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  • Press release 06/2018 from 09.03.2018 | Last changed: 08.03.2018

    Nitrogen dioxide has serious impact on health

    city center of Munich, in the background the Alps

    … dioxide pollution has been decreasing for a number of years overall, but current data for 2017 corroborates that many locations still exceed threshold levels. “One … the results of epidemiological research applicable to the German population.  Data from measurements and modelling of nitrogen dioxide concentrations were …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-3: Heavy rain impacting on roads

    The picture shows a gully on a flooded road. The waterspout indicates where the gully is located. There are safety cones beside the gully. A car wheel is visible at the very edge of the picture.

    … cases – damage to roads and infrastructures will increase. So far, there are no data in the public domain which might enable a reliable and cause-related … roads was affected by tempest-type heavy rainfalls as recorded by means of radar data for specific spatial areas. In other words, the indicator is limited to …

  • Cover from 24.03.2020

    Scientific Stakeholder Meeting - Platform and poster presentations

    … Giese, BOKU Vienna, AT) 10:00-10:20 Prosafe’s review on reliability of methods and data for regulatory assessment of nanomaterial risks – part environment (Klaus … – Human lung cells and Bariumsulfate nanoparticles from incineration processes - data from the project NanoEmission (F. Glahn et al., Martin-Luther-University …

  • Press release 26/2015 from 21.07.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Chemical brownfields: forest soil is very slow to forget

    photo of a forest

    … the bark beetle in Brandenburg's pine forests – can still be traced today. The map data reflect the use of chemicals and pollutant emissions in both parts of Germany: … the Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance. "Our soil pollutant data do not indicate any direct threat to the population, but we cannot give the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    TOU-I-2: Snow cover for winter tourism

    The picture shows a ski lift heading for a slope wooded predominantly with conifer trees. The slope is covered with a thin layer of snow. However, in the foreground especially, there are large areas of ground without any snow cover thus revealing grass and bare earth. A radiant sun is shining brightly from a cloudless sky.

    … snow cover of up to 1 m depth to make them skiable. An analysis of snow depth data recorded for the Alps and selected upland areas over the past (just under) five … conditions in several years of the past decade. It must be stressed that these data refer only to the natural potential of winter sports tourism in ski-tourism …

  • Press release 26/2022 from 03.06.2022 | Last changed: 14.06.2022

    Germany’s bathing waters continue to get top marks

    Junge springt vom Steg in einen See

    … accuracy. These systems work, for example, using model calculations or water gauge data. Current bathing water quality Current data on all bathing waters can be accessed online from the websites of the federal …

  • Press release 48/2018 from 18.12.2018 | Last changed: 24.08.2020

    Environmental impact of software is now measurable

    Binärer Code auf einem Bildschirm.

    … software has at least as much influence on the energy and hardware efficiency of data processing. Recent examples have shown that the effect of software updates … in the product groups text processing, browser, content management system and database. A comparison of software products within each group and with the same …

  • Press release 03/2012 from 19.01.2012 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Germany’s drinking water rated “very good“

    … be “pure and fit for human consumption.“ The rate of exceedence in the monitoring data recorded in 2008-2010 was between one and three per cent, and these incidences … of all drinking water samples taken from the tap were unobjectionable. The latest data confirm the downward trend observed for nitrate of previous years. Whereas the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-R-3: Humus reserves in forest soils

    The picture shows the soil profile of a forest. The A (or upper) horizon is formed by a massive humus layer. The surface is covered in twigs, cones and needles.

    … Humus reserves in forest soils Source: TI für Waldökosysteme (analyses based on data from BZE Wald) Humus – essential for storing water and nutrients Apart from … survey began in 2022. Process-based modelling – developed on the basis of BZE-Wald data for greenhouse gas reporting at Federal level – facilitates the derivation of …