Floods Devastate German Towns (2021)
In the town Schuld (Nordrhein-Westfalen), several buildings collapsed with others prone to collapse.
In the town Schuld (Nordrhein-Westfalen), several buildings collapsed with others prone to collapse.
These results indicate that climate tipping is an imminent risk in the Earth System. Even the safe operating space of 1.5 or 2.0 degrees above present generally assumed by the IPCC might not be all that safe.
In recent months scientists noticed that many climate models were not prepared for the real world developments manifesting now as the climate changes.
Like other countries, we feel the risks and threats in this area... We need to put aside political and other differences and not turn the transition to carbon neutrality into an instrument of unfair competition.
This heat has rapidly melted any snow remaining on the ground and has caused the thawing of the top layer of the permanently frozen soil. The water from the thaw is unable to percolate down through the frozen layers below. That causes even more thawing.
Electric cars cause 65% less emissions when compared to a fossil fuel burning car.
How Google promotes climate denial
This week, a vast heat dome enveloped western Canada and the north-western US, temperatures had nowhere to go but up.
Wildfires erupt in the region (again)