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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    TOU-I-2: Snow cover for winter tourism

    The picture shows a ski lift heading for a slope wooded predominantly with conifer trees. The slope is covered with a thin layer of snow. However, in the foreground especially, there are large areas of ground without any snow cover thus revealing grass and bare earth. A radiant sun is shining brightly from a cloudless sky.

    … in Germany, the number of days with a natural snow cover in depths of at least 30 cm does not show any significant trend. In the Alps and the eastern uplands … 205 - BMUB & UBA – Umweltbundesamt (Hg.) 2017: Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2016. Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen … 206 - BMUB & UBA – Umweltbundesamt (Hg.) 2017: Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2016. Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen …

  • KomPass: Article from 20.09.2019 | Last changed: 22.10.2019

    GoApply

    … formats in the German pilot region in Kempten/Allgäu . Altogether, two stakeholder workshops were implemented in the city of Kempten/Allgäu (documentation in German …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FI-I-1: Distribution of thermophilic marine species

    The picture shows several sardines swimming along the bottom of the sea. Below and behind the fish it is possible to see rocks and aquatic plants.

    … of fish communities. The analysis of catch records relating to more than the past 30 years in five research areas within the German Bight, reveals that more and more … the frequency of such catches decreased in recent years, and distinctly so after 2017. In those areas, the catch frequency relating to the lusitanian species – as represented in the indicator – declined during the period of 2017 to 2021 from almost 100 % to 67 % in 2020. This trend reversal is attributed to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    LW-R-2 + 3: Cultivating thermophilic crops and adapting variety spectrum

    … prevailing climatic circumstances. The first sorghum varieties were certified in 2017. In deciding on annual crop varieties, agricultural businesses can be … requires careful deliberation, because vines have a long lifespan of up to 20 or 30 years. Besides, wine happens to be an agricultural product with extraordinarily … Associated content Documents LW-R-2 Indikator-Factsheet (230.37 kB) LW-R-3 Indikator-Factsheet (182.10 kB) Tags millet Competence Centre on …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.12.2024

    GE-I-1: Heat stress

    The picture a woman´s face with beads of perspiration caused by the summer heat. The woman is holding a hand to her forhead. In the left-hand side of the picture is a thermometer indicating 40°C air temperature.

    … trend towards increasing numbers of ‘hot days’ (with a daily maximum temperature of 30 °C or more) and of ‘tropical nights’ with a temperature minimum of 20 °C or more … differentiated illustration of the mean number of heat warnings in the years from 2017 to 2021 demonstrates that there are major regional differences in the extent of … GE-I-2 ). Days with heat warnings in DWD warning districts – mean of the years 2017–2021 The south-west along the Upper Rhine Rift Valley is Germany’s heat …

  • 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.

    … serious consequences impacting on road traffic. In Germany, from 5 to more than 30 % of federal trunk roads are affected every year by heavy rain at warning level … Heavy rain impacting on roads Source: DWD (Radar Climatology RADKLIM (RW) Version 2017.002)/ BASt (BISStra) Heavy rain events can occur anywhere In 2021, the flooding … Klameth A., Lengfeld 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: 12.12.2024

    FW-R-2: Conservation of forest-genetic resources

    The picture shows a seed plantation in flower, as well as high trees. In the grassland between the trees, tyre tracks are visible.

    … last update on 28.11.2023 FW-R-2: Conservation of forest-genetic resources Up until 2017, it was possible to expand the in-situ and ex-situ conservation resources. The … area used for in-situ and ex-situ genetic conservation objects increased up until 2017. Only the terrain of in-situ stands decreased slightly between 2010 and 2012. … the area of in-situ stands increased from 12,681 to 32,405 ha between 2004 and 2017. The data captured in the latest data collection with declaration date …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use

    The picture shows a dense spruce forest. Several trees are dead, and in the foreground there is deadwood lying on the forest floor.

    … total in German commercial forests has increased significantly over the past 30 years. The average proportion during this period amounted to roughly 26 % … of damaged timber than comparable hurricanes. The autumn tempest Xavier in October 2017 caused damage in deciduous woodlands in Brandenburg, as trees were still in … leaf, whilst the low-pressure related storm Burglind, right on the cusp between 2017 and 2018, as well as Friederike in mid-January, broke trees in the western and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-I-3: Hailstone damage in agriculture

    The picture shows a field of maize after a tempest. The maize plants are heavily damaged, with stalks snapped off. Between the plants, there are still areas of standing water.

    … April and mid-August by a sequence of thunderstorms of extraordinary violence. In 2017 there was substantial damage caused by changeable weather patterns with … higher than in the three preceding years and also higher than the mean of the past 30 years. However, it was not as high as the peak values recorded for the 1980s and … 110 - BMEL (Hg.) 2017: Extremwetterlagen in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft – Maßnahmen zur Prävention …