STOP GLOBAL WARMING
- 2010: greenhouse emissions 25% lower than in 1990 (Germany)
- 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.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.)
- world population is rising (1950: 2,53 Mrd; 2010: 6,9 Mrd)
http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1716/umfrage/entwicklung-der-weltbevoelkerung/