… accounted for 38% of holiday trips in 2019 – before the Covid-19 pandemic –, as found by a FUR travel analysis 197 . In particular, Spain, Italy and Turkey are … rank most highly. The travel behaviour of Germans during the Covid-19 pandemic underlines the attractiveness of coastal tourism. As far as travels abroad are … in the actual travel plans made so far.   197 - FUR – Forschungsgemeinschaft Urlaub und Reisen e.V. (Hg.) 2022: RA ReiseAnalyse 2022. Erste ausgewählte Ergebnisse der …

… on site-typical circumstances (such as type of soil and the distance from groundwater levels) and therefore they cannot be augmented wholesale by adding organic … ‘Greening’ stipulations contained in the European Direct Payments Regulation, the funding within the framework of the CAP from 2014 to 2022 was made conditional on … from catch crop cultivation, not only thanks to the formation of biomass above ground, but also from the soil-borne input of organic matter. In the course of the new …

… frequency and intensity of extreme weather events might bring the phenomenon of ‘thunderstorm asthma’ 18 18 18 18 to the fore, thus giving it significance in clinical … tract. Strong down-draughts transport these particles in direction of the ground, thus often leading to a sudden rise in the allergen concentration at breathing … of March, very high pollen concentrations can occur. Scientific evidence has been found for close relationships between the occurrence of birch pollen burdens and …

… 28.11.2023 On the relevance of the action field Biological diversity is one of the fundamental requirements for the life of human beings. Animals, plants, fungi and … expansion options available to any animal and plant species concerned. The newly founded National Monitoring Centre for Biodiversity (NMZB) in Leipzig has been working … . 126 - BfN – Bundesamt für Naturschutz 2023: Handlungsempfehlungen zum Schutz vor Hochwasser und Sturzfluten. …

… lakes nowadays have less water than they still had in the 1960s. Diminishing groundwater levels have entailed – as a consequence of the extremely dry years of 2018 … either directly via surface discharge or indirectly via inflows from the groundwater 61 . Decreasing precipitation exerts a particularly strong influence on … kinds of reed and floating-leaf plants, breeding areas for birds or spawning grounds for fish may be reduced in size or lost entirely. Likewise, species of the …

… Heavy rainfalls triggered flash floods which effectively washed cars away and undermined roads, damaging infrastructures such as rainwater retention basins (cf. … has been, since its inception in 2021, the remit of the Autobahn GmbH des Bundes (AdB) at federal government level. Major restoration work on buildings or … adequate control, servicing and maintenance of Germany’s roads are implemented under the premise that the smooth flow of traffic is affected as little as possible. …

… the industry – with 2.8 million employees – generated profits amounting to just under 124 billion Euros. This equates to some 4 % of Germany’s entire Gross Value … for instance, to winter sports or outdoor bathing, is evidently more closely bound up with suitable weather patterns. Largely independent of location and type of … in respect of measures such as the expansion of offers that are available year-round, regardless of the weather, or the strengthening of summer tourism by …

… and prevailing weather patterns can have on accidents happening, it is currently under discussion whether climate change might have relevant impacts on road safety … road users do rely, in principle, on transport infrastructures functioning even under extreme conditions and no damage being caused by weather extremes. It is part … infrastructures to changing climatic conditions. In order to lay the appropriate foundations, a research programme was launched by the Federal Highway Institute (BASt) …

… In the early summer of 2013, entire sweeps of country in Central Europe were inundated owing to rainfalls lasting for days on end. In Germany, a total of nine … in Germany’s history triggered the greatest ever call-out effort since the foundation of the THW. Parts of the Ahr valley in Rhineland-Palatinate were impacted … goods to the population. Overall, the THW’s emergency relief responders worked just under 3 million person hours in that year. The high number of call-out figures …