Polar ice

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

04.06.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de
Last change: Isolde Moussot 05.06.2020

21,000 tons of oil ran into a river. The causes are still being investigated.  Update: The reason for oil spills is the thawing of the permafrost soil. A lintel of the oil tank has given way because of the softened soil.

Sources:

https://de.euronews.com/2020/06/04/putins-anpfiff-wegen-der-olpest

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52915807

https://www.nau.ch/news/ausland/olkatastrophe-russland-welche-gefahren

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/oel-katastrophe-in-der-arktis-d

Further links:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_bedeutender_%C3%96lunf%C3%A4lle

30.05.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

The warm air from Spain reaches the Arctic Circle. To compensate, cold air from the Arctic Circle comes to Germany and causes the danger of frost at Whitsun.

Sources:

https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-05-29-hochdruck-bri

04.05.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

The drought causes devastating forest fires and the permafrost soil thaws. Both exacerbate the climate crisis.

Sources:

https://www.wetter.de/cms/sibirien-katastrophale-waldbraende-zerstoere

https://www.quarks.de/umwelt/klimawandel/darum-sollten-wir-ueber-metha

Further links:

https://weather.com/de-DE/wetter/ausland/news/2020-06-05-schwacher-jet

25.03.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

NASA has published images where you can see how the ice on Eagle Island in Antarctica has retreated within only 9 days during the Heatwave in February 2020 with temperatures up to 18.3 degrees. Even lakes full of melt water can be seen.

Sources:

https://www.stern.de/-hitzewelle--in-der-antarktis--nasa-zeigt-erschre

https://www.businessinsider.de/wissenschaft/natur/hitzerekord-nasa-dat

02.03.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

Von Anfrang bis Mitte Februar war es ungewöhnlich warm in der Antarktis. Es gab Temperaturen bis zu 18,3 Grad.. In dieser Zeit ist mehr als 1 Meter Eis geschmolzen, wurde an einer Stelle gemessen.

Sources:

https://www.zeit.de/wissen/2020-02/klimawandel-antarktis-temperaturen-

13.02.2020 Author: Isolde Moussot Translator: Isolde Moussot Original language: de

On Seymour Island the temperature on 9.2.2020 was 20.75 degrees Celsius.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/antarctic-temperature-ri