Month: July 2024

According to preliminary data from the EU climate change service Copernicus, the record for the hottest day worldwide, which was only reached on Sunday, was exceeded again on Monday. The global average surface temperature rose to 17.15 degrees Celsius, 0.06 degrees higher than Sunday’s record of 17.09 degrees. The previous high of 17.08 degrees Celsius was measured on July 6, 2023. Before that, the record for the global daily average temperature was 16.8 degrees Celsius on August 13, 2016. However, since July 3, 2023, there have been 57 days on…

This year, Earth Overshoot Day will be celebrated on August 1. As the environmental organization Germanwatch announced on Thursday, this is the day on which, according to the Global Footprint Network, the world’s population will have used up all the resources the planet could naturally replace within a year. “For decades, the Earth’s overload has increased almost every year, and it has now been hovering at a high level for almost ten years,” explained Christoph Bals, Political Director of Germanwatch. However, a turning point can be recognized. Congestion could soon…

Fruit and vegetables are healthy, including for the microbiome in the intestines. As the meta-study by a research team in Graz shows, regular consumption contributes to bacterial diversity in the human gut. The influence is particularly strong in the first years of life. The human microbiome, i.e. the entirety of all microorganisms that colonize the gut, is largely transmitted to babies via the maternal microbiome and passed on with breast milk. However, other sources have not yet been proven, according to TU Graz in its press release. However, the team…