Category: Climate change and environmental hazards
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Cocaine Contamination in Sharks: New Research Insights
“highlighting an escalation in marine drug pollution”
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Endangered heritage: A battle to save global ecosystems
Dive into the fascinating world of conservation through two significant protected areas: Kosciuszko National Park in Australia and the UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea in Europe. This essay compares the controversial management plan for wild horse protection in Kosciuszko with the international efforts to safeguard migratory birds in the Wadden…
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Climate resilience by 2050
The ocean covers almost three quarters of the earths surface (IPCC, 2019), provides 50% of the O2 contained in the atmosphere (Friends of Ocean Action, n.d.) , stores 25% of CO2 emissions worldwide and 90% of overabundance heat in the atmosphere, is consequently considered as a carbon sink, stabiliser of…
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Ocean acidification
What is ocean acidification? During the last 200 years water has become 30% more acidic, faster than any change recorded in the last 50 million years. The reason is that due to industrialisation there appear higher concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere which dissolve in the ocean and makes it…
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Interview a friend about extreme weather events
For this activity I interviewed a 24-year old Geographer who lives in the north of Germany near the lake Elbe and the North Sea. North Germany is very likely to shrink due to increasing sea levels. The Interviewee had specifically one extreme weather event in mind. In 2021 the Ahrtal…
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What is El Niño and La Niña?
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can be summarised as the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean in the equatorial Pacific which effects global weather. Due to sedimental evidence it is known that El Niño and La Niña already occurred millions of years ago. La Niña: La Niña is considered…
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Quiz
Test your knowledge What do you know about climate in general or global temperature change and its impact on Earth’s climate? Find out by doing the following quizzes: NASA Quiz (n.d.) CLEAN Climate Literacy Quiz (2021)
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