https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Rhine River water temperature is three degrees Celsius above its natural average, the result of power plants along the river and global warming, German environmental group BUND said in a report issued Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090630/20301 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:56:00 +0200 20301 Climate change could be leading to bigger and more numerous spiders, according to a new study published by a group of German and Danish scientists in British journal Biology Letters on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090506/19095 Wed, 06 May 2009 11:05:00 +0200 19095 Humans and farm animals were known to emit harmful greenhouse gases through digestion, but German researchers said Tuesday that aquatic worms and bugs are contributing to climate change by farting laughing gas. https://www.thelocal.de/20090303/17771 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:37:00 +0100 17771 Natural disasters killed over 220,000 people in 2008, making it one of the most devastating years on record and underlining the need for a global climate deal, the world's number two reinsurer Munich Re said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081229/16429 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:20:00 +0100 16429 Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the German government’s expert for climate change, warned on Monday the process of global warming was occurring much faster than is widely known. https://www.thelocal.de/20081229/16415 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:29:00 +0100 16415 The German automobile federation VDA slammed on Tuesday an EU compromise on rules to cut CO2 emissions from new cars, saying it ignored the sector's current crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20081202/15869 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:11:00 +0100 15869 Five Berlin districts have agreed to ban patio heaters at outdoor restaurants in the new year because the heat lamps guzzle energy and pollute the air, city officials said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081026/15144-3 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:14:00 +0100 15144-3 Mid-winter outdoor eating and drinking – and smoking – in the warm thanks to the power of patio heaters looks to have its days numbers in Berlin at least, with several city districts set to ban them. https://www.thelocal.de/20080831/14007 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:28:00 +0200 14007 Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze (2,962 metres), is getting a special shield to protect its glacier from melting, the company that runs the mountain's ski resort, Bayerische Zugspitzbahn, said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080604/12281 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:54:00 +0200 12281