STOP GLOBAL WARMING

  • 2010: greenhouse emissions 25% lower than in 1990 (Germany)

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse/2012/pd12-002_roettgen_minderung_der_treibhausgasemissionen_ein_grosser_erfolg.htm

  • CO2– emissions falling since 1990

http://www.umweltbundesamt-daten-zur-umwelt.de/umweltdaten/public/theme.do?nodeIdent=2842

  • effects of global warming: more storms and high tides; bird species migrate; less oxygen in seas; winter shorter and less snow; …

http://www.bietigheimerzeitung.de/bz1/news/suedwestumschau_artikel.php?artikel=6315936

  • melting glaciers and permafrost let methane and CO2 soar into the atmosphere and can also cause floods

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/y5Q38Y/639022/Arktisches-Blubbern.html

  • earth temperature is rising (2009)
  • BUT: the ozone hole above the arctic disappeared

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/ozonloch-ueber-arktis-wegen-guenstiger-wetterbedingungen-verschwunden-a-835976.html

http://www.stern.de/wissen/natur/bohrungen-in-der-arktis-erde-erwaermt-sich-rasant-1515718.html

  • sea level: rose from 1961 to 2003 about 1.8mm each year

-> reasons: melting glaciers, thermal expansion of the ocean, and MAYBE: massive use of groundwater (Water is being pumped out of underground reservoirs and finds its way to the ocean. That way the groundwater deposit cannot restock.)

http://www.welt.de/newsticker/news1/article106347742/Raetsel-um-steigenden-Meeresspiegel-womoeglich-geloest.html

  • world population is rising (1950: 2,53 Mrd; 2010: 6,9 Mrd)

http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1716/umfrage/entwicklung-der-weltbevoelkerung/