Walk against global warming - Velosophie

Climate change is one of the most important issues of our time. In industrialized countries, made great efforts to solve the problem of climate change to be found. But the fact is that all are required to solve this problem.

One of the key words in the debate on climate change is the "mobility". This means, among other things, alternatives to road transport, especially when they materialize, where travel by car and can easily be replaced (in towns and cities), by walking or transport that do not cause CO2 emissions .

The bicycle is here as the ideal way to transport. Compared with other countries - Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavian countries in particular - have Austrian cities and towns, however, a high deficit in the proportion of bicycle traffic in total traffic. For comparison: in the Netherlands and Denmark, six (!) The largest number of miles on a bicycle in Austria.

The "Ride Against Global Warming. More bicycle. Less CO2." Special - together with partners in the bicycle industry and with the support of the Ministry of life - the goal, the proportion of total traffic of bicycles in the next five years to double.

This results in addition to the important contribution to climate change as an economic outlook for the Austrian business cycle. For the city and daily life of bicycles and bicycle accessories suitable for the coming years, with the continuing increase in sales figures to be.

And maybe even a cycling boom in us!

What we make of it depends on us. And make our contribution to climate change must be determined. Signs of the times are, in any event not to be missed!

Velosophie free magazine, which now appears quarterly, is the spokesperson for this initiative. It aims to raise awareness of people: Sensible treat our environment, if possible, leave your car, bike or walk.

Velosophie want, but especially one: the fun of the bike and enjoy an active life in a inatkten.


Info: www.rideagainstglobalwarming
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Source: http://www.paul-lange.de/news/news/events_veranstaltungen/ride_against_global_warming/de

Warm socks against Global Warming

Because the Earth is warmer, globally, need to guard against the northern Europeans soon warm socks. This contradiction is, in fact, none. Owing to higher temperatures in the Arctic and Greenland in the near future could lead to Europe's energy bomb, the Gulf, are becoming weaker and eventually absent.

Currently, these currents carried from the tropics is hardly conceivable amount of energy - is equivalent to one hundred times what the human world of the energy consumed - to Europe. This energy heats the earth's surface in the region, the average annual rate of at least five degrees Celsius. If the Gulf of, does this mean for northern Europe eiskalte about ten degrees colder winter. And this is - to natural emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide or methane - possibly happen in the next century, researchers warn in the British magazine Now Ecologista.
Background is the recognition that the Gulf Stream in the Arctic, the relatively high concentration of salt near the surface of the ocean water as a motor. Too much fresh water entering the rivers in the northern hemisphere, or the melting of polar ice caps of Greenland ice or salt water affects these engines like the sand in the gears a gasoline engine. The Gulf Stream begins to "jump" and eventually die. Flows of only 0.25 percent more freshwater into the North Atlantic, do this - so the data from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies - to a sudden end Nordwärtsströmung of the Gulf.

Hardly noticed by the world public opinion is already a similar power in the Mediterranean Sea by global warming, collapsed. In the past cold water flowed from the Adriatic Sea on the seabed along the southeastern Aegean Sea and the Levantine Basin. In turn, poured hot water from the Aegean Sea in the Adriatic. But this is no longer the case. Because of a likely global warming, caused increased evaporation of water and less fresh water near the surface of the salt waters of the eastern Mediterranean. Instead of coming to this northeast reduces hot water from now on the seabed of the Aegean - with unknown consequences for the ecosystem of the Mediterranean.

This example of how to respond to the current sensitive to climate change, should be warning enough. Europeans should not wait until the Gulf has changed its direction, but the next time you go shopping warm wool. Then we could take effect next winter Einzuheizen in socks - in the food cycle of sheep grazing - the use of solar energy stocks. There would be no fossil fuels and thus saving greenhouse gases and the Gulf perhaps a little more alive. []

Source: http://www.eco-world.de/scripts/basics/econews/basics.prg?a_no=479