German pigs among others and can be sold cheaply.
Sources:
Further links:
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article209076003/Regenwald-Die-Wel
The thawing permafrost soil in Siberia poses many risks
In May, temperatures in Siberia reached up to 35 degrees
Viruses and bacteria thaw with the permafrostbiden and could be released to bring back old diseases that have long been considered to be extinct. In addition, a great deal of methane is released, which further accelerates global warming. .
Sources:
https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Alte-Krankheiten-lauern-im-tauenden-Eis-art
https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Sibiriens-CO2-Zeitbombe-tickt-bedrohlich-ar
https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Mai-so-warm-wie-nie-vor-allem-in-Sibirien
Mai 2020, wärmster Mai seit Beginn der Aufteichnungen
https://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/news/panorama/alte-krankheiten-la
30 Grad in Sibirien und Schafskälte in der Sahara
10 Grad wärmer als im Durchschnitt in Sibirien im Mai 2020
Ölpest in Sibirien und aufgetauter Permafrostboden
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/katastrophen/id_88008016/
https://www.watson.ch/international/wissen/282089892-diesel-katastroph
Further links:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-06-06/Worst-spill-in-Arctic-history-ca
Why is the year 2020 so crucial for the climate?
We're gonna miss our last chance if we don't act now.
A very good contribution by Prof. Will Steffen from Australia provides answers. The contribution was translated into German by a team of volunteers in cooperation with the Sientists for Future. The difference between 2 degrees and 4 degrees warming is life or death.