… heat waves are a threat to many species. The Special Report finds that these factors are exerting a negative effect on ocean productivity and affecting the … has accelerated significantly in recent decades, in particular because Earth’s ice sheets and glaciers are melting and warming ocean waters are expanding. Sea level … landscapes will experience widespread glacier retreat, increasing loss of polar ice sheets, smaller extent and duration of snow cover as well as thawing and degradation …

… later than September. The flowering period is therefore linked directly to climatic factors, especially accumulations of warmth occurring in the first few months of the … requires massive quantities of water amounting to 30,000 per hectare and hour. This factor naturally limits the application of frost protection irrigation, not least … fulfils two purposes at the same time: it is both impact and response indicator. In fact, it clearly illustrates the combined effects described. Associated content …

… areas is highly independent of the seasons. The regions mentioned benefit from the fact that the offers available in those areas, such as cultural and city holidays, … that the demand – and its seasonal distribution – is influenced by numerous general factors, such as the dates of school holidays and the economic development including factors like inflation or demographic change. Overall, the seasonality of bed-nights …

… occurred. The momentous scale of the Ahr valley flood was partly due to the fact that it occurred so very suddenly. Many people affected were caught unawares by … can become stress tests for the emergency relief responders, in view of the fact that any resulting damage can take them to the limit of their capacity to … precipitation shapes and influences the deployment scenario, in what way impact factors determine the extent of damage and what kind of measures can support the …

… contained in such reports will provide greater transparency in future. Given the fact that – at least some of – the data will be in the public domain, this opens up … out campaigns to draw attention to damage from natural hazards in recent years. In fact, the success of these campaigns was limited – a case of more or less preaching … contained in such reports will provide greater transparency in future. Given the fact that – at least some of – the data will be in the public domain, this opens up …

… of individual claims by individual consumers. Consumers as a whole benefit from the fact that abuses and violations by companies operating in Europe are uncovered and …

… that consumers can make their mobility decisions based on reliable information. The fact that the BGH fully upholds the decision of the lower court sends out a signal … product characteristics are particularly misleading. Such claims conceal the fact that, as a rule, only individual aspects of a product have an environmental …

… KM-I-4: Coastal morphology – case study Climate change influences hydrodynamic factors that can affect coastal erosion. Data from aerial laser surveys of a … the solidity of the rock concerned. Likewise of crucial importance are hydrodynamic factors such as sea currents, the tides, the water level and the state of the sea, but also heavy-rain events. These factors of influence are the reason why coastal morphological changes are closely …

… caused droughts in many regions of Germany, such as the Rhine area. Despite the fact that the winters of 2018 / 2019 and 2019 / 2020 were overall on the wet side, … Associated content Documents WW-I-6 Indikator-Factsheet (1.43 MB) Tags water temperature Competence Centre on Climate Impacts and … caused droughts in many regions of Germany, such as the Rhine area. Despite the fact that the winters of 2018 / 2019 and 2019 / 2020 were overall on the wet side, …

… identify the abundance of herring larvae stocks in the Greifswalder Bodden area. In fact, this index represents the modelled total of herring larvae which, by the end … their food source owing to asynchronicity – which is seen as the key influential factor responsible for the herring’s declining recruitment success – there are other factors influencing herring reproduction in the western part of the Baltic Sea. For …