Forests becoming shorter and younger: fires, droughts and pests
A new paper published in Science recently by McDowell et al. showed how the forests are becoming younger and shorter,
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Lessons from Covid-19 for the climate crisis
For many, Covid-19 is the biggest crisis they have ever experienced. A lot has changed within the last few months.What
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Will burning forests be the new normal?
The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment
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Never waste a crisis!
The Corona crisis is already predicted to become the biggest economic crisis in history. Even though we are still in
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Permafrost turns into a carbon time bomb
Permafrost is ground that is frozen all year round occuring in the Arctic and mountainous regions – the two regions
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Our economy comes to a halt – so does pollution
The current corona outbreak is a crisis in every sense. It destroys lifes, subsistences and restricts the life of billions.
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Is there a climate-friendly response to the industry demand for financial aid?
The coronavirus outbreak has a huge economic impact on various sectors, such as the heavy industry, auto manufacturers, tourism industry
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Wild forests protect the climate
There is a wide consent that forests are the most efficient tool to fight the climate crisis. However, the question
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Tropical forests have a limit on how much carbon they can store
Tropical forests are among the last large Wilderness in the world and biodiversity hotspots. Unfortunately, they are rapidly disappearing as
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Make Europe coal free by 2030
Several national governments have announced their intention to phase out use of coal. A total of 72.8 gigawatts of coal
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Climate change causes record-high ocean temperatures in 2019 again
2019 was the third year in a row to set a new record in ocean temperatures. The heating of the
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The power of language in fighting the climate crisis
This is the second part of a series emphasizing the impact of language in the fight against the climate crisis
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2019 – a year characterized by climate emergency
The Oxford English Dictionary has just awarded its word of the year: climate emergency. The rise of this term has
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Germany third most climate change affected country in 2018
Germanwatch, together with the NewClimate Institute and Climate Network International, published their 15th Climate Risk Index 2020 (CRI). They are
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EU Parliament declares climate emergency
On the 28th of November, the European Parliament officially declared the climate emergency in Europe. With 429 votes for and
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Youth is calling for climate action!
Our latest Erasmus project: Youth Green Conference 2019 finalized last October, but follow-up activities are still continuing. One of them
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To keep the world’s average temperature below two degrees, the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016. To achieve this goal,
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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
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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,
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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
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