To keep the world’s average temperature below two degrees, the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016. To achieve this goal, a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 20% is targeted. Another important part is the
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The future of polar seas under climate change
The poles are one of the most rapidly heating areas of the Earth due to climate change. With increasingly warmer waters and lower ice cover, ecosystems are en route to massive changes. This will also
Climate change predicted to cause severe sea level rise
A new study, published in Nature Communications, analysed the sea level rises and predicted future ones. Due to climate change, the sea level rose by 11-16 cm in the 20th century, but by the end
Chinook salmon die-off as a consequence of climate change
The numbers of Chinook Salmon have dropped drastically in the recent years. In Columbia, US, 17 million salmon used to return each year, but now the number is reduced to just one million. Salmon are
The German National Forest Summit – Rescue For The Forest?
In the end of September 2019 the German National Forest Summit took place in Berlin. In that summit, different stakeholders discussed the activities for saving the German forest in the future. However, the opinions on
Youth biggest fear is environmental degradation
Based on the motto “A generation pipe up” a new Study filtered out interesting and hopeful trends according young generation and environment. This study is tasking independent scientists to explore the moods, perspectives and expectations
Slovenia is rapidly losing its last glaciers due to climate change
This year is another sad year for the only two glaciers in Slovenia, again becoming smaller and smaller. In fact, as both of them are smaller than 25 ha, they are technically glacierets rather than
Global climate strike – Join us!
What started off as a one-man strike soon became a global movement. Millions of people follow the call of Greta Thunberg in protesting on the climate crisis. In the last months, people from all over
Species can’t acclimatise to climate change fast enough
Recently a new meta-study was published where they looked into common species and how they are coping with the heat. Unfortunately the news isn’t good as species cannot acclimatise to climate change fast enough. Typically
Is restoring forests is the best way to tackle climate change?
Recently, a study in journal Science was published that shows that the best solution for climate change is planting trees. By doing so, trees absorb the excess CO2 that we released into the atmosphere. Therefore,