Tag: El Nino
Unprecedented bad weather leaves at least 100 dead
After the unprecedented floods in southern Brazil, the provisional toll shows 100 dead, 128 missing and 372 injured. The number of victims is likely to increase further given the catastrophic…
Global temperatures at a new record high in April – even in Germany – knowledge
For a long time, April in Germany didn’t necessarily feel like spring: cold polar air caused temperatures to drop below freezing from the middle of the month onwards, snow fell…
Global temperatures hit new record high in April – knowledge
For a long time, April in Germany didn’t necessarily feel like spring: cold polar air caused temperatures to drop below freezing from the middle of the month onwards, snow fell…
Floods in East Africa: More than 200 dead in Kenya
As of: May 3, 2024 2:20 p.m The floods in East Africa are hitting residents and tourists hard. Hundreds of people died in Kenya and Tanzania, and in Kenya more…
What is this “extreme heat stress” which has broken a record in Europe?
The term has been used by many media since the publication of an alarming report from the European Copernicus Observatory and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In their 2023 report,…
Water shortage in Colombia: Shower less often and for shorter periods of time
As of: April 20, 2024 3:11 p.m Bogotá is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years – and water is becoming scarce for the region’s approximately ten million inhabitants. The…
Great Barrier Reef: Reasons for coral bleaching are not just due to the climate crisis – knowledge
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking,” says marine biologist Selina Ward. She has been researching the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia for around 30 years. That’s the case with every…
Great Barrier Reef is experiencing perhaps the worst coral bleaching in history. – Knowledge
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking,” says marine biologist Selina Ward. She has been researching the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia for around 30 years. That’s the case with every…
World’s warmest March since records began, tenth record in a row – Knowledge
The world has never been as warm in March as this year. As the EU Earth observation service Copernicus reports, the Earth’s surface temperature was 14.14 degrees last month. At…
WMO: El Niño is weakening and was one of the five strongest ever recorded – knowledge
The violent climate phenomenon El Niño, which contributed to the extremely high global temperatures of the past few months, is coming to an end. However, the weather is likely to…