@bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
Post #4351197
2026-08-03 08:45 UTC
Climate diary: For a trip with my son, I drove from Heidelberg to north of Hamburg this weekend. 500+ km straight through Germany. I haven't seen anything like this. This country is bone-dry. Dry grass, dry shrubs, dry trees as far as the eye can see for hundreds of kilometers. It looks a lot like Portugal in summer. Honestly, the only thing I could feel is fear.
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@bastianallgeier@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 08:50
If this wasn't Mastodon, some smart-ass would probably tell me that there are also people living in Portugal, enjoying the nice weather for centuries or some other shit like this. Our vegetation is not made for this. It cannot adapt quickly enough. Go, look outside.
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@bastianallgeier@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 09:40
There's an official drought monitor for Germany btw and it also really does not look great at all if you measure it. The one thing is seeing and feeling it, but there's actually data behind it too. https://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=37937