Tag: drought
Climate change: hotter world, less money
Researchers have calculated that global warming could cost tens of trillions of euros by the middle of the century. Climate protection would probably be much cheaper. source site
Climate change: hotter world, less money
Researchers have calculated that global warming could cost tens of trillions of euros by the middle of the century. Climate protection would probably be much cheaper. source site
Heat and drought: First major forest fire in Spain
As of: April 15, 2024 5:43 p.m Summer hasn’t even really started yet – and Spain is already battling the first major forest fires. Around 180 people had to be…
Spain: Record drought exposes sunken village in Catalonia
There is drought in Catalonia and water is scarce. Due to the lack of rain, the reservoir around Barcelona is only five percent full. A village with a church tower…
Is the seasonal rate launched in Toulouse fair for residents?
Take care of the Garonne when it needs it most. When in summer or early autumn, in periods of drought, it reveals its pebbles because its level is alarming and…
Weather: Drought: Zimbabwe declares state of disaster
Weather Drought: Zimbabwe declares state of disaster A woman carries a sack of corn flour that she received at a World Food Program distribution center: a state of emergency has…
Bavaria: The battle for water distribution is intensifying – Bavaria
The municipality of Nordhalben is rich in water, but cannot benefit from it. Instead, most of the valuable commodity flows to Erlangen and enables growth there. Now the town is…
Bavaria is experiencing a March with record temperatures – Bavaria
Sunny, but also too warm and too dry – that was March in Bavaria. As the German Weather Service (DWD) announced on Tuesday in Offenbach, a temperature record was set…
Water shortages in Catalonia also have consequences for tourism
As of: March 29, 2024 3:14 a.m In Barcelona, conspicuous posters say: “Drought! Help save water”. There has been too little rain in Catalonia for three years. This also has…
Climate crisis: This is how extreme the year 2023 was
CO₂ emissions, melting glaciers, heat in the ocean: the World Weather Organization is reporting records for all climate indicators. But at least one of them is good news. source site