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Passionate about science and climate action
If you have some Euros left, please consider donating for the "Wünschewagen": They fullfill the last wish of people who are dying. A friend of mine is hoping that her wish is granted: to be transported to a hospice so that she can be close to her daughter during her last weeks.
www.wuenschewagen.de
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Der Wünschewagen – Letzte Wünsche wagen
Schwerstkranken Menschen in ihrer letzten Lebensphase einen besonderen Wunsch zu erfüllen – das ist die Aufgabe der ASB-Wünschewagen. Seit 2014 bringen engagierte Samariterinnen und Samariter mithilfe...
https://www.wuenschewagen.de/
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Der Postillon 📯
about 2 months ago
Unbekannte hacken Deutsche Bahn und lassen alle Züge pünktlich fahren
www.der-postillon.com/2019/11/deut...
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Unbekannte hacken Deutsche Bahn und lassen alle Züge pünktlich fahren
Schwere Panne bei der Deutschen Bahn: Unbekannte Hacker haben heute Vormittag Zugriff auf das Computersystem des Unternehmens erlangt und den Betrieb völlig durcheinander gebracht, indem sie mit…
https://www.der-postillon.com/2019/11/deutsche-bahn-hack.html
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The New Yorker
2 months ago
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Exactly. More of the same if the same wasn‘t a cure so far won’t improve anything.
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HeiGIT
3 months ago
You live in
#Karlsruhe
and like to walk or cycle around?🚶🚴 Join us at the 𝗞𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 next Sunday: We will take to the street by bike or on foot and collect insights on how public spaces can become more livable and bike-friendly. 📅Info & registration:
heigit.org/events/kit-s...
@kit.edu
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John Cusack
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CNN
3 months ago
An ongoing eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano unleashed spectacular lava fountains that towered an astonishing 1,300 feet into the air — as high as New York's Empire State Building.
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Ever tried walking your city and thought: ‘Where can I even sit down?’
@heigit.org
's
#hiWalk
just added a feature that maps benches + another one for water fountains. Good for the elderly, good for everyone. Because
#walkable
cities =
#livable
cities
3 months ago
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Kyle Horton
4 months ago
Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗
#BirdMigration
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HeiGIT
4 months ago
#WorldCarFreeDay
is a reminder to reimagine
#mobility
The hiBike assessment tool (in the Climate Action Navigator) measures urban
#cycling
infrastructure & helps cities target improvements. 👉https://climate-action.heigit.org/ 🎵 Pixabay, AlexGrohl
#sustainablemobility
#climateaction
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Special thanks goes out to
@radlobby.at
- for working with us, but especially for lobbying for bikeable cities. Wanna improve
#OpenStreetMap
#OSM
? At
climate-action.heigit.org/webapp/dashb...
you can see the difference great OSM data availability can make. Cudos to
@inesmuc.bsky.social
for mapping!
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Alexander Roth
4 months ago
Geht's noch? Die Pressefreiheit ist an allen Ecken und Enden in Gefahr. Kolleg*innen werden massiv beleidigt, eingeschüchtert und körperlich angegriffen. Ihnen wird Folter, Vergewaltigung und Mord angedroht. Demos sind seit Jahren Gefahrenzonen. (1/5)
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Tagesschau Bot
5 months ago
Eiertanz um Fleischfakten
#Klimapolitik
#Fleisch
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Eiertanz um Fleischfakten
Scheuen Landwirtschaftsminister Rainer und Klimaschutzminister Schneider beim Thema Fleisch die Fakten?
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/klimapolitik-fleischverzehr-fleischkonsum-100.html
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The Guardian
5 months ago
‘I would not feel safe’: Americans on the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe
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‘I would not feel safe’: Americans on the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe
As relocation firms report a surge in inquiries, US citizens who have made the move talk about why they left – and what they think could happen back home
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/americans-moving-europe-trump?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1756096039
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Frau Büüsker
5 months ago
Die SZ berichtet heute über einen klimapolitischen Wahnsinnsmove der Bundesregierung. Sie will möglich machen, europäische Strafzahlungen wegen zu wenig Klimaschutz aus dem Topf zu bezahlen, der Klimaschutz finanzieren soll. Wodurch weniger Geld für Klimaschutz da wäre.
