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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 28.01.2026

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … which since 2001 has enabled the acquisition of almost comprehensive precipitation data. 141 This dataset contains nearly all heavy rain events that occurred in Germany since 2001. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-2: Usage of warning and information services

    The picture shows a hand holding a smartphone. The smartphone screen is blue and shows the logo of DWD’s WarnWetter App. In the picture’s background, the black clouds of a thunderous sky are visible.

    … Waterways and Shipping Administration with remit to publish current water level data for federal waterways. The same can be said of the Hochwasserportal (floodwater … jointly by the Länder entitled www.hochwasserzentralen.de. This portal issues data on flood warnings on a daily basis for any water bodies that are part of their …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    WW-I-10: Water temperature of watercourses

    The picture shows a shallow, slow-flowing watercourse in sunny weather under a cloudless sky. Through the clear, reddish-brown shimmering water, the stony bed of the river is visible; some of the stones in the foreground project beyond the surface of the water. The banks are lined by mixed woodlands.

    … individual fish regions separately. The indicator is based on temperature measuring data of 43 gauging stations for measuring water-quality and levels distributed … gauging stations and fish regions respectively. 2017 is the earliest year for which data are available from all the gauging stations considered. The water temperatures …

  • Press release 33/2019 from 18.09.2019 | Last changed: 28.10.2019

    Further decline in 2017 of reusables share in beverage packaging

    Eine Kiste mit leeren Bierflaschen von oben.

    … bottles, landing the market share 0.5 percentage points lower than in 2016. New data is based on the latest survey by the German Environment Agency (UBA) of the … bottles, landing the market share 0.5 percentage points lower than in 2016. New data is based on the latest survey by the German Environment Agency (UBA) of the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-I-1: Phenological changes in wild plant species

    The picture shows a coltsfoot plant in flower while the plant is peeking out from under snow cover.

    … reliable results if this is done over extended sequences. This is why phenological data as well as climate-related data are averaged over periods of 30 years. Using the so-called phenological clock …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.12.2024

    GE-I-1: Heat stress

    The picture a woman´s face with beads of perspiration caused by the summer heat. The woman is holding a hand to her forhead. In the left-hand side of the picture is a thermometer indicating 40°C air temperature.

    … has been no year without any heat warnings. GE-I-1: Heat stress Source: DWD (Open-Data-Server) Heat stress on the rise Apart from the increasing average temperature, … role in this context. By contrast, hot days are based solely on air temperature data. The summer of 2018 was characterised by the highest number of hot days to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    LW-R-1: Adaptation of management rhythms

    The picture shows a person standing in a field of maize inspecting the leaves of a young maize plant.

    … unpredictable weather patterns or weather scenarios is on the increase. Apart from data on temporal changes in the development of plants, the DWD‘s nationwide phenological observation network also collates data on changes in management operations carried out in respect of agricultural …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

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

    … of pollutants on the vitality of forest trees. Nowadays the focus of interpreting data on forest condition has shifted to weather patterns and infestation with pests. … become evident. The following points should be taken into account when interpreting data regarding the condition of tree crowns: However, trees losing their leaves or …

  • Press release 17/2023 from 06.06.2023 | Last changed: 05.04.2024

    Connectivity with consequences: 13 steps to counter software obsolescence

    Gebrauchte Smartphones

    … with regard to repair options Mandatory information on the volume and content of data transmitted In order to promote ecological innovations, the UBA recommends: … it should be ensured that this is available for a sufficiently long time. if data is stored on a cloud platform (e.g. videos from a surveillance camera), it …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-R-5: Sales and application of pesticides

    The picture shows a close-up of a man in a rapeseed field, carefully grasping the yellow blossom of a rapeseed plant.

    … and also regarding assistance in decision-making. When interpreting long-term data series on the sale of pesticides and the intensity of plant protection, it … with climate change underlying these developments. While interpreting the data on sales volumes, it should be borne in mind that pesticides contain different …

  • Press release 34/2020 from 29.07.2020 | Last changed: 03.08.2020

    Renewable energy in Germany continues growth trend

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … the first half of 2019 (+ approximately 10 billion kWh). These figures are shown by data from the Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics (AGEE-Stat). This … the first half of 2019 (+ approximately 10 billion kWh). These figures are shown by data from the Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics (AGEE-Stat). This …