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  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … routine data collection, the state of the marine environment can be comprehensively documented in order to counteract negative developments. Monitoring methods Ships … agreed monitoring sites are categorised into concentration classes with the aim of documenting the success of measures to reduce nitrate inputs into water bodies … routine data collection, the state of the marine environment can be comprehensively documented in order to counteract negative developments. … Ships are used to collect …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … entered into force in 2008. It is an attempt to incorporate an integrative policy approach aiming at facilitating the sustainable use of the European seas and at … and include limit values (pH, PAH, turbidity, nitrate) (Resolution MEPC.259(68), commonly known as “ 2015 EGCS Guidelines ”, MEPC (2015)). The German Environment …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … can be released at any time. Oil and gas extraction from the seabed remains a common practice - one that carries significant ecological risks. For example, … that are difficult to predict. The German Environment Agency is researching new approaches to better assess and manage cumulative impacts in environmental …

  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

    On the picure you see the sunset about the sea

    … with uncertain consequences for the marine environment. Changes have been regularly documented for decades, which has led to comprehensive knowledge about human … change. Sustainability, the precautionary principle and a holistic, ecosystem-based approach must be the basis of our actions, and the various uses must be assessed and …

  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    … The three-year project has been running since 2021. The environmental risks of CDR approaches, including the potential to mitigate rather than exacerbate ocean … The three-year project has been running since 2021. The environmental risks of CDR approaches, including the potential to mitigate rather than exacerbate ocean …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Factor X - Intelligent use of natural resources

    The photo shows a solar park and several wind turbines

    … the camera moving through the town of tomorrow with many examples of sustainable approaches. Associated content Source: Umweltbundesamt 29.01.2016 Short film "Beyond …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    … Standorten der Munitionszerlegung und -vernichtung nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Documents Internationale Erfahrungen - Militärische Altlasten (38.26 MB) … Although …