Week 44 Summary

Europe is warming, whales and microplastics, the consequences of climate change and Congo's peat bogs 


Europe, the living image of a world warming due to climate change

Temperatures in Europe have risen more than twice the global average over the past 30 years, the highest of any...

Whales swallow up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day

Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day. With this disturbing phrase you can... 

96% of humanity already suffers from climate change

Between October 2021 and September 2022, more than 7.6 billion people, 96% of the world's population, endured temperatures...

Congo's peatlands could release millions of...

5,000 years ago, the climate in the Congo suffered a drought that caused the huge layers of peat in that country to decompose and...