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Extremes Wetter. Naturkatastrophen. Ernteausfälle. Der menschgemachte Klimawandel bedroht jetzt schon unsere Lebensräume. Und es wird immer schlimmer. Trotz dieser Bedrohung geht die Menschheit nicht geschlossen gegen die Erderwärmung vor. Im Gegenteil: Die jährliche Weltklimakon ...  Show more

Five days after tornadoes first touched down in the Midwest and South of the U.S., survivors are coming to grips with what they have lost. Of the several states that the storms tore through last weekend, Kentucky was the hardest hit. At least 74 people have been confirmed dead th ...  Show more

How can the most vulnerable countries protect against climate change if they’re drowning in debt? A major international aid agency revealed this week that 93% of the world’s worst-affected countries can’t afford to safeguard against natural disasters. Some are being forced to sla ...  Show more

Today, the idea of controlling the weather is controversial. Scientists who research geoengineering have even received death threats. But once upon a time, people were optimistic about remaking the climate in entire regions of the world. They approached this science with a touchi ...  Show more