… Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂ The North Sea Source: Manuela Krakau / 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 it more acidic. This chemical change …

… Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program Pollutants enter the Antarctic and accumulate in sensitive ecosystems Source: Miriam Müller/ UBA Monitoring pollution levels is of crucial importance for the protection of the Antarctic, for understanding global interrelationships and for … Beijing, China Associated content Links PFAS in den Polargebieten SCAR ImPACT Documents Workshop „Monitoring Chemical Pollution in Antarctica – Tackling Future …

… Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described … objective of a decreased total environmental impact of a product, by making the manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life-cycle of the product and especially for …

… Visiting and directions UBA in Berlin-Marienfelde: the newly built “Haus 2019“ zero-energy building Source: Umweltbundesamt last update … Kurzvortrag und Besichtigung: Dauer ca. 90 min. Ergänzende Fachvorträge zu Projektthemen sind auf Wunsch möglich. Publikationen zur FSA, sofern nicht unter … Source: Christoph Zinsius / Umweltbundesamt UBA in Berlin-Marienfelde: Hall of the artificial stream and pond system Source: Christoph Zinsius / Umweltbundesamt …

… development. last update on 10.12.2025 Increasing use of natural resources The increasingly intensive use of natural resources 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 materials has more than tripled to …

… programmes Sustainbale resource management is an international task Source: Pixabay The global use of natural resources and the associated environmental impacts have increased continuously in recent decades. Materials such as metals and biomass play a key role in the transformation towards a greenhouse gas-neutral economy. last update on …