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Klimaschutz: Wie die Regierung den KTF zweckentfremdet
Deutschland droht die Klimaziele zu verfehlen. Doch statt mehr Klimaschutz zu machen, will sie aus dem gleichen Topf CO₂-Zertifikate kaufen.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/klimaschutz-ktf-zertifikate-kritik-gruene-li.3301024?reduced=true
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Tagesschau Bot
5 months ago
Klimawandel erlebbar machen
#Klimawandel
#App
#Smartphone
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Klimawandel erlebbar machen
Wie viel kühler wäre die Innenstadt, wenn mehr Bäume gepflanzt würden? Eine App soll Antworten liefern.
https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/klimawandel-app-100.html
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Alt National Park Service
6 months ago
Darren Beattie, fired from the Trump White House in 2018 after it was revealed he attended a white supremacist conference, has just been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
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HeiGIT
6 months ago
𝗟𝗨𝗟𝗖 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 The 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 shows high-resolution estimates of emissions caused by LULC change, helping to plan locally targeted climate mitigation measures:
heigit.org/unveiling-th...
#EarthOvershootDay
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The New York Times
6 months ago
In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events, disaster experts say.
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As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities.
https://trib.al/UEqYxSH
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Labrys of Aëlla
6 months ago
"Wenn die Lösung für illegale Arbeit darin besteht, reiche Landwirte zu Pförtnern zu machen, die entscheiden, wer abgeschoben wird oder nicht ... dann haben Sie die Sklaverei nicht abgeschafft. Sie haben sie privatisiert."
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Ernte verrottet auf dem Feld: Trump plant Sklaverei 2.0 für Landwirte
Arbeit in der US-Landwirtschaft ist nicht ungefährlich: Erntehelfern droht Abschiebung. Trump hat Pläne, den Landwirte zu helfen.
https://www.agrarheute.com/politik/ernten-verrotten-usa-trump-plant-abhilfe-sklaverei-20-635429
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Michael E. Mann
7 months ago
I discussed the climate change-fueled record heat in Europe earlier today on
#BBCNews
Television:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJtU...
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Michael Mann on BBC New Television Discussing The Climate Change-Fueled Record Heat in Europe
YouTube video by Michael Mann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJtU1IAMq5c&ab_channel=MichaelMann
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Nature Portfolio
7 months ago
An analysis in Communications Earth & Environment shows that new forests larger than the land area of North America would need to be planted to offset the potential carbon dioxide emissions from the fossil fuel reserves currently held by the world’s 200 largest fossil fuels companies. 🧪
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Carbon offsetting of fossil fuel emissions through afforestation is limited by financial viability and spatial requirements - Communications Earth & Environment
The spatial requirements for offsetting current fossil fuel reserves would require converting to forest a land area equivalent to the entirety of North and Central America, according to an analysis of the social cost and economic value of carbon.
https://go.nature.com/3HMrdEU
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Zack Labe
7 months ago
Awful. More horrible science news "The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
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The Guardian
7 months ago
Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’
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Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’
Surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say as analysis published Almost 600 people are expected to die early in the heatwave roasting England and Wales, a rapid analysis has found. The surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, the scientists said, with temperatures boosted by 2C-4C by the pollution from fossil fuels. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/21/heatwave-expected-deaths-england-and-wales-analysis?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Joseph D. Ortiz
7 months ago
Ireland joins the growing number of nations that are now coal free for electricity generation. 💪 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
electrek.co/2025/06/20/i...
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Ireland just became Europe’s newest coal-free country
Ireland just shut down its last coal plant – part of a clean energy shift that’s making Europe coal-free, one country at a time.
https://electrek.co/2025/06/20/ireland-europes-newest-coal-free-country
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Big thanks to everyone who joined the CAN launch event last week! We had great discussions on how the Climate Action Navigator offers actionable data. 🔍 First look at the tool 💬 Loads of good questions 🤝 New collaboration ideas 📖 FAQ coming soon Check it out:
climate-action.heigit.org
@heigit.org
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Climate Action
https://climate-action.heigit.org
7 months ago
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Der Postillon 📯
7 months ago
US-Behörden finden überraschend Gang-Tattoo bei Elon Musk
www.der-postillon.com/2025/06/musk...
