Klima27.com Responsibility

In Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the storm has already caused considerable damage and 25 people have died. It is now moving across the Atlantic at 145 km/h. The unusual warm seawater means that the storm is constantly gaining strength.

Sources:

https://youtu.be/gYD8xA4bo2I

https://youtu.be/JAnhUx7BS-c

Storm tracking

Haiti 22.8.2020

Haiti , Dominican Republic 23.8.2020

View details

The great death of trees in Germany

https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2020-08/duerre-baeume-baumarten-risi

24.08.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Spruces are particularly affected. They can be seen from far away. They look like grey corpses. I have to cry when I see this and fall into deepest mourning. But also the other tree species die in the 3rd year of drought in a row.

Sources:

https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2020-08/duerre-baeume-baumarten-risi

View details

Power outages in California due to the heat wave

54.4 degrees Celsius in Death Valley

Go to article

16.08.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

For the first time since 2001, so-called rolling blackouts have been ordered since 15.8.2020 because the power grid is overloaded.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903291108/heat-wave-causes-power-outage

https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/id_88415522/usa-hitzereko

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-heat-triggers-power-ou

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/death-valley-hoechste-temper

Further links:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death-Valley-Nationalpark

View details

Canada Arctic last intact ice shelf collapsed

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-canada-idUSKCN2523JH

07.08.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

In the Canadian Arctic, the last completely intact ice shelf in the collapsed. In only 2 days in July it lost 40 percent of its surface area, researchers said on Thursday.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-canada-idUSKCN2523JH

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/siberia-s-gateway-underworld-g

View details

1.01 million hectares of forest have already been burned in the Pantanal this year (Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia)

The South American Pantanal is one of the largest inland wetlands on earth and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Go to article

07.08.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

The area is currently experiencing the greatest environmental tragedy in decades. 1.01 million hectares of virgin forest have burned this year (from 1.1.2020 to 4.8.2020) in the Panatal valley in the Mato Grosso do Sul area. This is almost 4 times as much as last year. Last year,

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/amp/brasil-53662968

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantanal

http://79.143.189.165/wissen/flora-und-fauna-brasiliens/biodiversitaet

https://www.wwf.de/klimakrise/amazonas/

Further links:

https://www.fr.de/meinung/bio-sprit-gefaehrdet-pantanal-guerteltier-bi

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/brasilien-amazonas-abholzung-101.htm

View details

A large part of the Mont Blanc glacier threatens to slide off

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/06/italian-homes-evac

06.08.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Approximately 500,000 cubic metres of ice on the Italian side of the glacier are threatening to slip off. 70 people were evacuated in Val Ferret at the end of the Aosta Valley.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/06/italian-homes-evac

https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/faits-divers-justice/2020/08/06/mas

https://www.ntn24.com/internacional/europa/un-gran-trozo-glaciar-del-m

https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/ort-im-aostatal-evakuiert-am-mont-b

View details

A global warming of 3.4 degrees is likely

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/klimawandel-erderwaermung-fo

04.08.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

if CO2 emissions continue to develop as before. This could already be the case in 60 to 80 years, according to the Spiegel report.

Sources:

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/klimawandel-erderwaermung-fo

View details