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  • Press release 15/2019 from 28.05.2019 | Last changed: 05.06.2019

    Environmental Awareness Study 2018

    Titelbild der Umweltbewusstseinsstudie 2018

    … in worse condition than in earlier surveys. Only 60% of respondents rate it as "good", compared to 75% in the previous survey. UBA's President Krautzberger said: …

  • Article from 03.03.2025 | Last changed: 03.03.2025

    Chemical contamination in the Antarctic

    Appearances are misleading - even in the pure white of the polar landscape, pollutants can already be detected.

    … atmospheric currents'. To protect the polar regions from contaminants, Canada, for example, has already integrated the inclusion of atmospheric long-range transport … Schutz und Verwaltung von Gebieten nach USP Related publications Baltic Sea - Good Agricultural Practicein the new EU Member countries and theNorth-Western Region of the Russian …

  • Article from 07.12.2021 | Last changed: 07.12.2021

    Ammunition in the sea

    Gefahren durch Munitionsaltlasten für Schifffahrt, Fischerei, menschliche Gesundheit und das Meeresökosystem

    … its full effectiveness as a skin warfare agent if it reaches the sea surface, for example by getting caught in fishing nets, and comes into contact with the skin … its full effectiveness as a skin warfare agent if it reaches the sea surface, for example by getting caught in fishing nets, and comes into contact with the skin …

  • Article from 03.04.2020 | Last changed: 03.04.2020

    Metals

    … Mercury loads have decreased considerably in recent decades, as reflected for example in the suspended solids concentrations measured at the Schnackenburg/Elbe … transportation, historical mercury deposits in water body sediments, for example in still water regions, are the principal cause (see Elbe). In 2014-2016, … Mercury loads have decreased considerably in recent decades, as reflected for example in the suspended solids concentrations measured at the Schnackenburg/Elbe …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    Headaches

    A child that holds its head.

    … about the heavily polluted air in some regions of the world this could indeed be a good reason to become stressed and acquire a headache but okay - this is a different … are major research gaps regarding the causes of headaches, however, there are some good reasons: Most studies do not observe subjects over a long period of time, so …

  • Article from 05.03.2018 | Last changed: 26.03.2018

    Nutrients in watercourses

    … The high levels of nutrient concentration is a reason for failing to achieve a “good ecological status”. There are changes to the natural biotic community. Total … values cannot always be standardised to the flow rate. For hydrology, for example, values over ten years are combined into long-term series. This method is …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … disrupting this balance. In Germany, only 9 % of rivers and lakes are in good ecological condition, falling short of the European Water Framework Directive … 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 …