A common misconception is that tourists play a big role in harming The Great Barrier Reefs. However, the lack of tourism due to the pandemic is currently doing more harm to the reef than when tourism was abundant in the area.
After devastating floods in Western Europe last week, desperation about the state of the world has finally reached Europeans too. Other continents were way before us but my privileged European ass has been blind to it all.
Sea ice around the Arctic hasn't started freezing again even though this time of year a period of refreezing usually commences. It is the first time since records began that it takes this long for the ice to start freezing.
The city of Antwerp is hosting Klimaatfestival, a climate festival in artistic house Het Bos on the 14th of October until the 18th. The climate festival challenges you to look at climate change through a cultural-philosophical lens.