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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-5: Change of flow direction

    The picture shows a river running through a flat landscape consisting of meadows and agricultural areas. The sea is visible in the background.

    … from the other gauging stations do not show any trends, possibly because the time series are still relatively short. KM-I-5: Change of flow direction Source: …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-4: Floodwater

    The picture shows a village – situated on the slope of a hill – inundated by floodwater. Some of the lower buildings and some lower floors of houses have been flooded.

    … for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 WW-I-4: Floodwater The time series for the flooding scenario are characterised by individual flood events both …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-4: Submissions for the Mückenatlas

    The picture shows the fingers of two hands in rubber gloves, in the process of using tweezers to place dead mosquitoes on to a cover glass for microscopic examination.

    … for the purpose of analysing the spread of mosquito species in Germany. At the same time this ‘tool’ raises the public’s awareness of the issues concerned. In 2016 … some by means of using private traps – and these are posted as one item. The time series covering the postal mosquito submissions demonstrates that the population is …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-3: Mean discharge

    The picture shows a wide watercourse with a low water level. In some places the stony substrate projects beyond the water’s surface. In the background, a boat is visible docked at a jetty, in front of a range of hills on the horizon.

    … precipitation often accumulates as snow; therefore discharge is lowest at that time of year. As a result of snow melt in spring and early summer, often accompanied … as important for nearly all ecological functions of water bodies. Although the time series from the 1960s onwards shows a slight decline in the mean discharge value for …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-3: Cooling degree days

    The picture shows the glass frontage of a house reflecting the sun. Some of the windows are part-shaded by means of external roller shutters.

    … Region B. These three summer climate regions provide the spatial background to the time series illustrated for cooling degree days which were calculated based loosely on …

  • Press release 12/2025 from 20.03.2025 | Last changed: 04.08.2025

    Culture as the fourth dimension of sustainability

    Vier Personen sitzen auf der Bühne

    … Titled "Transformation and Irritation: Sustainability and Culture in Times of Radical Change", the German Environment Agency (UBS)'s fifth Sustainability … perspective, we consider "culture" from two different perspectives: as a series of connected values and norms, through which people perceive and react to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-2: Incremental growth in timber

    The picture shows a stack of timber.

    … Changes in incremental growth How quickly trees grow and how much timber volume per time unit develops, is essentially dependent on the nutrient and water supply at … available so far are starting points for the establishment of a long-term time series pertaining to timber growth increments. From 2002 onwards, there are …

  • 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.

    … as tropical nights are concerned, it has to be borne in mind when interpreting the time series that the area mean for Germany underrates the actual stress, especially in …