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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-3 + 4: Forest condition and dieback rate

    FW-I-3 + 4: Forest condition and dieback rate 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate … BMEL (nationwide forest condition survey) Forest in poor condition with trees dying For many years, the condition of crowns was considered a suitable indicator … cases, it was predominantly individual trees and smallish stands of trees which died. Wide areas of dead stands present reforestation with particularly demanding …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    BO-R-1: Humus contents in soils of arable land and grassland soils

    The picture shows a hand forming a small mound of dark-brown, humus-rich soil.

    … . 102 - Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft 2023: Infografiken – Wie groß ist die Anbaufläche von Zwischenfrüchten und wofür werden sie verwendet? … /infografiken/wie-gross-ist-die-anbauflaeche-von-zwischenfruechten-und-wofuer-werden-sie-verwendet . 103 - UBA – Umweltbundesamt: Emissionen der Landnutzung, -änderung …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    WW-I-10: Water temperature of watercourses

    The picture shows a shallow, slow-flowing watercourse in sunny weather under a cloudless sky. Through the clear, reddish-brown shimmering water, the stony bed of the river is visible; some of the stones in the foreground project beyond the surface of the water. The banks are lined by mixed woodlands.

    … extremely high temperatures in 2018 and the associated lack of oxygen led to fish dying in many German water bodies, including the Upper Rhine basin. WW-I-10: Water temperature of watercourses … 28 °C in places. In many of Germany’s watercourses, such as the Upper Rhine, fish died from lack of oxygen. In the case of massive losses of fish in the river Oder …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … ).   137 - BBK – Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (Hg.) 2015: Die unterschätzten Risiken „Stark­regen“ und „Sturzfluten“ – Ein Handbuch für Bürger … K., Walawender E., Weigl E., Becker A. 2018: RADKLIM Version 2017.002: Reprozessierte, mit Stationsdaten angeeichte Radarmessungen (RADOLAN), …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    TOU-I-3: Market shares held by wider tourism areas

    The illustration ’Wider tourism areas in Germany’ contains a map of the travel areas in Germany showing five individual wider tourism areas in aggregated form.. Alps with alpine foothills, coasts and urban areas are regions characterised by very specific properties. The uplands and other areas are heterogeneous and extensive.

    … coasts of North Sea and Baltic Sea (cf. Indicator TOU-I-1 ) and at inland water bodies from Lake Constance to the Mecklenburg Lakeland – can become much longer owing … abgebildet in: DTV – Deutscher Tourismusverband e.V. (Hg.) 2002: 100 Jahre DTV – Die Entwicklung des Tourismus in Deutschland 1902–2002. 208 - UBA – Umweltbundesamt, …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Forestry

    Stack of wood logs

    … It can severely affect the vitality of trees. Although mature trees rarely die from the direct effects of drought, it can increase their sensitivity to other … among deciduous trees. The crown condition of conifers showed no trend. Increased dying of trees was observed. If the canopy of the trees becomes thinner, the forest … use to defend themselves against bark beetles and other pests. This makes it easier for them to penetrate the bark and wood. Other tree species also experienced …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-3: Heavy rain impacting on roads

    The picture shows a gully on a flooded road. The waterspout indicates where the gully is located. There are safety cones beside the gully. A car wheel is visible at the very edge of the picture.

    …   164 - BBK – Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (Hg.) 2015: Die unterschätzten Risiken „Stark­regen“ und „Sturzfluten“ – Ein Handbuch für Bürger … K., Walawender E., Weigl E., Becker A. 2018: RADKLIM Version 2017.002: Reprozessierte, mit Stationsdaten angeeichte Radarmessungen (RADOLAN), …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-7: Health hazards from vibrios – case study

    The picture shows an outstretched foot on a sandy beach. There are two abrasions visible above the ankle.

    … temperatures resulting from climate change drive biological processes in water bodies, favouring, for instance, the growth and reproduction of infectious vibrio … aches, the infection can damage a person’s health, for instance through body tissue dying (necroses) and in severe cases to an infection of the blood flow (sepsis), … time. Once the water temperature drops to less than 10 °C, the bacteria die or – as presumed by scientists – they partly survive in an inactive state in the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FI-I-3: Occurrence of thermophilic species in inland waters – case study

    The picture shows two men in waterproof working clothes standing in a small boat on Lake Constance. One of them is holding a fishing net. He seems to be pulling it out of the water. In the background, the lakeshore and a settlement are visible.

    … from conservation-based constraints or changes in the nutrient contents of water bodies. Protracted periods of drought – arising from progressive climate change – pose … Dessau-Roßlau, 277 pp. https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/5750/publikationen/2021-06-10_cc_22-2021_kwra2021_wasser.pdf . 89 - Basen T., …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas

    The picture shows the construction of a new road. The partly finished road foundation is visible. In the foreground the foundation is still being completed whereas in the background it is already sealed. Half-way along the site a vibratory plate is standing. To the left of the new road, mounds of earth are visible - behind those a treeline. In the background, the roofs of a residential area are visible.

    … C., Albrecht J., Thinius K., Ferber U., Eckert K. 2021: Bessere Nutzung von Entsiegelungspotenzialen zur Wiederherstellung von Bodenfunktionen und zur … 360 pp. https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/bessere-nutzung-von-entsiegelungspotenzialen-zur 223 - Die Bundesregierung (Hg.) 2021: Die deutsche Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    BAU-R-2: Green roofs in cities

    The picture shows the metal facade of a modern commercial building almost completely covered with a climbing plant.

    … for other stakeholders in its capacity as developer and proprietor. 148   145 - Sieker H., Steyer R., Büter B., Leßmann D., Tils R. von, Becker C., Hübner S. 2019: Untersuchung der Potentiale für die Nutzung von Regenwasser zur Verdunstungskühlung in Städten. Umweltbundesamt … Expertise „Klimaanpassungsstrategien zur Überflutungsvorsorge verschiedener Siedlungstypen als kommunale Gemeinschaftsaufgabe“. Bonn: 37, 43. …