… oak and pine trees have declined distinctly since 2002. It is assumed that dry years and their aftereffects on forest ecosystems have a detrimental influence on … change. The outcomes of National Forest Inventories available so far are starting points for the establishment of a long-term time series pertaining to timber growth …

… beverages was packaged in reusable bottles, landing the market share 0.5 percentage points lower than in 2016. New data is based on the latest survey by the German … share of beverages filled in reusable packaging has declined steadily in recently years, down from 48 percent in 2010. Since beverage packaging comprises more than …

… a panel jury of environmental and design experts made the nominations for this year's Bundespreis Ecodesign (German Ecodesign Award). Twenty submissions in the … to receive an award at an awards ceremony to be held 27 November. This is the sixth year that the Federal Ministry for Environment and the German Environment Agency are … Award has taken hold. There were once again many high-quality entries in this year’s round. I was impressed by the emphasis on longevity in many of the entries. …

… Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Start of International Year of Soils 2015 International treaties must ensure better protection of soils … already contains significantly lower levels of humus and nutrients than it did 25 years ago or is no longer suitable for agricultural use. Against the background of …

… equivalents (CO2eq). This is a 3.5-percent decrease compared to the previous year. The German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency presented these and other details in this year’s report on the greenhouse gas emissions of the stationary installations … industries, however, remain unchanged at the high levels of previous years. Press release No. 17/2019 | 04.06.2019 Around 70 percent of the greenhouse …

… percent less electricity was generated from renewable sources than in the previous year due to weather conditions. There was extremely little wind in the first quarter … is right in claiming that we need effective measures quickly in the next few years to build more wind and photovoltaic plants.” Press release No. 50/2021 | 15.12.2021 Renewable electricity production has risen steadily since 1997. A few years of low winds and little sunshine have usually been offset by the construction …

… Source: creatas / Thinkstock The following contents contain this medium: Video lecture series on climate change and health … More frequent hot weather days due to …

… subject to the tides. As in the case of different types of lakes, there is no point in calculating the mean for all watercourses and fish regions. Consequently, … value is calculated for each measuring point, using the deviations from the index year 2017, for which the temperature value is set at ‘0’. The values of these … 1996 can be attributed to the relatively cool weather pattern prevailing in those years. For example, the annual mean temperature in 2010 of 7.8 °C was distinctly …