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  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … including reconstruction (Figure 1). For this comprehensive risk management to work, it is particularly important that water management, weather forecasting services, regional planning, nature … and other stakeholders work closely together - throughout the river basin, regardless of administrative boundaries. Flood risk and damage potential Since the Elbe …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … of such research into practice. We are also active participants in commissions that promulgate rules and regulations. Moreover, we document and analyze industrial … international stage, one of the UBA’s main focuses is the OECD chemical accident working group and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)’s working group for … technical subjects Various technical domains are invariably of importance when it comes to plant safety, notwithstanding the fact that they are addressed …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Ozone

    … Ozone Ozone is a colourless and toxic gas, and one of the most important trace gases in the atmosphere. The … daily 8-hour mean of 120 µg/m 3 is established. This value is not to be exceeded on more than 25 days per calendar year. The long-term objective is a maximum daily … Change and Health - Vol. 1 Tags air pollutant ground level ozone … Ozone is a colourless and toxic gas, and one of the most important trace gases in the atmosphere. The …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … SARS-CoV-2 pandemic viruses via wastewater analyses | Radiation protection aspects when using UV-C radiation for disinfection purposes | The BfR-Corona-Monitor: Risk … Initiative HBM4EU | Climate Preparedness Portal: A guide to climate services that prevent health impacts of climate change | Health reporting in a new format: … for security authorities on users | Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa: Lessons learned for Germany | With ECDC/GOARN in Guinea for the Ebola Outbreak …

  • Article from 10.08.2017 | Last changed: 15.03.2019

    telegram: environment+health

    title telegram environment + health

    … to questions about health-related environmental problems - this is our daily work. In our telegram: environment + health, we provided Information to you from … telegram 04/2016 telegram environment+health 03/2016 Cities moving towards more environmental justice telegram 03/2016 telegram environment+health 02/2016 … to questions about health-related environmental problems - this is our daily work. In our telegram: environment + health, we provided Information to you from …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … and localised heavy rainfall, or in winter and spring as a result of snowmelt. When rain hits the earth's surface, part of it seeps into the soil and contributes … is determined by the rivers´ morphology and amount of water. Rivers have more or less developed floodplains. The amount of water retention volume in the floodplains … Scientific studies show that river floods in north-western Europe have increased in recent decades. At the …

  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … states by reconstructing historical, unpolluted states of marine waters. In doing so, they can look much further back into the past than would be possible with … National Energy and Climate Plans: Evidence of Policy Impacts and Options for more Transparency Review of internationally proposed critical levels for ammonia The … states by reconstructing historical, unpolluted states of marine waters. In doing so, they can look much further back into the past than would be possible with …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … There is still considerable potential to design and construct them in such a way that they pollute the environment less. Proposals need to be developed and implemented at all levels of maritime … destroys the thermal insulation and, in part, their buoyancy, and is ingested when the birds attempt to clean their oil-coated feathers. This can lead to …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … to effective marine conservation by making environmentally conscious choices when consuming fish and seafood . The oceans also serve as key transportation routes … at any time. Oil and gas extraction from the seabed remains a common practice - one that carries significant ecological risks. For example, exploration activities …

  • 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

    … UBA The German Environment Agency is committed to protecting the oceans, which are more important than ever. They buffer climate change, host biodiversity, provide … cycle and distribute heat via their currents. From a distance, the seas appear endless and untouched. But on a closer view, it becomes clear that plants and animals and their habitats, especially near the coast, are …

  • 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.

    … With increased uptake of CO₂, the pH level of seawater decreases, making it more acidic. This chemical change affects the development of marine organisms. … 20 million years and continues to rise. Long-term measurement series have shown that the pH value - parallel to the atmospheric increase in CO₂ - has already … Scheffel / Universität Greifswald Due to ocean acidification, these organisms have less CO ₃ ² - available, impairing and weakening calcification (biomineralisation). …

  • 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

    … problems. In the last 40 years, the global extraction of raw materials has more than tripled to around 85 billion tonnes per year. Today, this already … developed by Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek . In the early 1990s Schmidt-Bleek postulated, that if sustainable development is to be achieved globally and for all of humankind, … economists, politicians, product designers, consumers and the service sector must work together with creativity and dedication. The economy must become more efficient …