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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.

    … excessive growth of cyanobacteria  (commonly known as ‘blue-green algae’) or the effects of heavy, persistent rainfall. In the past year, such rainfall led to high …

  • Press release 13/2020 from 20.03.2020 | Last changed: 27.03.2020

    UBA names water body type of the year 2020

    Ein kleiner Bachabschnitt fließt durch ein Waldstück

    … good ecological status and requires better protection. These are the findings of studies by the German Environment Agency entitled "Waters in Germany: Status and …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … in the field of (serious) gaming and sustainability with a special focus on the effectiveness of such approaches. In addition, it identifies the need for further … from 2007 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 6(2), 18.  https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v6i2.2840 Research focus is placed …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    Headaches

    A child that holds its head.

    … passive indoor or secondhand smoke and headaches was found and proven in large studies from Norway and the USA. Carbon monoxide (CO): CO is a gas with known … and thus transported into indoor air. Since some of these compounds have neurotoxic effects, they can be considered as a trigger factor for headaches. Can outdoor air …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … measures are reaching their limits, and irrigation demands are rising. To effectively address these challenges, a fundamental shift is needed. From a … Pomerania, a 200-meter-wide development corridor was created with positive effects on the water balance and biodiversity. Sponge City Principle and Sustainable …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … carbon that has been removed from the atmosphere. Apart from soil’s beneficial effect on global warming, it also has a direct impact on the immediate environs. The … than in green areas. Plant transpiration in well vegetated areas exerts a cooling effect, and such areas do not heat up as readily as their paved over counterparts. …

  • Article from 18.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil science

    A floor pit with differently coloured layers.

    … S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt Germany has many different kinds of soil, which are studied and described by soil scientists. As in the plant kingdom, a distinction is … findings are incorporated into soil maps that are indispensable for successful and effective soil conservation. In the interest of raising public awareness of the …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … of the river itself. Humans can influence and intensify floods, their course and effects. last update on 04.01.2023 Floods are natural events Floods in streams and … patterns                                                                 Scientific studies show that river floods in north-western Europe have increased in recent …