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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘transport' action field

    … occur in tandem with negligible precipitation in summer as for instance in 2018, 2019 and latterly also 2022 (cf. figure 4 ), this can entail intensive and also … – activities and results   Action Plan ‘ Rhine Low-Water Levels’ In summer 2019, a year after the massive constraints imposed on Rhine shipping owing to low … occur in tandem with negligible precipitation in summer as for instance in 2018, 2019 and latterly also 2022 (cf. figure 4 ), this can entail intensive and also …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    VE-I-1 + 2: Flood closures and low water restrictions on the Rhine

    … entailed by low water levels.   160 - BfG – Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (Hg.) 2019: Das Niedrigwasser 2018. Koblenz, 22 pp. https://doi.bafg.de/BfG/2019/Niedrigwasser_2018.pdf . 161 - Deutscher Bundestag (Hg.) 2019: Bericht zur Risikoanalyse im Bevölkerungsschutz 2018. Unterrichtung durch die …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-7: Water levels in lakes

    The picture shows a footbridge leading across the dried-up sandy and stony shore area of a lake. A bridge and some residual water are visible in the background.

    … between the two data sets. In the years of 1976–1977, 1992–1993, 2004–2006 and 2019–2021, when the time series clearly showed negative deviations of the lake water … The greatest decrease in water levels occurred during the very dry and hot years of 2019 and 2020. For instance, in April 2018, the Groß Glienicker lake in Berlin went … to diminishing water levels and were offset by persistent precipitation. In January 2019 the Alps and their marginal areas experienced snow masses to an extent not seen …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

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

    … rate in 2020 was more than 20 times higher than in the previous years of 2010 to 2019. In locations where extensive areas of trees have been decimated by dieback, it … significantly rising trends in terms of deteriorating condition. As early as 2019 – the first year that succeeded the drought year of 2018 – the forest condition … As far as spruce trees are concerned, the mean of the preceding 10 years (2010–2019) had increased 20-fold. Dieback affected spruce trees – and to a lesser …

  • 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.

    … 2015 resulted in considerable volumes of damaged timber. However, in the years of 2019 to 2021 insect-related damage predominated. FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of … this period amounted to roughly 26 % compared to the average for the period of 2019 to 2021 amounting to 67.6 % which is more than double. The record value reached … These events led to an increase in the damaged timber statistics for 2018. As of 2019, the situation changed insofar, as pest insects accounted for the major part of …

  • Cover from 02.10.2024

    Introduction - 2023 Monitoring Report

    The cover shows a magnifying lens pointing at artwork containing arrows in various colours. In the centre of the lens is the title of the current Report.

    … manifest themselves in Germany? The previous DAS Monitoring Report was issued in 2019. Since then, Germany has been confronted repeatedly with heatwaves, droughts, flash floods and flooding events. Even more strongly than in 2019, the impacts of global warming are reflected in the measured data contained in … a temperature in excess of 40 °C was measured 5 . In the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and latterly in 2022, periods of great heat caused, in particular, stress …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.01.2025

    GE-I-3: Birch pollen burdens

    The picture shows a birch blossom with its pollen distributed by the wind.

    … by the Foundation of German Pollen Information Service (PID), especially in 2019 and 2020 have demonstrated this. In 2019 the mean spring temperatures were distinctly higher by 1.3 °C and in 2020 by … and Vorpommern less than 70 litres of rain fell locally per square meter in 2019. In spring 2020 precipitation reached only some 50 % of its multi-annual …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-3: Exercise volume

    The picture shows a THW member from behind; he is in uniform and wears a helmet. It is possible to make out a scaffold with other THW members standing on it.

    … to rise again during the three years prior to the outbreak of the pandemic. In 2019 this number reached its maximum value so far. The total of 450,000 hours … significantly prior to the outbreak of the pandemic. The development from 2015 to 2019 demonstrates that the actual participants attended more frequently and / or … relief responders took part in THW’s training exercises. In the period from 2013 to 2019 on average only approximately 16,500 volunteers took part in the exercises. …

  • 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.

    … scope of the problem. There was increasing evidence of the canopy breaking up. From 2019 onwards, it became obvious that all tree species (including a proportion of … use) of damaged timber, compared to the logging total, reached record values in 2019, amounting to 67 % and in 2020 reaching almost 75 % (cf. Indicator FW-I-5 ). In … or arbitrary use of damaged timber had been due to severe storm events. As of 2019, the ‘insect timber’ amounted to just under 70 % whereas by 2021 it distinctly …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    BAU-R-2: Green roofs in cities

    The picture shows the metal facade of a modern commercial building almost completely covered with a climbing plant.

    … 145 - Sieker H., Steyer R., Büter B., Leßmann D., Tils R. von, Becker C., Hübner S. 2019: Untersuchung der Potentiale für die Nutzung von Regenwasser zur Verdunstungskühlung in Städten. Umweltbundesamt (Hg.). Texte, 111/2019, Desdsau-Roßlau, 112 pp. https:// www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/1410/publikationen/2019-09-16_texte_111-2019_verdunstungskuehlung.pdf . 146 - Mann G., Fischer B., …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    TOU-R-1: Seasonality of bed-nights in wider tourism areas

    The picture shows a sandy beach on the Baltic Sea coast with dunes and hooded beach chairs (‘strandkorbs’). The strandkorbs facing the viewer have been locked up for the winter. The sea is visible on the horizon. A few individuals and small groups of people are visible at the waterline; apart from them, the beach is deserted. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … areas in Germany, the coastal regions are most strongly affected by seasonality. In 2019, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, bed-night figures in this area ranged from … 2 million overnight guests accounted for bed-nights in the demand-poorest months of 2019, while in the strongest month, demand reached just under 6 million bed-nights. … areas with the exception of urban-type areas. This meant, up to and including 2019, that the nationwide increasing bed-night figures increased slightly less in …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-R-4 + 5: Utilisation of raw timber and timber construction quota

    … prices paid for raw timber. The distinctly higher exports of coniferous timber from 2019 to 2021 indicate that Germany’s wood-processing industry was unable to cope … production more competitive.   120 - FNR – Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. 2019: Charta für Holz 2.0 – Kennzahlenbericht 2019 Forst & Holz, 48 pp. …