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US-Behörden finden überraschend Gang-Tattoo bei Elon Musk
Deutschlands größte Tageszeitung der Welt
https://www.der-postillon.com/2025/06/musk-ms-13.html
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Arash Ghoddousi
about 1 year ago
Published in Conservation Biology! Effectiveness of protected areas in the
#Caucasus
Mountains in preventing
#rangeland
#degradation
Using greenness indicators in 52 PAs from 1988-2019 we showed that they’re ineffective in preventing degradation OA:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Benedikt Narodoslawsky
7 months ago
Ein Gespräch mit Werner Bätzing zum
#Weltumwelttag
: Der Kulturgeograf und Autor von "Homo destructor" über den Beginn der weltweiten Umweltzerstörung, die Schattenseiten unseres materiellen Reichtums und die Gefahr des Freihandels.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Geograf Werner Bätzing: "Die Existenz des Menschen ist gefährdet"
Der Autor von "Homo destructor" über den Beginn der weltweiten Umweltzerstörung, die Schattenseiten unseres materiellen Reichtums und die Gefahr des Freihandels
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000271432/geograf-werner-baetzing-die-existenz-des-menschen-ist-gefaehrdet
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CNN
7 months ago
A judge has halted a proclamation to suspend new international student visas at Harvard hours after the university filed an amended lawsuit.
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Judge halts Trump’s proclamation to suspend new international student visas at Harvard hours after university files amended lawsuit | CNN
A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to Harvard University.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/us/harvard-trump-proclamation?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blueskyCNN&utm_content=2025-06-06T02%3A40%3A08
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We‘ve reached ~130 registrations (you guys are so amazing!), but if you are not one of them yet, you can still register till tomorrow (5.6.), 11am CEST.
#ClimateAction
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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Dan McCrum
7 months ago
“I've been thinking more and more about how much time I am almost certainly spending grading and writing feedback for papers that were not even written by the student,” one teacher said. “That sure feels like bullshit.”
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Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw
7 months ago
Forest fires could have a greater impact on clouds and climate than previously assumed > https://www.tropos.de/en/current-issues/press-releases/details/fluoreszenzlicht-macht-unsichtbaren-rauch-in-grossen-hoehen-sichtbar-wie-aktuell-von-kanadis...
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Dr. Sharan Banagiri (he/him)
7 months ago
Terrifying stuff. Sharp decline in insect numbers tied to global heating. They are at the base of ecosystems and their decline will reverberate upwards. The fact that this is probably going to happen in my life time. We really need to stop burning fossil fuels today!
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Eine tolle Kooperation, die viel Spaß macht, bei der ich schon sehr viel gelernt habe - und die in einem nützlichen Produkt resultiert. Der Climate Action Navigator ist bereits online, mehr Infos gibts bei
@heigit.org
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heigit.org/climate-acti...
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Tagesschau Bot
8 months ago
Landwirtschaft - auch mit sehr wenig Wasser
#Landwirtschaft
#Wassermangel
#Tradition
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Landwirtschaft - auch mit sehr wenig Wasser
Ein Landwirt auf Sifnos baut alte, heimische Pflanzenarten an, die mit wenig Wasser auskommen.
https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/landwirtschaft-griechenland-wassermangel-100.html
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The Washington Post
8 months ago
Irreversible tipping points in the climate system — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the wide-scale collapse of coral reefs — are closer than scientists previously believed.
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Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years
A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/05/29/15degrees-celsius-world-meteorological-organization/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Holger Nohr
8 months ago
Nach dem Gletscherabbruch in Blatten droht nun die Lonza überzulaufen und die Orte Steg und Gampel zu gefährden. Die Einwohner müssen sich auf Evakuierung vorbereiten.
