… of precipitation. Precipitation patterns are changing. Changes in the water cycle that have been observed already, have strong impacts on ecosystems, economy and … during summer half-years, there have been some very extreme flood events, when the long-term mean values for flood discharge were exceeded 8-fold at some of … the associated failure of drainage facilities and flood protection systems. Nevertheless, the certainty of this estimate is categorised as low. As far as sewer networks …

… of crops to produce healthy food. Another useful function of stable ecosystems is that they capture carbons from the atmosphere, binding and storing them long-term, … among species communities are disturbed (cf. Indicator FI-I-2 ). For example when the supply and demand of food are decoupled from breeding and hatching times, …

… Coastal morphology – case study Climate change influences hydrodynamic factors that can affect coastal erosion. Data from aerial laser surveys of a representative … inland by just under 60 cm. Given the brevity of the time series and the years when no aerial surveys took place, it was not possible to carry out a statistical … surveyed varies every year by some metres. Consequently, it is likely that more or less strongly eroding areas of coast at either end of the coastal segment surveyed …

… FW-I-2: Incremental growth in timber When the timber increment decreases, the volume of timber harvested decreases too. … for beech, oak and pine trees have declined distinctly since 2002. It is assumed that dry years and their aftereffects on forest ecosystems have a detrimental … in the atmosphere. This increase can, in principle, benefit productivity unless there are other factors restricting carbon absorption. Another important …

… sector can, among other things, ensure an increase in soil moisture by cultivating more drought-tolerant varieties and by employing adapted processes of (conserving) … whereas in 2015, the proportion had been lower, amounting to 58 %. The fact that in the region of Lüneburg the cultivation of crops requires such intensive … 2.3 % of total water abstraction, albeit already higher than in 2016 116 . Nevertheless, it is likely that the actual volume of abstracted water is underestimated. It …

… limit the information value of this figure, it can be stated with certainty that this increase in land use clearly exceeds national objectives. In other words, there is more left to do in order to protect land resources and their functionalities. … daily increase in the take-up of residential and transport terrain to be reduced to less than 30 ha by 2030. The BMUB’s Integrated Environmental Programme adopted in …

… may lead to a future increase in the occurrence of this phenomenon. It is a fact that particularly town spaces cool down more slowly in the evening or at night compared to the periphery; this can cause difficulties to the population, when high temperatures do not make it possible to have a good night’s rest. For …

… ecosystems are of particular importance. The Federal Forest Act therefore requires that the forest (including woodlands) is to be conserved, and all its functions are … terms of climate protection, as woodlands and forests are important carbon sinks. Whenever a vast expanse of forest dies or burns down, it becomes an additional … can be seen both in natural, unmanaged woodlands and in forests which are more or less subject to intensive silvicultural utilisation. It has now been 30 years during …

… which has increased drastically in the course of the past two decades. Nevertheless, there is an increasing number of research projects looking into the impacts of … in respect of changes in aquaculture. As for the future, experts foresee however, that climate change will have increasing influence on fish stocks, yield conditions … where temperatures are low, are likely to suffer restrictions to their habitats when temperatures rise 89 . Using the example of Lake Constance for which longterm …