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steiermark.ORF.at Neue Strategien gegen Trockenheit und Hitze Die anhaltende Hitze und Trockenheit macht der Landwirtschaft stark zu schaffen. Nun werden neue Strategien entwickelt: Mit gezieltem Humusaufbau sollen Böden künftig etwa mehr Wasser speichern können. 15.07.2021 06.26 Online seit gestern, 6.26 Uhr Ob Unwetter und Starkregen einerseits, Hitze und Dürre andererseits – die Landwirtschaft hat wegen des Klimawandels, aber auch wegen der zunehmenden Ver...

Uni Graz shows how we get global warming under control Heat and drought as well as damaging frosts, flooding caused by heavy rain, wildfires and glacier melt: the widespread consequences of global warming are increasingly serious. To counteract this development, a deep reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is necessary. Just last week, the European Union published its climate target of emission reductions by at least 55 percent by 2030. Researchers at the University...

Social tipping points: slouching toward climate salvation Issued on: 02/03/2021 - 15:36 7 min Paris (AFP) The world appears to have finally woken up to the existential threat of global warming, and the drive to fix the problem is accelerating across the board. The planets biggest carbon polluters –- China, US, EU -– vow carbon neutrality by mid-century; solar and wind power continued to surge even as global GDP shrank five percent last year; two-thirds of humanity see a "climate emergenc...