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
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Gletscherabbruch Blatten - Lonza könnte in der Nacht überlaufen und zu Murgängen führen
Die Behörden haben an einer Medienkonferenz informiert. Die Situation bleibt angespannt.
https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/gletscherabbruch-blatten-lonza-koennte-in-der-nacht-ueberlaufen-und-zu-murgaengen-fuehren
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Tagesschau Bot
8 months ago
Irgendwas Hartes verkünden - egal wie unsinnig es ist
#Kommentar
#Dobrindt
#Migration
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Irgendwas Hartes verkünden - egal wie unsinnig es ist
Das, was Innenminister Dobrindt zur Migrationspolitik verkündet hat, ist reine Symbolpolitik, meint Bianca Schwarz.
https://www.tagesschau.de/kommentar/migrationspolitik-dobrindt-100.html
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Tagesschau Bot
8 months ago
Bröckelnder Berg löst Gletschersturz aus
#Bergsturz
#Gletscher
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Bröckelnder Berg löst Gletschersturz aus
Im Schweizer Kanton Wallis haben Geröllmassen zum Absturz von großen Teilen des Birchgletschers geführt.
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/gletschersturz-schweiz-100.html
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HeiGIT
8 months ago
🌍🌐 We are very much excited to present our new 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 to the world next Thursday, on this year's
#WorldEnvironmentDay
. Join us for a one-hour online event on June 5 to explore the dashboard:
heigit.org/events/clima...
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Armin Wolf
8 months ago
„You’re not a Nazi simply because you use X — but also, what exactly are you doing there?“, fragt ATLANTIC-Autor Charlie Warzel:
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Kai Ryssdal
8 months ago
This. But for everything
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America
8 months ago
Hyper-normalization: an incredibly useful word to describe the profound disconnect between what we see happening as systems and institutions collapse and what we feel we can do about it. Very worth reading:
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/may/22/hypernormalization-dysfunction-status-quo?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Die Tagespresse
8 months ago
Nach Streit um gesunde Jause: WhatsApp-KI verlässt Eltern-Chatgruppe
dietagespresse.com/nach-streit-...
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Nach Streit um gesunde Jause: WhatsApp-KI verlässt Eltern-Chatgruppe
Die WhatsApp-KI verlässt eine Eltern-Chatgruppe aus Niederösterreich und weigert sich, weiterhin "stupide" Nachrichten auszuwerten.
https://dietagespresse.com/nach-streit-um-gesunde-jause-whatsapp-ki-verlaesst-eltern-chatgruppe/
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HeiGIT
8 months ago
Our 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 is now online🎉 The dashboard shows where climate action is more needed, with data on how bike-friendly or walkable a city is and which residential areas emit more CO2:
climate-action.heigit.org
Launch event:
heigit.org/events/clima...
Info:
heigit.org/empowering-c...
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European Geosciences Union (EGU)
8 months ago
Want to bring
#geoscience
to the public in a
#creative
way? Apply for the EGU Public Engagement Grants 2025! €1500 to be awarded for up to three
#projects
that communicate geoscience to wider
#audiences
. Apply NOW! 📆 The deadline for applications is 17 June 2025. 👉 Learn more here:
egu.eu/9A8PE8
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ifeu
8 months ago
Ein Neubau verursacht rund 2,4-mal so viele graue Emissionen wie eine umfassende Sanierung. Wie Lebenszyklusanalysen bei der Klimabilanz helfen zeigt der Themenschwerpunkt Lebenszyklusbetrachtung des
#Gebaeudeforum_klimaneutral
. 👉
www.gebaeudeforum.de/themenschwer...
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Themenschwerpunkt: Lebenszyklus
Der Themenschwerpunkt „Lebenszyklus" des Gebäudeforums klimaneutral zeigt, wie LCA und Lebenszykluskostenrechnung (LCC) in der Praxis angewandt werden können – und welche Werkzeuge, Datenquellen und R...
https://www.gebaeudeforum.de/themenschwerpunkt/
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Joe Katz
8 months ago
"Waste" is when people get Medicaid. "Efficiency" is when you let 60,000 tons of food that's already been paid for rot instead of feeding someone with it.
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Rebekah Jones
8 months ago
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
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Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
https://www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-warnings-delayed-because
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