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  • Article from 18.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil science

    A floor pit with differently coloured layers.

    … to be multi-disciplinary owing to its great complexity and in light of our current knowledge of soil processes. One of the tasks of soil science is to describe and … awareness of the various types of soil and their characteristics, for some years now a “soil of the year” has been selected, and is announced each 5 December. … to be multi-disciplinary owing to its great complexity and in light of our current knowledge of soil processes. One of the tasks of soil science is to describe and …

  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … that the findings of preliminary investigations also be assessed using test values, in such a way that the particularities of each individual setting are taken …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … Calculations (in German: KWRA 2021 ) on the annual flood discharges (characteristic value: mean annual flood MHQ) of the major rivers in Germany show clear differences … in the water balance and human intervention in the course of water bodies, property values in former floodplains and inundation areas are increasing. This contributes …

  • 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.

    … slow down climate change, but this comes at a high ecological price. The pH value decreases, acidification increases As the concentration in the air increases, … (CaCO₃). These various chemical compounds in the water derived from CO₂ are known as dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). Before industrialisation, the pH value of … whose livelihoods depend on them. With the adoption of the Global Agenda 2030 in 2015, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established as a global plan to …

  • Article from 29.05.2024 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil of the Year

    Red grapes on a vineyard.

    … Soil of the Year: Gleysol For more information go to Website Soil of the Year . 2015 Soil of the Year: Pseudogley For more information go to Website Soil of the … Schadstoffe in Böden Bodenfunktionen Related publications Poster: Soil of the year 2015 Tags soil function soil profile soil structure soil type soil classification … Soil of the Year: Gleysol For more information go to Website Soil of the Year . 2015 Soil of the Year: Pseudogley For more information go to Website Soil of the …