A giant iceberg has broken off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica
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://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/brunt-ice-shelf-in-antarctica-calves/
https://m.geo.de/natur/nachhaltigkeit/24111-rtkl-naturphaenomen-gigant
Grönland, Eisschild so groß wie Paris abgebrochen.
https://www.nau.ch/news/europa/riesiger-eisbrocken-vom-grossten-gletsc
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
Canada Arctic last intact ice shelf collapsed
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-canada-idUSKCN2523JH
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
21.7 degrees Celsius in Svalbard, Arctic
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/spitzbergen-temperatur-101.html
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
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
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
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
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
This May was the warmest in the world since records began
According to data from the Copernicus Earth Observation Programme
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