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  • Appointment from 15.06.2020

    UNECE photo contest: Humans locked down, nature unlocked

    … is looking for the best pictures of flora and fauna at the time of COVID-19 in a global photo competition. More information … The United Nations Economic Commission … is looking for the best pictures of flora and fauna at the time of COVID-19 in a global photo competition. … UNECE photo contest: Humans locked down, nature unlocked …

  • Press release 07/2020 from 12.02.2020 | Last changed: 08.04.2020

    Art and the environment “Zero Waste” exhibition in Leipzig

    Ein Frauengesicht mit Plastikstücken

    … videos, sculptures and photographs, the participating artists investigate the global consequences of plastic packaging, tyre abrasion, toxic chemicals and … disturbing video works, Mika Rottenberg denounces the working conditions in global production chains, deliberately dispensing for this exhibition with the …

  • 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.

    … 25.01.2019 The consequences of extreme weather events and ever-increasing global warming show the need for effective climate protection. In 2005, based on the …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … Water moves through and is stored in soils, plants, rivers, streams, lakes, and the atmosphere, thereby providing the landscape with resilience against disruptions. The … bodies by dikes or drained. Reduced snowmelt in the low mountain ranges due to global warming. Urban and transportation areas have been sealed and compacted. …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Soil development

    Rock and soil

    … layers composed of elements such as pine needles, in conjunction with anthropogenic atmospheric acid deposition. A light yellowish stratum is observed in cases where … layers composed of elements such as pine needles, in conjunction with anthropogenic atmospheric acid deposition. A light yellowish stratum is observed in cases where …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … this being acid buffering of a substance such as nitric acid, which originates from atmospheric nitrogen compounds and is neutralized in the soil. This process … organic-substance component of soil) contains 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 heat …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … to the area of approximately 73 soccer fields (in German: ( UBA 2021). Man-made global warming The natural water cycle is intensified by global warming. The atmosphere can absorb a lot of water vapor at high temperatures and less at low …

  • 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.

    … / UBA Oceans and seas absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. With increased uptake of CO₂, the pH level of seawater decreases, making … Besides soils and forest ecosystems, oceans and seas are among the largest global carbon reservoirs. They absorb approximately one-third of anthropogenic …

  • 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

    … by humans is causing ecosystems to exceed their stress limits and exacerbating global environmental problems. In the last 40 years, the global extraction of raw … 1990s Schmidt-Bleek postulated, that if sustainable development is to be achieved globally and for all of humankind, industrialized countries must reduce their …