A good look at the rising temperatures in the us cities welcome to tomorrow today the science show on t. W. The Northern Hemisphere is the 2nd hottest summer since records began and is just coming to an end. In the last 140 years theres only been one some a hotter than this 12016 thats here august was particularly roasting the fall of hottest summers were all in the last 5 years Climate Change is catching up with us its particularly evident in cities because they become heat ivans. Help and heating is the name given to the socalled heat island effect temperatures and towns and cities rise more sharply than in the surrounding areas because of the density of streets and buildings and the. Many people cars and trains all of which produce heat. Spread over the year the mean air temperature in areas is around 1. 00 to 3. 00 degrees celsius warmer than areas outside and only spaces within them. On top of this town and city centers often cool down fall less at night because the buildings dens
Thousands of bell ruffians have taken to the streets of minsk for the 9th consecutive sunday to protest against president Alexander Lukashenko police used water cannon and stun grenades to disperse the crowd and have detained at least 100 protesters including journalists. Nigeria has dissolved a Controversial Police unit tuesday violating human rights it follows days of demonstrations across the country against Police Brutality protests broke out after a video circulated allegedly showing officers shooting dead a man in delta state sunday Nigerian Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters in the capital. This is deja news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website dot com. Ironically going to another edition of your own actually im your host meghan lee now there is a good reason why i am literally hanging here in the balance on a portable ledge more about that soon but 1st heres a look at what else weve got coming up. Find ou
D 2 you know that 77 percent. Are younger than 6 of. Thats me and me and you. And you know what time all voices are. On the 77 percent. This is where. The 77 percent this weekend on d w. Fear anxiety and loneliness and then corona came along. Added isolation for those with dementia is damaging. So is forgetting to follow the new rules. To avoid getting or transmitting the virus. Its also a challenge and danger for can give is. Theres more evidence showing a person with dementia in a care home is actually at higher risk of catching covert 19 the risk of severe symptoms rises steeply with age one in 10 deaths have been people over 60. So how do you go about isolating someone who for whom isolation is the worst thing possible and explain to them what the coronavirus is and how to respond when they keep forgetting well talk to a dimension nurse about that in a moment 1st this report on how our families coping with the same situation in india. Quarantine has been fun for the sooty. She has
World is a good investment lets get straight to julia who has all of the details on this news. The big question of what content social media giants should allow users to share is in the spotlight as facebook and twitter limited the distribution of a New York Post story that claims to show smoking guns and video related to President Biden and his son. A story the Biden Campaign refute saying it wasnt asked about key items in the article twitter blocked the story on wednesday saying it violated its policy of distributing material with hacked material with personal and private information. This comes after President Trump filed an order that the scope does not permit companies to editorialize activity. Today it was said that he intends to move forward with a rule making. Now following this announcement, two democrat fcc commissioners have come out in opposition they say he should not do the president s bidding. This seems different in that twitter and facebook have sensored the distributi
Thomas said a center his art works explore the pressing issues of our times reflecting on how we can live more sustainable lives and use our resources more sparingly hes also interested in alternative means of travel and how art can inspire us to think outside the box. A little bit. I mean. When you go you know thank. You thank you thank you. The argentinian performance and installation artist takes an interdisciplinary approach to his work and regularly cooperates with scientific risk. Such institutions like when he launched this experiment in bolivia to test out the possibilities of emissions free air travel. This is sad to say knows beilin studio where he plans and prepare as his many projects. Satirist i know has always been fascinated by the interplay between arts and science he studied art and architecture in argentina and then attended frankfurts. Art school on a scholarship he also took part in a nasa research project. Has become an internationally sought after office in part b