Tuscany under water: flooding and damage due to heavy rainfall

19. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Starkregen

In March 2025, the Italian region of Tuscany, particularly the province of Florence, was hit by severe storms. On 14 March, 70 liters of rain per square meter fell in Florence in just six hours – an amount that normally corresponds to the entire monthly average....

Register now: Congress “Care in Civil Protection” on October 8, 2025 in Bonn

19. Mar 2025 | Allgemein

Nursing staff are indispensable in crisis situations – be it natural disasters, pandemics or humanitarian emergencies. But how well prepared is nursing care for such challenges? What structures, skills and strategies are needed to be able to act professionally?...

Emissions in 2024 Below the Limit, But EU Climate Targets for 2030 Hard to Achieve

19. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Climate Change

The emissions data for Germany in 2024 show a significant undershoot of the allowed CO2-equivalent limit of 693.4 million tons. However, despite this positive development, Germany risks missing its climate targets for 2030 under the EU Climate Protection Regulation...

Successful rocket launch in Sweden: REXUS rockets take student experiments into space

18. Mar 2025 | Allgemein

The REXUS campaign 33/34 was successfully completed. As part of the program, two sounding rockets were launched from the Esrange Space Center in Sweden to test innovative experiments under space conditions. Students from all over Europe had the opportunity to carry...

Current Publications of the DWD 2024

18. Mar 2025 | Allgemein

The German Weather Service (DWD) has published a document that compiles the latest publications from their Meteorological Library for the year 2024. The document includes a collection of the newest publications by DWD employees, including contributions to...

DKKV-Workshop – Handlungsräume in Zeitkrisen: Über wichtige Synergien zwischen Kunst und Katastrophen, Krisen und Kreativität

17. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, DKKV-Webtalks

On April 14, 2025, experts Dr.-Ing. Margit Schild and Franziskus Bayer will explore the intersections between art and crisis management in the exciting workshop “Action Spaces in Time Crises: Key Synergies Between Art, Disasters, Crises, and Creativity.”...