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  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Arsenic in particulate matter

    A smoking chimney

    … or mineral oil are combusted. Source: Ralf Geithe / Fotolia.com Arsenic is toxic and can have metallic or non-metallic characteristics. It rarely occurs elementary … at volcanic eruptions. Health risks Arsenic can be absorbed through the lungs and the gastrointestinal tract. After chronic absorption through the lungs the … average pollution in urban is about 0.5 ng/m³ in urban areas slightly lower. A bit higher concentrations are measured close to industrial areas, here the average value …

  • Landing page from 07.11.2025

    Environmental Indicators

    The following overview shows the key environmental indicators of the German Environment Agency. These indicators are particularly relevant for German and international environmental policy.

  • Article from 16.08.2024 | Last changed: 16.08.2024

    Cross-media monitoring in air quality management

    Neuglobsow air monitoring station

    … sites throughout Europe. Comprehensive measurements are used to draw up water and material cycle balances on catchment scale. These detailed observations of cause-effect relationships are incorporated into the development and validation of simulation models. The models are used to simulate the effects of … air policy measures, changes in the deposition of air pollutants, climatic changes) and to estimate the effects of air pollutants on ecosystem substance cycles in other …

  • Article from 21.10.2019 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Germany’s System for Guarantees of Regional Origin (GRO)

    … their customers regional electricity products. last update on 21.10.2019 Reason and background for GRO Germany has a very successful supporting system for renewable … of regional renewable electricity. A paper by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (only available in German language) from 11 March 2016 explains in more … renewable electricity, it must show this in its annual electricity disclosure and thus prove the regional characteristics of the electricity to it’s customers. …

  • Article from 07.09.2016 | Last changed: 26.01.2018

    Checklists for the pulp and paper industry

    … Checklists for the pulp and paper industry last update on 07.09.2016 These sector-specific checklists make up a guidance manual for checking and assessing the condition of plants in the pulp and paper industry that handle … отраслям, для идентификации потенциальных источников риска и целей модернизации. … Checklists for the pulp and paper industry …

  • Article from 04.09.2016 | Last changed: 24.09.2016

    Call for Papers and Contributions

    Das dreifarbige Logo der International Cycling Conference 2017 zeigt ein Fahrrad und darunter den Titel der Konferenz als Schriftzug

    … Call for Papers and Contributions Logo International Cycling Conference 2017 Source: International Cycling Conference 2017 Bridging the gap between research and practice 19.-21.09.2017, Mannheim Baroque Palace, Germany last update on … Sustainable Transport Approaches  Conference web site www.uba.de/en/icc2017 … Call for Papers and Contributions …

  • Article from 25.08.2016 | Last changed: 26.01.2018

    More Checklists

    … More Checklists last update on 25.08.2016 Checklists for the investigation and risk assessment of contaminated sites in flood risk areas These checklists will serve as a hand guide for a first visit in properties, which are containing suspected sites to … the checklists aim at a pre assessment of the risk potential in properties and a first investigating visit to evaluate suspected contaminated sites and to …

  • Article from 05.03.2018 | Last changed: 26.03.2018

    Nutrients in watercourses

    … Nutrients in watercourses Nitrogen and phosphorus are nutrients for aquatic plants (algae, macrophytes). Their high … excessive growth especially of algae (Eutrophication). Rivers transport nitrogen and phosphorus into lakes and North sea and Baltic sea and influence its nutrient concentration. last update …

  • Article from 02.08.2019 | Last changed: 19.08.2019

    Information on the NO2 exceedance table

    … (NO2) exceedance at all the measuring stations of the German States networks and UBA for the current year. last update on 02.08.2019 Short-term limit value To … Agency publishes tables of the continuously data recorded of its own stations and those in the German States measuring network in order to provide the public with exceedances information quickly and promptly. Preliminary data and gaps in the data This preliminary, continually …

  • Article from 13.09.2017 | Last changed: 27.09.2021

    Small-scale drinking water supplies

    Fenced well to prevent drinking-water contamination.

    … for example with respect to qualification of operators, resource protection and surveillance. Generating an enabling environment is therefore important for … their size, the quantity supplied, the number of persons served, or organizational and ownership structures. Therefore, all minimum requirements stipulated in the … from large, central, public supplies is considered to be "very good". For small and medium sized central supplies which serve approximately 12 % of the population, …

  • Article from 02.04.2019 | Last changed: 28.04.2021

    International Workshop, Kampala, Uganda – September 2017

    … International Workshop, Kampala, Uganda – September 2017 Experts from all over the world discussed the requirements for the protection and sustainable management of soils in Africa and worldwide during the workshop …

  • Article from 05.02.2018 | Last changed: 11.06.2018

    2018 Workshop: PMT substances under REACH

    … 2018 Workshop: PMT substances under REACH At 13th and 14th of March 2018 the German Environment Agency (UBA) and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) held the workshop "PMT and vPvM substances under REACH. Voluntary measures and regulatory options to …