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  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … with the goal of identifying possible contaminated sites. Such assessments are based on factors such as the manner in which hazardous substances were handled at … each individual setting are taken into account. Detailed investigations provide a database for the subsequent hazard assessment, and mainly allow for determination of …

  • Article from 11.08.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2025

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library)

    View into the environmental library in Dessau

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library) The Fachbibliothek Umwelt is the largest environmental … Source: Umweltbundesamt The Environmental Library is a resource for the UBA’s research, as well as for many external users. It has grown to become the largest …

  • Article from 14.01.2025 | Last changed: 24.10.2025

    Maps and CCE Data

    Weltkartenausschnit Fokus EU, Rezeptoren mit unterschiedlichen Farbgebungen

    Maps and CCE Data Receptor Map Source: CCE Maps are created/updated using CL data from the NFC. … methodological developments under ICP M&M. To this, CCE develops and implements databases for the calculation of CL, their exceedances and their mapping at the spatial …

  • Article from 27.08.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

    National collaboration

    Titelbild Publication

    … The CCE collaborates with National Focal Centres (NFCs) to support effect-based, integrated assessment of European air pollution abatement policy … alternatives. NFCs are institutes that are responsible for producing the national data on critical loads/levels and maps for inclusion in the European maps in …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    … These are not available in unlimited quantities and their use can have negative environmental consequences . Some products and services in the leisure sector … such as sailing boats, photographic equipment and guitars need to be manufactured. Based on preliminary figures, the German Environment Agency has estimated that … This is a share of around 13% of total German raw material consumption. The research project The UBA research project "Sustainable resource use in the leisure …

  • Article from 22.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Biodiversity as insurance: aligning economic stimulus packages

    … exclusively for public (ecosystem) services. ________ Author: Dr. Jasper Meya is environmental economist and works as senior researcher at the Biodiversity Economics Group, German Centre for Integrative …

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … How exactly these changes could be distributed across the Earth is currently being researched using computer models. However, these always contain a certain degree of … regional and short-term scale. Although the computer models could be improved with data from field experiments, field experiments do not provide conclusive certainty. … being discussed. As specific as the ideas are, the level of development and the environmental risks are just as varied. Illustration 1 - Space based installations A …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil

    The picture shows a seedling emerging from moist, dark soil.

    … conclusions in respect of potential changes in soil processes. The measuring data underlying the indicator emanate from standardised measuring fields operated by … conclusions in respect of potential changes in soil processes. The measuring data underlying the indicator emanate from standardised measuring fields operated by …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity

    The legend comprises six categories for the rainfall erosivity (unit: kilojoules per square metre multiplied by millimetres per hour) as a district average for the years 2017 to 2021.

    … erosivity Rainfall erosivity – district mean for 2017-2021 Source: Technical data: DWD (RADKLIM); Geodata: Geobasis-DE/BKG 2021 2023 Monitoring Report on the … high rainfall erosivity prevails. BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity Source: literature research up until 2000 (Auerswald et al. 2019a and b); from 2001 onwards DWD … data 98 , 98 , from 2001 to 2021, additionally, on the basis of RADKLIM, radar-based precipitation data 99 . As is typical of time series characterised by extreme …

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    … Cover 2006 Source: Umweltbundesamt Land cover is a key indicator of anthropogenic environmental pollution. The EU’s CORINE Land Cover (CLC, Coordination of … for all EU member states. last update on 20.04.2015 Harmonized land cover data for Germany, via the CLC program CLC provides a trans-national concept and … land cover and changes therein. This pan-European data gathering process, which is based on geographical information compiled via satellite, began in the 1990s on a …

  • Article from 20.05.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    Good to know about nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … materials, including their aggregates and agglomerates. At least 50% of the number-based particle size distribution of particles, either on their own or as … contribution to the test guideline development in the field of ecotoxicology, environmental fate and physical-chemical characterization. Nanomaterials and the … damages, textiles, OLEDs and coatings. Further fact sheets will be published.” Research strategy “Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks of Nanomaterials” …