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"We need to remove the barriers to trade in food"

Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are experiencing the worst drought in 40 years. Cattle are dying, people are starving. Agricultural economist Timothy Njagi explains in an interview how Europe can help prevent future crises.

Drastic measures for marine protection necessary

The world's oceans are indispensable for life on Earth. Their protection has been neglected for a long time, despite all the knowledge about littering and overfishing. Solutions will be found at a UN conference.

"Perfect storm" caused mussels to die en masse

In June 2021, an extraordinary strong heat wave was looking for the northwest of North America. In the sea, too, she had dramatic consequences for living things there.

"We created the forest fire danger for ourselves"

No forest burned in Brandenburg, but a forest. What the difference is and why only healthy mixed forests in the fight against climate change help, explains the forest ecologist Pierre Ibisch

The only thing left for the Ayoreo is the sun

Hardly any jungle is as threatened as South America. Trees for cattle and soy are falling every day. The Ayoreo people die with the forest. But they still persist.

Consequences of climate change threaten habitats of migratory birds

Climate change affects the East Atlantic bird train. The warming leads to more heavy rain and storms, the animals on rest and brood in the Wadden Sea. The food supply also changes.

Ignite against the risk of forest fire

Indigenous peoples laid small fires in the Klamath Mountains of California for a long time to prevent large fires. Since the ban, the density of trees in the region has been growing – with dangerous consequences.

Tang carries animals from coast to coast

Rafts from seaweed carry the stars, assels and crabs over the southern ocean. This could also help them adapted to climate change.

Magnetic »hole« does not announce a pole shift

The magnetic field anomaly in the South Atlantic is probably not an exceptional phenomenon. The earth's magnetic field seems to regularly assume such asymmetrical conditions. The "hole" could have disappeared again in a few hundred years.

An iron curtain endangers Europe's last wilderness

Poland wants to isolate itself from Belarus with a 200-kilometer steel wall. The new Iron Curtain should be ready by the end of June. It threatens one of the last great natural paradises in Europe. Especially lynx and wisent, who live there.

Greening the Alps

Satellite shots show that the snow withdraws in the Alps, the vegetation spreads out. This is serious for the ecosystems there.

More and more people in Germany smoke

Since the beginning of Corona pandemic, the number of smokers in Germany has increased steadily. The environment is also heavily burdened by cigarette consumption.

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