Everything that's going wrong on this planet
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We live in an age of abundance. Supermarkets throw away tons of food, fashion chains release new collections every week, electronics are replaced even though they still work and huge parking lots are filled with new cars for which there aren’t even any buyers yet. The modern economy seems to follow a simple principle: produce, sell, replace — and start…
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We talk about CO₂, plastic and species extinction — but right beneath our feet, a crisis is unfolding that hardly anyone notices. Around the world, fertile soils are becoming increasingly saline. What sounds harmless at first threatens crops, ecosystems and ultimately our food supply. How did it come to this? And why did earlier generations know methods that often prevented…
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Morning, 8:15 a.m.: Columns of cars push their way bumper-to-bumper through the city. Exactly one person sits in every other car. Climate crisis? Somewhere between a podcast, a coffee-to-go and cruise control, it seems to momentarily fade from view. Modern transportation has become one of the greatest contradictions of our time: We know everything — and yet we do surprisingly…
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Every four years, something fascinating happens: millions of people stay up late, glued to their screens, debating offside calls and celebrating goals as if they’d scored them themselves. A World Cup is more than just a sporting event — it’s a global spectacle. But behind the images of cheering fans, sold-out stadiums and reports of economic success lies a far…
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Look around at the rhythm of an ordinary day: a takeaway coffee on the commute, a parcel at the door, plastic wrapping torn open without a second thought. By evening, it all lies crumpled in a bin — leftovers, cardboard, outdated gadgets, single-use packaging. Out of sight, supposedly gone. But nothing truly disappears. Every discarded cup and broken device adds…
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Every minute, rainforest disappears worldwide on a scale that‘s difficult to comprehend. Extrapolated over a year, we are talking about an area the size of Ireland – deforested, burned or permanently damaged. What sounds like a distant environmental problem to many affects our climate, our food supply and ultimately our future. The tropical rainforest is not an exotic natural museum,…
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Imagine a world in which it suddenly becomes quieter. Not all at once, but gradually. First, a bird disappears, whose name hardly anyone knows. Then a frog, an insect, a fish. No siren, no outcry — just another gap in the great puzzle of life. That is exactly what is happening right now. While we scroll, stream and plan, the…
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Climate change is one of those topics that immediately stirs up emotions. For some, it’s the greatest threat of our time, while others consider it exaggerated or politically exploited. That is precisely why it’s worth taking a sober, science-based look at the issue: What do we really know today? How has the climate changed historically? And what does a warmer…
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Imagine turning on the tap — and nothing comes out. While we in Europe flush liters of clean water down the toilet or water our gardens without a second thought, billions of people around the world struggle every day for every single sip. This stark inequality is not a future scenario, but a bitter reality — and it affects not…
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Imagine this: in a few decades, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea. Sounds exaggerated? Unfortunately not. Microplastics are now found in water, in the air — and even in the human brain. What began as a cheap revolution in the packaging industry has developed into a global environmental and health crisis. Why we love plastic Plastic…
