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Satellite Observation: Dramatic decline of the German forest
Long periods of drought, numerous pests: The tree population in Germany is shrinking. This is shown by new satellite data. Regions where many spruce trees have been planted are particularly affected. The tree population in Germany is shrinking. Between autumn 2017 and autumn 2024, more than 900,000 hectares of forest were lost, according to satellite data analyzed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). This represents approximately 8.5 percent of Germany's forest area. According to the DLR, losses have almost doubled [...]
COP30: Climate Summit 2025 – Intro Climate Action Event
The COP30 (Conference of Parties) Climate Summit 2025, the Climate Action Event introduction featuring secretary-general of the United Nations António Guterres, climate justice advocate Charitie Ropati, atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe, and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam, Johan Rockström. Summary To accelerate momentum, the UN Secretary-General hosts a Special High-Level Event on Climate Action on 24 September 2025, as a platform for leaders to present their [...]
E-AUDI E5 Sportback with 10,000 pre-orders in 30 minutes
The AUDI E5 Sportback offers buyers 776 horsepower, and gets 402 miles (646 km) of range from its 100 kWh battery.
Leaders doubled down on fossil fuels after promising to reduce climate pollution
The goals established ten years ago under the Paris Agreement, which committed nations to reducing climate pollution and averting the worst consequences of global warming, but countries are currently develop too much coal, oil, and natural gas.
Copernicus: Forest fires cause record levels of CO2 emissions
Tagesschau: In 2025, forest fires in Europe released more CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) than ever before since measurements began. According to the Copernicus Earth Observation Service, the fires in Spain and Portugal accounted for the largest share. Around 12.9 megatons of carbon The amount of emissions in 2025 so far has been estimated to be 12.9 megatons, as a result from forest fires in Europe up to September 15th, according to estimates by the EU's Copernicus Earth observation program. This already [...]
How plastic pollution may have contributed to the demise of a rare whale
How plastic pollution contributed to the death of a rare whale near Honduras.
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Study: U.S. Bitcoin Mining and Energy consumption mostly powered by Fossil Fuels
We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel.