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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

    … patterns Highway maintenance services were extraordinarily busy in 2007, 2010, 2018 and 2021. In 2007 and 2010 the main task was to remedy the damage wrought by hurricanes Cyril and Xynthia respectively. In 2018 the impacts of storm, hailstones and heavy rain kept the highway maintenance … disasters was particularly high in the years 2007 and 2010, and latterly also in 2018 and 2021. In the first-mentioned decades, a large area of Germany was struck by …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-4: Coastal morphology – case study

    The picture shows a light-brown cliffscape near Ahrenshoop on the Baltic Sea coast. At the foot of the cliff, you can see the sea and the spray of a wave. In one coastal section, you can see loose material and rock fragments which have been shifted from the cliff top to the bottom of the cliff.

    … the influence of storm surges on coastal decline: During the periods of 2017 / 2018 and 2018 / 2019 storm surges (some of them severe), caused partly severe erosion on the Fischland-Hochufer shore. In the autumn of 2018, east winds combined with major water volumes in the Baltic Sea, caused sea …

  • Press release 08/2020 from 18.02.2020 | Last changed: 28.02.2020

    German environmental industry remains strong

    Windräder bei Nacht

    … companies produced environmental protection goods worth over 86 billion euros in 2018 – about six percent of Germany’s total industrial production. Germany’s 13.6 … more frequently than non-green startups (39% vs. 29%, source: GreenStartup Monitor 2018 ). The German Environment Agency therefore proposes the establishment of a … companies produced environmental protection goods worth over 86 billion euros in 2018 – about six percent of Germany’s total industrial production. Germany’s 13.6 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-3: Cooling degree days

    The picture shows the glass frontage of a house reflecting the sun. Some of the windows are part-shaded by means of external roller shutters.

    … (RW) Version 2017.002)/ BKG (DLM250) Increasing demands on summer heat protection 2018 and latterly 2022 have so far been the hottest years in Germany since meteorological records began. So far 2018 has been the only year in which more than 20 hot days were recorded when the … that, among other endeavours, and in view of the extraordinarily hot years of 2018, 2019 and finally 2022, and also in view of the GEG regulations to summer heat …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-9: Spring algal bloom in lakes

    The picture shows an aerial view of a lake. Its surface is coloured a luminous green in places, owing to spring algal bloom. There are agricultural fields visible in the lake’s vicinity.

    … (Copernicus Sentinel 2 Data [2023 modified]: Kummerower See image dated 07.05.2018) 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … spring phases (cf. Indicator BD-I-1 ). The overall extraordinarily warm year of 2018 followed a mild winter although there was a very cold spell in February. All … March of that year. This is a major reason for the onset of spring algal bloom in 2018 occurring later compared to subsequent years. In early April the weather in the …

  • 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.

    … chronically sick, immune-deficient and elderly people are particularly at risk. In 2018 and 2019 there were eight mortalities among these groups of people, that were … amounting to more than 100 million KbE/l – was recorded in the record heat year of 2018 when a stable high pressure bridge extending from the Azores to the Barents Sea … C., Oliver J.D., Alam M., Afsar A., Matthew K. W., Firdausi Q., Martinez-Urtaza J. 2018: Vibrio spp. infections. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 4, 1-19. 30 - Brehm …

  • Press release 53/2019 from 20.12.2019 | Last changed: 20.02.2020

    2019 record: Electricity production from renewable sources is now greater than coal

    Bild zu Windkraftanlagen als Alternative für die Energieerzeugung im Kaliningrader Gebiet

    … by eight percent in 2019 and now covers 42 percent of power consumption (2018: 37.8%). These are the results of a preliminary evaluation by the working group … the level of the very dry previous year with a relatively low hydropower output (2018). Preliminary data indicate that biomass electricity generation and biowaste … is a marginal increase of total installed capacity of about 1% (from 52.6 GW in 2018 to 53.3 GW in 2019). Weather-related fluctuations in power production due …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 14.01.2025

    FW-R-6: Silvicultural information on the theme of adaptation

    The picture shows two young foresters having a discussion in a sparse forest. The man on the left-hand side of the picture stands with his arms crossed while the other man is gesticulating with his hands. In the background, beams from a low sun are penetrating the forest.

    … forestry professionals. Especially in relation to the extreme drought years of 2018 to 2020, there have been distinctly more expert articles available. FW-R-6: … that a definitive attribution regarding adaptation is not always possible. As of 2018, when it became clear that drought and heat would have severe impacts on … references to climate change was twice as high as even in the two years of 2017 and 2018. The thematic spectrum ranged from the analysis of forest conditions and the …

  • Press release 12/2020 from 16.03.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Renewables cover 17.1 percent of gross final energy consumption in Germany in 2019

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … in the case of electricity, the share of renewables rose to a record 42.1 percent (2018: 37.8%). Heating sector share grew slightly, while the transport sector … electricity generated from renewable sources rose to a record 42.1 percent in 2019 (2018: 37.8%). At the same time, the expansion of renewable generation capacities is … installed onshore capacity dropped from 4.9 GW in record year 2017, and 2.3 GW in 2018, to just 0.9 GW in 2019. Since 2000, 2008 was the only other year in which …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

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

    … events lead to increased volumes of damaged timber. After the drought years of 2018 to 2020, the volume of beetle-damaged timber was 189 times as high as the … of individuals – and thus the damage potential – exponentially. In years such as 2018, a female beetle can raise a six-figure number of offspring 117 . The area of … first increased moderately but ‘exploded’ eventually owing to the drought years of 2018 to 2020. Compared to the average for the period of 1998 to 2017, a 189-fold …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-I-3: Temperature index of butterfly species communities

    The picture shows a wall brown butterfly spreading its wings while sitting on a violet-coloured blossom.

    … compared to psychrophilic species. Especially the extraordinarily warm years post-2018 have contributed to an increase in the temperature index of butterfly … a steady increase in the index is evident. The above-average warm years from 2018 onwards favoured especially the thermophilic species thus entailing a distinct … compared to psychrophilic species. Especially the extraordinarily warm years post-2018 have contributed to an increase in the temperature index of butterfly …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Woodland and forestry

    The picture shows a coniferous forest. The bark-free trunk of a damaged spruce tree is visible in the foreground. In the light-coloured wood of this tree the distinct frass traces of a bark beetle are clearly visible.

    … and its proper management is to be safeguarded. The heat and drought years of 2018 to 2020 as well as 2022 have demonstrated with unprecedented clarity to what … especially in areas with site-inappropriate growing stock. The drought years of 2018 to 2020 later demonstrated the momentous scope of the problem. There was … amounted to almost the same percentage as in 1991 after hurricane Lothar. Up until 2018 the peak values of unscheduled or arbitrary use of damaged timber had been due …