evaporation and groundwater formation are expected to follow a new order them in the future the german inventors association is preparing for the worst testing new water management methods to keep it and to stock up the ground water levels. ready for years there hasn't been enough rainfall here even when a downpour drenched the soil the damaged grain could no longer recover and reach its normal size. and you can see the plants are suffering from stress. because these leaves are drying out normally the plants here would be. the grain fields porter on a nature reserve which is monitored by park rangers this area used to be a marsh land full of animals like cranes and frogs. over the past few years the average temperature in the capital berlin and the surrounding region has risen by 1.3 degrees celsius that's another reason why groundwater levels are falling. in recent years we'd normally see a level of 50 centimeters in may. so it would reach up to here. just a few years ago water still flowed in this ditch now it's dry this area has countless ditches like these with sluices that help drain the land after fre