Posted on December 8, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Dream islands before the sinking
Natural EnvironmentsRising sea levels could soon be the Maldives’ undoing. If climate change is not stopped, most of the islands will be under water by 2100. President Mohamed Nasheed wants to draw attention to this threat. That is why he went diving with his cabinet. It was a spectacular action: Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed jumped into
Posted on December 8, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Titanic rammed by iceberg
Natural EnvironmentsThe passenger ship “Titanic” sinks in the night from 14 to 15 April 1912. A few hours earlier, the Titanic rams an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Around 1,500 people die in the shipwreck. Around 700 are rescued, most of them women and children. It is the first voyage of the luxury steamer Titanic, which
Posted on December 8, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
The rising Earth
Natural EnvironmentsTopsy-turvy world – the Earth rises above the lunar horizon. On Christmas Eve 1968, the American astronaut William Anders took this famous photo. Together with Frank Borman and James Lovell, he circled the moon several times on the Apollo 8 mission. When their space capsule came out from behind the moon again during one of
Posted on December 8, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Deadly tornado
Natural EnvironmentsA tornado leveled the small town of Joplin in the US state of Missouri on Sunday. More than 100 people died, hundreds were injured and many are still missing. The tornado swept through the middle of the town, aerial photos show a ten-kilometre-long and one-kilometre-wide path of devastation. The storm caused severe damage in many
Posted on December 8, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Dance on the volcano
Natural EnvironmentsIt is the most active volcano on earth: Kilauea in Hawaii. Since 1983, it has been spewing lava from craters and fissures, creating a magnificent natural spectacle. Kilauea measures 1247 metres, and its older siblings Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea even tower more than 4000 metres above the sea. It is about 200,000 years since
Posted on December 8, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Stone corrosion on Cologne Cathedral
Natural EnvironmentsIt is crumbling, splintering and weathering: the ravages of time are gnawing away at Cologne Cathedral. Acid rain has already eaten away at the famous building. Laws on air pollution control have been reducing the pollution levels for some years now. But pigeon droppings, exhaust fumes and the weather continue to attack the old walls