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  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … and contributes to climate protection through CO ₂ sequestration in soils. Example: The dike relocation at Sandau Süd on the Elbe River creates 124 hectares of … can do much to improve and preserve the condition of water bodies in the long term. Example: At the Alte Nebel in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a 200-meter-wide … Monitoringbericht 2023 zur Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel Example: Rainwater management becomes educational at the Freie Waldorfschule in …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Soil development

    Rock and soil

    … rock that is fractured and comminuted by a vast array of weathering processes. For example, when water penetrates rock cracks and crevices, causing the rock to expand … is determined by the relative proportions of clay, silt and sand in the soil. For example, loamy sand is a mixture of all three elements, sand being the main one. … rock that is fractured and comminuted by a vast array of weathering processes. For example, when water penetrates rock cracks and crevices, causing the rock to expand …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … archaeological artifacts and contain evidence of historical farming practices. For example, clear-cutting of entire forests in medieval times and the consequent lack … soils. Changes in soil chemistry can potentially mobilize bound substances, an example of this being increasing soil acidification provoked by lower pH values. … compounds are changed by a chemical reaction and lose their original structure, an example of this being acid buffering of a substance such as nitric acid, which …

  • Article from 15.04.2025 | Last changed: 25.04.2025

    The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement

    Lettering 1,5 degrees Celsius

    … way back? An overshoot of the 1.5°C benchmark would have serious consequences. For example, the melting of the ice sheets on Greenland and in the Antarctic would be … … An overshoot of the 1.5°C benchmark would have serious consequences. For example, the melting of the ice sheets on Greenland and in the Antarctic would be …

  • Article from 09.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Risks and opportunities in responding to the coronavirus crisis

    … together in slums. The situation in refugee camps looks even worse; in Idlib, for example. We are aware that socioeconomic turmoil leads to violence, as a result of … circumstances. The radical measures to prevent the coronavirus from spreading are examples of such changes. We went through a similar experience in the global …

  • Article from 16.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    COVID-19: let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson

    … system in which each part influences all the others. It would be disastrous, for example, to put on hold our attempts to control global climate change whilst we deal … system in which each part influences all the others. It would be disastrous, for example, to put on hold our attempts to control global climate change whilst we deal …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Coronavirus/climate/innovation: why we have to save tomorrow's

    … more resilient – especially after the coronavirus crisis. Take green start-ups, for example: even before the current crisis, these businesses experienced problems in … more resilient – especially after the coronavirus crisis. Take green start-ups, for example: even before the current crisis, these businesses experienced problems in …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Getting through the crisis: with the right goals in mind

    … economic framework are required. A stronger focus on the pricing of CO 2 , for example. We have already developed approaches for this. Now, in this difficult time, … economic framework are required. A stronger focus on the pricing of CO 2 , for example. We have already developed approaches for this. Now, in this difficult time, …

  • Article from 23.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Opportunities for transformative learning in the coronavirus cris

    … This is an area in which universities will be required to take responsibility. The example of Eberswalde University for Sustainable Developmen last update on … This is an area in which universities will be required to take responsibility. The example of Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNE) shows what this … This is an area in which universities will be required to take responsibility. The example of Eberswalde University for Sustainable Developmen … Blogpost by Prof. Dr. …

  • Article from 27.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    How COVID-19 Can Drive Transformational Change in Cities

    … people are also seeing fragments of what a future city could look like. For example, people across the world are breathing better air than they have in decades … set up public health monitoring and response systems during the SARS outbreak, for example, that prepared them well to handle COVID-19 now. Invest in Cities as Systems … people are also seeing fragments of what a future city could look like. For example, people across the world are breathing better air than they have in decades …