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An Icelandic pony has been rescued by the fire department in Dresden after falling out of a narrow ditch. The animal was unable to move forwards or backwards under its own power in the afternoon and was up to its neck in the ditch, the emergency serv ..
Unfavorable weather conditions in the winter months and a Saharan dust event over Easter have worsened air quality in Saxony in 2024. According to the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG), particulate matter concent ..
Saxony is mediocre in the "Heat Check" by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH). All six cities examined in the state received a yellow card in the analysis - making them averagely affected by summer heat. In its heat check, the DUH investigated the extent to w ..
At Lake Bockwitz, visitors can now learn about grazing on a nature trail. This is because water buffalo, Konik horses, Taurus cattle and Boer goats now graze in a nature reserve where lignite was once mined. The nature trail comprises three different ..
The oak processionary moth loves the warmth. Like certain mosquito and tick species, the pest benefits from climate change and is increasingly spreading in Germany. As in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse ..
Double joy at Hoyerswerda Zoo: the meerkats and whooper swans have had offspring. The young animals were born at the beginning of May and are now showing off to visitors, as the zoo announced. The whooper swans are therefore a first. It is the first ..
Although nitrate levels in Saxony's groundwater are slowly decreasing compared to values from 15 years ago, they are still above average in a nationwide comparison. This was announced by the State Statistical Office on Environment Day on June 5. Acco ..
Summers are getting hotter - this is becoming more and more of a problem, especially in cities. Local authorities should therefore use heat action plans to better prepare the population and infrastructure for periods of heat. This is the aim of the C ..
The modernization of Leipzig Zoo, which has been underway for a quarter of a century, is due to be completed in 2028. By then, the last three projects from the "Zoo of the Future" master plan should also be implemented, as Director Jörg Junhold said. ..
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is calling for climate targets to be adjusted in light of the current situation. "It is enough for Germany to be climate-neutral by 2050," he said in an interview with Wirtschaftswoche. "Energy sec ..
Fewer sparrows, fewer blackbirds and a negative trend in other bird species too - the nature conservation association Nabu is alarmed after evaluating the "Garden Bird Count" in Saxony. The decline in birdlife is dramatic and should no longer be igno ..