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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-6: Pumping station performance – case study

    The picture shows the pumping station Steinschleuse on the Eider river. A retaining wall with a bridge and a brick-built house are visible.

    … case study In order to keep, in particular, coastal lowland areas in agricultural production, artificial drainage including the use of pumping stations is an … The major part of the North German Plain is currently used for agricultural production. The low altitude of the landscape – in most cases amounting to just a … Change … In order to keep, in particular, coastal lowland areas in agricultural production, artificial drainage including the use of pumping stations is an …

  • Cover from 13.08.2024

    Water Monitoring of the Future

    Schematic workflow in the project “Ad-hoc Assessment for Water Monitoring of the Future”.

    … and the underlying chemical legislation (e.g. REACH EC 1907/2006, Plant Protection Products EC 1107/2009, Pharmaceuticals 2001/83/EC, Biocides EU 528/2012). Thus, we … and the underlying chemical legislation (e.g. REACH EC 1907/2006, Plant Protection Products EC 1107/2009, Pharmaceuticals 2001/83/EC, Biocides EU 528/2012). Thus, we …

  • Press release 20/2010 from 29.03.2010 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Global treaty on biopiracy in sight

    … A large share of Earth’s biological diversity is in the developing world. If products resourced there are developed into profit-making products around the world, the source countries must have a right to share in those …

  • Press release 47/2012 from 29.11.2012 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

    Mineral oil residue in advent calendars can be avoided

    … foods. Residues can even leak through intermediate packaging and transfer to the product. A test done by Stiftung Warentest which was published on 26 November 2012 … source points of mineral oils traced in foods are the machine oils used in production equipment and in packaging made of recycled paper that is used in … companies in mineral oil-free printing and adopt them for the production of press products on a large scale. The publication can be ordered or downloaded free of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    TOU-R-1: Seasonality of bed-nights in wider tourism areas

    The picture shows a sandy beach on the Baltic Sea coast with dunes and hooded beach chairs (‘strandkorbs’). The strandkorbs facing the viewer have been locked up for the winter. The sea is visible on the horizon. A few individuals and small groups of people are visible at the waterline; apart from them, the beach is deserted. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … from technical measures to measures for crisis prevention and management as well as product adaptation and management and how to guide or direct visitor flows. 210 At … different travel areas balance each other out more easily owing to the more diverse product range offered. Furthermore it should be borne in mind that the demand – and … from technical measures to measures for crisis prevention and management as well as product adaptation and management and how to guide or direct visitor flows. 210 At …

  • Press release 03/2017 from 30.01.2017 | Last changed: 22.03.2017

    2015 greenhouse gas emissions indicate a slight decrease for second year in a row

    Eine Solaranlage auf freien Feld, im Hintergrund drehen sich Windkrafträder

    … but we have to stay on task. It will take a gradual and complete phase-out of the production of electricity from coal to protect our climate and to achieve the goals … but we have to stay on task. It will take a gradual and complete phase-out of the production of electricity from coal to protect our climate and to achieve the goals …

  • Cover from 01.12.2017

    Conference Decarbonisation and Ressource Efficiency 2017 Start

    Hand hält Solarfeld und Windräder

    … gas emissions, such a transition also requires huge investments in renewable energy production and storage units as well as in sustainable building concepts. Such … gas emissions, such a transition also requires huge investments in renewable energy production and storage units as well as in sustainable building concepts. Such …

  • Press release 61/11 from 13.12.2011 | Last changed: 02.07.2013

    REACH: First signs of successful action taken against endocrine disruptor

    … disruptor in fish. Even at low concentrations it impairs development and reproduction. Octylphenol, or 4-tert-Octylphenol, is used to manufacture paints, … request, merchants must provide information free of charge about whether a product contains this or any other substance of very high concern. By making such a … they are sending the message to suppliers that they do not want these chemicals in products.” What effect will this have on other chemicals which are proven to impair …