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  • Press release 26/2025 from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 24.06.2025

    Bathing waters in Germany once again receive top marks

    Zwei Menschen rennen freudig ins Wasser.

    … waters. An overview of all of Germany’s bathing waters The latest monitoring data for individual bathing sites can be viewed online on the website of the … Institute of Hydrology (BfG). In addition to the current quality classifications, data from previous reporting years is also accessible. Similarly, the website of the … is carried out by the federal states. They take water samples and submit the data they have collected to the BfG at the end of the season. This data includes, …

  • Press release 26/2021 from 01.06.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Germany's bathing waters: excellent

    Ein Badegewässer

    … European Bathing Water Directive. This is confirmed by the Quality of Bathing Water data published by the EU Commission on 1 June for the 2020 bathing season. The … are along the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas, 1,941 are inland. The latest data on bathing water quality is available online on the web pages of the individual … European Bathing Water Directive. This is confirmed by the Quality of Bathing Water data published by the EU Commission on 1 June for the 2020 bathing season. The …

  • Press release 14/2025 from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 15.04.2025

    Environmental pollutants: How exposed are children and young people?

    Blutabnahme mit einer Spritze

    … From April 2025 to March 2026, the German Environment Agency will collect data for the study from around 600 children and young people aged 6 to 17 at 15 … registration offices and are representative of this age group in Germany. In total, data will be collected for PARC from over 10,000 people throughout Europe. The aim … behaviour, health status and other topics are used to obtain data that can indicate possible sources and uptake pathways of environmental pollutants. Benefits …

  • Press release 17 from 28.04.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Too much noise: One in every eight children shows signs of impaired hearing

    a young boy with headphones

    … Environment Agency and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA e. V.) are targeting children and youth in particular with information about noise and its … Environment Agency and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA e. V.) are targeting children and youth in particular with information about noise and its …

  • Press release 23/2025 from 06.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.06.2025

    Climate change impacts mental health

    Grafik mit drei diskutierenden Personen auf Stühlen

    … the completion of our current research project, we have succeeded in collecting data in an area which has thus far been underrepresented, but which is becoming … and its consequences. However, there is still a lack of comprehensive and reliable data — specifically on possible risk groups, the extent of psychological burdens and …

  • News from 25.01.2019 | Last changed: 25.01.2019

    How does emissions trading work?

    Screenshot aus dem gezeichneten Kurzfilm: Zu sehen ist ein Kraftwerk, das Geld für Emissionsberechtigungen zahlt.

    … Emissions Trading: What drives emission developments? Carbon leakage in AI-driven data center growth? National Ordinance on Measures to Avoid Carbon Leakage in the …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … for an increasingly tech-savvy generation and thus appeal specifically to this wide target group. Politics has already taken up such developments: The Digital Policy … the general public. They also offer the potential to create increased digital and data literacy. BMUV (2020): Auf einen Blick. Die Umweltpolitische Digitalagenda: Wie … often deal with technical aspects of games, such as high-performance algorithms, databases and graphics modelling. In contrast, environmental sciences tend to focus …

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

    someone is typing on a laptop, with symbols for cloud computing such as clouds and download arrows above them

    … impact of cloud services and the critical resources which are used in servers, data storage systems and network technology? We took a closer look. last update on … what are the carbon footprints of video streaming, video conferencing and online data storage? The results of Green Cloud Computing (GCC) research report can be used … (raw material consumption, global warming potential and water consumption). The GCC indicators are well suited to communicating and comparing the environmental …

  • Article from 22.02.2024 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024)

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    … for the entire population GerES VI provides up-to-date, population-representative data on the burden of the adult population in Germany with environmental pollutants. These data help to describe the extent to which adults are exposed to environmental … sources and pathways. This information is an important basis for developing targeted measures to protect the population from health-affecting environmental …