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Wildfires, drought, melting glaciers – the impact of climate change is clear to see. But what about the impact on our oceans? They’re undergoing serious change: sea temperatures are rising – leading to a dangerous increase in ocean acidity. A mass die-off of numerous species is currently underway, which could …

Shifting wind patterns are making extreme weather events more likely. This is because the wind, which distributes areas of high and low pressure along the latitude lines of the Earth, is also being influenced by climate change. The wind is the motor for our weather. It brings us both sunshine …

Climate change is causing temperatures to rise. Extreme weather events and droughts are increasing. Springs and wells are drying up. And everyone needs more water. The battles for control over precious water reserves have begun. In some countries, water has always been available in abundance – and is wasted carelessly …

Planting trees will save the climate. At least, that’s the claim of many environmental organizations. As a result, massive reforestation efforts are taking place worldwide. But just how effective are these campaigns? It sounds tempting: If we can just plant enough trees, we can halt climate change. And we won’t …

Private jets. Mega-yachts. Helicopters. Mansions. The luxury lifestyles of the ultra-rich are pumping our air full of pollutants. So how do we clean them up – and why is progress so slow? Credits Reporter: Ajit Niranjan Video Editor: Nils Reinecke Supervising editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer We’re destroying our environment …

Climate change is a threat to human rights. Court rulings are now making governments and businesses sit up and listen. Sitting back and doing nothing to stop global warming is becoming less and less of an option, as more and more citizens seek redress in the highest courts. Top courts …

Eleni Myrivili has the mammoth task of ensuring the survival of Athens. As the city’s newly appointed “chief heat officer,” she is working on ways to prepare the Greek capital for the consequences of climate change. That’s no small feat: The city has 3 million residents — and is almost …

How many millions of people will be forced to leave their homes by 2050? This documentary looks at the so-called hotspots of climate change in the Sahel zone, Indonesia and the Russian Tundra. Lake Chad in the Sahel zone has already shrunk by 90 percent since the 1960s due to …

Bringing up climate change is one tried and true way to ruin a dinner party — and leave people feeling helpless and apathetic. But it doesn’t have to be that way, if we change how we communicate. So let’s talk, about how we talk, about climate change. Reporter: Amanda Coulson-Drasner …

Long periods of sunny weather; a few heavy rain showers. That’s all fine…or is it? With increasing frequency, summer days are turning into long periods of drought, while rainfall is causing catastrophic flooding. Whereas weather systems were relatively moderate and predictable in recent centuries, now they appear to have been …