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  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 27.01.2016

    The geography of the Antarctic

    Enormous ice shelves float on the ocean, connected to a glacier onshore.

    … ice forms around the continent in winter. Source: M. Müller/UBA Associated content Links ANDRILL: Querschnitt durch die Eisschichten der Antarktis Antarctic Sea Ice …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Satellite-based penguin monitoring

    The retreat of the Antarctic sea ice is also a threat to chinstrap penguins

    … across vast areas. The phenomenon can only be tracked on a large-scale with the help of remote sensing. The Federal Environment Agency is campaigning for a system … feasible if it is based on remote satellite imaging. A first pilot project has helped to prove that remote imaging is a plausible method for representative …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Environmental monitoring on King George Island

    The Fildes Region is subject to high pressure of use. Environmental monitoring helps to show its effects.

    … Island The Fildes Region is subject to high pressure of use. Environ. monitoring helps to show its effects Source: Christina Braun/FSU Jena King George Island is the … logistical activities which impact the environment. Environmental monitoring will help to detect and solve problems. last update on 27.01.2016 The Fildes Peninsula …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    The German Environment Agency and the Antarctic

    Protecting the Antarctic is one of the tasks of the Federal Environment Agency.

    … thus assumes responsibility for the Antarctic. The German Environment Agency (UBA) helps to meet these responsibilities. last update on 23.07.2013 UBA as competent … other authorities and institutions, which are listed in the right column under 'Links'. Who uses the work and services of the German Environment Agency? Source: …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 09.12.2020

    Underwater noise

    … 20 marine mammals (whales and seals) native to the Antarctic. Associated content Links Acoustic masking in marine ecosystems Population Consequences of other …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 18.03.2021

    Antarctic

    An appealing light blue iceberg floats in the nearly black water. The sky is gray and drab.

    … to the page “Applying for a permit to travel to the Antarctic”. Associated content Links Secretetariat of the Antarctic Treaty Committee for Environmental Protection …

  • Article from 16.12.2016 | Last changed: 13.01.2022

    Protocol on Water and Health

    a women is drinking a glass of water

    … action to improve small-scale water supply and sanitation systems. Tools and good practices from the pan-European Region with recommendations for improving the … the particular challenges that small-scale water supplies face. Associated content Links WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Drinking-water Hygiene Related …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 30.07.2019

    Drinking water

    … countless persons could be infected; and so it is necessary to reduce this risk to practically zero. In some cases we could potentially be exposed to the substances in … We do likewise for disinfection at our Marienfelde lab. Associated content Links Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water Documents … countless persons could be infected; and so it is necessary to reduce this risk to practically zero. In some cases we could potentially be exposed to the substances in …

  • Article from 17.02.2016 | Last changed: 20.10.2016

    Harmful substance properties

    … a precautionary, sustainable Substance Policy” (out of print). Associated content Links SUBSPORT Substitution Support Portal US EPA: Design for the Environment …

  • Article from 17.07.2013 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil biodiversity loss

    An earthworm in its natural habitat.

    … that are intended to, among other things, improve soil habitats and in so doing help to preserve these service functions. Soil is a habitat that is of incalculable … 2000). They also help scientists to determine whether the tenets of good farming practice are being adhered to in terms of conserving or promoting biological … Recommending measures aimed at strengthening soil protection Associated content Links European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity National Strategy on Biological …

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    … Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum, on behalf of the UBA. Associated content Links Corine Land Cover - Germany Publications Updating the Land Use and Land Cover …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 11.08.2020

    Environmental Specimen Bank

    photo of a women working in the Environmental specimen bank

    … by the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt). Associated content Links German environmental specimen bank Related contents Deutsche Umweltstudie zur …