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  • Article from 30.12.2022 | Last changed: 15.07.2024

    Flood prevention

    The River Elbe during a flood in the Elbe Biosphere Reserve

    … May/June 2013 in the Danube and Elbe catchment areas, the a Special Conference of German Environment Ministers decided on 2 September 2013 to develop a nationwide, … informing ourselves about the potential flood risk on site before a flood event (information preparedness): Do I live in a flood risk area or a designated … informing ourselves about the potential flood risk on site before a flood event (information preparedness): Do I live in a flood risk area or a designated …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … the landscape has a direct impact on the course of a flood. Most flowing waters in Germany have been straightened, dyked and dammed in the past to gain settlement … transport purposes. This corresponds to the area of approximately 73 soccer fields (in German: ( UBA 2021). Man-made global warming The natural water cycle is … models and ensembles and Climate change ) and also under the following links (in German): Climate Service Centre Germany (GERICS) German Climate Data Centre German

  • Article from 30.11.2014 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment

    … Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment In Germany there are EU-wide environmental quality standards and national environmental … provides an important basis for assessing the pollution of inland surface waters in Germany. EU-wide environmental quality standards – chemical status Chemical status … standard for water corresponding to this biota figure for analytical monitoring. Germany has choosen this for HCB and hexchlorobutadiene, but not for mercury due to …

  • Article from 19.09.2018 | Last changed: 18.11.2019

    Ozone and open air sport events

    People are jogging

    … 240 μg/m 3 (1 hour value) is in force. The EU Directive found its implementation in German Immission Control Law. According to this regulation, the general public has … with the following scientific facts: In the VDI guideline 2310 (Association of German Engineers, 2001) a short-term MIK value (0.5 h) (Maximum Immission … 240 μg/m 3 (1 hour value) is in force. The EU Directive found its implementation in German Immission Control Law. According to this regulation, the general public has …

  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Holi – Festival of colours and dust

    Menschen streuen verschiedne Farben aus

    … popular among teenagers and young adults. In 2015 more than 100 events were held in Germany and in 2014 more than 250,000 people had visited these events. Loud techno … Holi colours can induce pro-inflammatory responses PM exposure at Holi festivals (german) another: PM exposure at Holi festivals (german) how high is the exposure to …

  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    Monitoring and assessment The federal and state governments regularly collect data … on 11.04.2025 Monitoring the North Sea and Baltic Sea Data on the status of the German marine areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea are regularly collected as part … example, provide information on the sources of nutrient and contaminant inputs. The German Environment Agency is constantly developing its modelling capacities as part …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … 2,000 vessels cross the Baltic Sea each day at any time. In close vicinity to the German coast, maritime shipping in the North Sea masses in the Southern German Bight … sewage, ballast water and ship-generated sewage. The various levels of jurisdiction (international maritime and environmental law, European law, national law) are … Design . Associated content Links Uses of and impacts on the seas (predominantly German) Marine Conservation Law (German only) IMO, marine environment and shipping …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … of World War II. Large amounts of ammunition and sunken wrecks lie on the seabed of German coastal waters. These pose a threat not only to marine ecosystems but also to … on the marine environment with consequences that are difficult to predict. The German Environment Agency is researching new approaches to better assess and manage … Related publications Risk assessment of munition compounds in the German North and Baltic Sea (CONMAR-Impact) Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 …

  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

    On the picure you see the sunset about the sea

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done? View of the wide open sea Source: FG II 2.3 / UBA The German Environment Agency is committed to protecting the oceans, which are more … in the climate system and are an important ‘engine’ for global ocean currents. The German Environment Agency (UBA) has been working for decades to determine the state …

  • Article from 16.04.2012 | Last changed: 10.09.2013

    Water body structure

    … of substances and PBT assessment Third assessment of the eutrophication status of German coastal and marine waters 2006 – 2014 in the North Sea according to the OSPAR …

  • Article from 15.09.2014 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Assessment of watercourses

    two women are fishing in the water to take some samples

    … watercourses Taking samples to examine the water quality Source: Hoffmann / UBA In Germany the Federal States (Länder) have the responsibility for monitoring and … is the saprobic system „Saprobiensystem“. It uses the population of macrozoobenthos (invertebrates dwelling on the riverbed) to describe the oxygen content of … is the saprobic system „Saprobiensystem“. It uses the population of macrozoobenthos (invertebrates dwelling on the riverbed) to describe the oxygen content of …

  • Article from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    Overview

    … for regulatory environmental protection", Janicke Consulting on behalf of the German Environment Agency, UBA). The program package AUSTAL2000 is a tool for … CCMS conference in San Francisco, which took place end of August 1981, I had just presented my formulation of Lagrangian modelling in inhomogeneous turbulence, … Kirkwood, in the mountains east from Jackson, in order to bring our ideas together (in the framework of the UBA project "handbook for immission calculations"). We, …