We did it. The climate and the earth are slowly returning to balance. #klima27
I write to you from the year 2027
Last change: Isolde Moussot 02.08.2020
We have reduced CO2 emissions to such an extent that now even more CO2 is absorbed than is emitted. So the climate can gradually recover. It will take years before the climate is completely back in balance, but it is now moving steadily in the right direction.
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Further links:
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/frankreich-buergerrat-will-klim
https://www.klima27.com/index.php?page=show_news_details_1&news_id=701
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Eine Woche lang mehr als 50 Grad im Irak
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/temperature-in-middle-east-tops-50c
Last change: Isolde Moussot 01.08.2020
In Bagdad wurden diese Woche die höchsten und zweithöchsten Temperaturen gemessen seit Begin der Aufzeichnungen. In Irak gab es bisher Temperaturen über 50 Grad eher selten.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/temperature-in-middle-east-tops-50c
54 Grad im südlichen Irak
Dazu fällt auch noch immer wieder der Strom aus. Selbst die Menschen, die das Glück haben eine Klimaanlage zu besitzen können diese so nur sehr eingeschränkt nutzen.
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Die Stadt Köln fördert die Anschaffung und Lastenrädern
https://www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/presse/mitteilungen/
Damit soll der emissionsfreie Transport gefördert werden.
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https://www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/presse/mitteilungen/
SOS record temperatures on Earth - 51.67 degrees Celsius in Baghdad
Last change: Isolde Moussot 30.07.2020
This is the highest temperature ever measured there. In Beirut in Lebanon it was on Tuesday, 28.7.2020, with 45.4 degrees, as hot as never before in Lebanon. In Damascus in Syria it was with 46 degrees on Tuesday also as hot as never before.
Sources:
https://news-24.fr/bagdad-en-irak-atteint-125-degres-un-record/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/wetter-50-grad-in-bagdad-1.3088380
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/07/29/baghdad-iraq-heat-re
https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/record-temperatures-in-iraq-add-
https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/international/sie-schwitzen-jetzt-schon
Die Dürre in Deutschland lässt unsere Wälder sterben
Last change: Isolde Moussot 28.07.2020
Die Dürre der letzten beiden Jahre hat schwere Waldschäden verursacht. 32 Millionen Kubikmeter Schadholz wurden allein letztes Jahr geschlagen, das ist 6 mal so viel wie 2017. Während der gesamten geregelten Waldbewirtschaftung , also seit 200 Jahren , gab es keine Waldschäden in so hohem
Sources:
https://www.tagesschau.de/waldschaeden-103.html
https://www.rnd.de/wissen/waldschaden-nehmen-deutlich-zu-zahl-geschadi
Hurricane Hanna hits Texas and Mexico
Storm damage, flooding and power failures in Texas and Mexico are caused by storm Hanna.
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Temperature record on the Arctic archipelago Spitsbergen
https://www.t-online.de/nachhaltigkeit/id_88293424/hoechster-wert-seit
Last change: Isolde Moussot 28.07.2020
It's 21.2 degrees today. Normally it is only 5 to 8 degrees in July. July is the warmest month of the year there. In the Russian part of the Arctic, temperatures have been 5 degrees above normal since January.
Sources:
https://www.t-online.de/nachhaltigkeit/id_88293424/hoechster-wert-seit
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/spitzbergen-temperatur-101.html
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Methane escapes from the sea floor in Antarctica
https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article229572460/Treibhausgase-M
Researchers are very concerned about the rapid methane release in the Antarctic Ross Sea, southeast of New Zealand. Methane is 25 times more harmful to the climate than CO2, and the source of the methane is believed to be thousands of years old algae deposits embedded under sediments.
Sources:
https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article229572460/Treibhausgase-M
https://www.express.de/zukunft/natur-klima/auf-dem-meeresboden-forsche
Floods and landslides in Nepal after heavy rain
At least 40 people have died.
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Floods in Bangladesh
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-flood-situation-worsens-in-lal
Rivers have flooded 110 villages in Lalmonirhat and 250 villages in Kurigram. 10 rivers, including Teesta and Dharla, continue to rise as it rains incessantly and water from upstream India.
Sources:
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-flood-situation-worsens-in-lal
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We are close to reaching 1.5 degrees global warming
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
The probability that the 1.5 degree warming will be achieved in at least one year from 2020 to 2024 is 20 percent. This does not include the worldwide lockdown due to the coronavirus.
Sources:
https://www.wetter.de/cms/wmo-klima-warnung-zahlen-sind-bald-erreicht-
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/09/co2-in-earths-atmo