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Where the plants hibernate In the orangery of Oranienbaum Palace, a gardener tends to over 300 tropical plants, including citrus fruits, palms, and fig trees. Cold-sensitive potted plants are moved to a light-filled overwintering house in late autumn. The 176-meter-long orangery, dating from the 19th century, is part of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.

Where the plants hibernate

Global warming was over 1.5 degrees in 2024 2024 was the first year since measurements began in which it was on average over 1.5 degrees warmer than the pre-industrial average. This was reported by the Climate Change Service of the EU Copernicus programme. However, the 1.5 degree target of the Paris Climate Agreement is not yet considered to have been missed, as this is based on a longer period of time.

Global warming was over 1.5 degrees in 2024

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King Charles: A Green Monarch For more than 50 years, the British King Charles III has been committed to environmental and climate protection, ecological agriculture and species conservation worldwide.

King Charles: A Green Monarch

Deaths from storms and tornadoes in the USA More than two dozen dead, destroyed neighbourhoods, uprooted trees: violent tornadoes bring destruction to the south of the USA. The disaster hits a particularly poor region of the country. One tornado in particular stands out.

Deaths from storms and tornadoes in the USA

Climate change The near-surface air layers of the Earth's continents and oceans have warmed considerably since the middle of the 20th century. In recent decades, climate change has manifested itself in the increase of extreme hot temperatures, the steady rise of sea levels and the changing frequency of extreme precipitation. Most importantly, there is a man-made increase in greenhouse gases due to increased carbon dioxide and other emissions from industry, transport, agriculture and households. Soil sealing and deforestation also have an impact on the climate.

Climate change

Fridays for Future: Protest in Berlin Thousands of people gathered in Berlin on Friday (31 May 2024) for a demonstration organised by the climate protection movement Fridays for Future. In an initial estimate, the police spoke of more than 5,000 participants. According to the organisers, more than 13,000 people demonstrated in Berlin for climate protection, democracy and against the right. The rally started at noon in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

Fridays for Future: Protest in Berlin

New depot for electric and biomethane buses Rostocker Straßenbahn AG (RSAG) has officially opened a bus depot adapted for alternative drive systems after six months of conversion work. The buses can be fuelled with electric energy and biomethane, and it is planned to gradually convert all bus services to climate-friendly drive systems over the next few years.

New depot for electric and biomethane buses