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  • 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.

    … which – like the fish themselves – prefer water at colder temperatures. At the same time, new species emanating from more southerly seas have encroached on the North … the turn of the millennium, Box A already contained some thermophilic species every time. However, the frequency of such catches decreased in recent years, and …

  • 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.

    … BO-I-4 ). Changed precipitation scenarios also affect humus formation. For the time being, it is not possible to make any statistically-assured statements on … proceeds very slowly, and there are measuring inaccuracies. Hence, long time series would be required to draw any statistically assured conclusions.   100 - …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    LW-R-1: Adaptation of management rhythms

    The picture shows a person standing in a field of maize inspecting the leaves of a young maize plant.

    … are forced to adapt their management planning accordingly. The most favourable times for tilling, sowing and harvesting and for the application of fertiliser and …

  • Press release 07/2021 from 15.03.2021 | Last changed: 16.06.2021

    Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … according to the specifications of the Federal Climate Protection Act for the first time. The cut in emissions achieved in 2020 is the largest since German … targets for each individual sector, which are now taking effect for the first time." ⁠UBA's President Dirk Messner said, "We can observe that climate policy …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-8: Forest fire hazards and forest fires

    The picture shows an extensive forest fire. Greyish-white smoke is rising from the seat of the fire. A burnt forest area is visible in the background.

    … on wind speeds, fire monitoring and fire fighting capacities – in other words, the time it takes until a fire is tackled as well as the intensity of that fire. Apart … the 5-level scale, the higher the forest fire hazard. Over recent years, the time series for the number of days on which high index values were reported at levels 4 …

  • 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.

    … stands are distinctly higher and the timber qualities often inferior. At the same time – especially in the aftermath of major damage events – timber prices decline … change, there can also be other trends exerting strong influences on the time series. As far as the age structure of German forests is concerned, stands tend to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

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

    … extensive areas fell victim to dieback. The dieback rate in 2020 was more than 20 times higher than in the previous years of 2010 to 2019. In locations where …

  • Press release 21/2025 from 28.05.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Rat poison harms fish and accumulates in the environment

    Ratte am Wasser

    … of fish in German rivers are contaminated with rat poison residues. For the first time, an extensive laboratory study commissioned by the German Environment Agency … of fish in German rivers are contaminated with rat poison residues. For the first time, an extensive laboratory study commissioned by the German Environment Agency …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    TOU-I-1: Coastal bathing temperatures

    The picture shows an elderly woman, a toddler and a child of school age from behind; they are all wearing summer clothing. Holding hands, they are walking on the beach towards the waves. The woman is holding two buckets for digging in the sand.

    … Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 TOU-I-1: Coastal bathing temperatures The time period in which seawater temperatures potentially make a bathing holiday on … values of 24.5 °C and in Neustadt (Holstein) 26.0 °C were measured. The two time series covered by the indicator have been rising since the beginning of the 1990s …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-6 + 7: Endangered spruce stands and spruce bark beetle

    … the drought years of 2018 to 2020, the volume of beetle-damaged timber was 189 times as high as the multi-annual average recorded for the period of 1998 to 2017. … timber increased by several multiples. It is also possible to infer – from the time series – the impacts of extreme storm years (such as Lothar in 1999 and Cyril in …

  • News from 29.11.2021 | Last changed: 30.11.2021

    Towards a sustainable chemical intensity

    So far, economic development causes chemical intensification, still too often disproportionate high

    … The risks for health and the environment need to be globally minimized. At the same time, the opportunities for the societies by chemicals need to be maximized … risks for health and the environment need to be globally minimized. At the same time, the opportunities for the societies by chemicals need to be maximized in all …