Polar ice

26.02.2021 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de
Last change: Isolde Moussot 03.03.2021

The new iceberg has a size of 1 270 km².

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47692895

https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Environnement/Un-iceberg-geant-de-la-t

https://youtu.be/QZ1URCgIxUM

https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/brunt-ice-shelf-in-antarctica-calves/

https://m.geo.de/natur/nachhaltigkeit/24111-rtkl-naturphaenomen-gigant

13.09.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Ein Eisschild so groß wie Paris ist vom größten noch existierenden Gletscher in der Arktis angebrochen.

Sources:

https://www.nau.ch/news/europa/riesiger-eisbrocken-vom-grossten-gletsc

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/groenland-eisdecke-gletscher-1

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

26.07.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Normally it is only 5 to 8 degrees warm there at this time of year.

Sources:

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/spitzbergen-temperatur-101.html

25.07.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de
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

Further links:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitzbergen_(Inselgruppe)

22.07.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

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

19.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

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

19.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Normally there are temperatures up to 12 degrees in this season.

Sources:

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/sibirien-leidet-unter-rekord

19.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

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

17.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

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

08.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

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

35 Grad in Sibirien

https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/katastrophen/id_88008016/

https://www.watson.ch/international/wissen/282089892-diesel-katastroph

Further links:

Waldbrände in Sibirien

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-06-06/Worst-spill-in-Arctic-history-ca

05.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

These records started in 1979, and in parts of Siberia it was even 10 degrees warmer.  It was much warmer in Alaska and Antarctica. The CO2 concentration also reports new records, at the Zugspitze 418 ppm in March 2020, which is 3 ppm more than in March 2019.

Sources:

https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/12599879-rekordwerte-klimae

https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Mai-so-warm-wie-nie-vor-allem-in-Sibirien