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  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Holi – Festival of colours and dust

    Menschen streuen verschiedne Farben aus

    … since 2012 and are particular 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 … lenses, but to wear protective goggles and try to keep eyes and mouth closed when throwing the powder. Similar recommendations have also been issued by the … Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).   A nalyses by UBA show that holi powders contain up to 70% of fine dust (particles with a maximum diameter …

  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … states by reconstructing historical, unpolluted states of marine waters. In doing so, they can look much further back into the past than would be possible with … National Energy and Climate Plans: Evidence of Policy Impacts and Options for more Transparency Review of internationally proposed critical levels for ammonia The … states by reconstructing historical, unpolluted states of marine waters. In doing so, they can look much further back into the past than would be possible with …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … There is still considerable potential to design and construct them in such a way that they pollute the environment less. Proposals need to be developed and implemented at all levels of maritime … destroys the thermal insulation and, in part, their buoyancy, and is ingested when the birds attempt to clean their oil-coated feathers. This can lead to …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … to effective marine conservation by making environmentally conscious choices when consuming fish and seafood . The oceans also serve as key transportation routes … at any time. Oil and gas extraction from the seabed remains a common practice - one that carries significant ecological risks. For example, exploration activities …

  • 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

    … UBA The German Environment Agency is committed to protecting the oceans, which are more important than ever. They buffer climate change, host biodiversity, provide … cycle and distribute heat via their currents. From a distance, the seas appear endless and untouched. But on a closer view, it becomes clear that plants and animals and their habitats, especially near the coast, are …

  • Article from 16.04.2012 | Last changed: 10.09.2013

    Water body structure

    … of quality of the water body structure (see table below) developed by the Working Group of the Federal States on Water Issues (LAWA) describes a change in … exceptional cases. It is possible to assessing usually sections of 1 kilometer or more. Unlike the overview method, the “on-site method” of small to medium-sized …

  • Article from 11.05.2012 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Circulatory diseases

    more than 1,700 predominantly older people from Berlin. The evaluation showed that people living in noisy areas were more frequently receiving treatment for high … noise exposure during daytime and medical treatment for the above complaints was less marked. The frequency of medical treatment for psychological disorders, … of the research showed that the human organism reacts more sensitively to noise when at rest during the night than during the diurnal active phase. It also became …

  • Article from 26.11.2025 | Last changed: 28.11.2025

    Download

    Download This page provides the download of current program versions as well as … for the accuracy or suitability for a particular purpose of the data and programs that can be downloaded from this site. The full risk of use lies with the user. If … installation instructions English (TXT / 26.11.2025) Program packages Attention: When downloading the three large ZIP files with the plume library from the UBA …

  • Article from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    Overview

    … They can be used both for practical applications and for checking other programs that are considered to be capable of implementing the calculation methods in … turbulence, parallel to similar works by Wilson and Legg & Raupach; in doing so, I delivered a promise made to Hanna during a conference in the preceding … in Amsterdam. The preparations for the TA Luft 1983 had not yet finished, nevertheless the participants already discussed how the TA Luft should develop on an …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 04.10.2023

    Risk management in river basins

    … the EU followed in 1982 with adoption of the so-called Seveso Directive to ensure that effective safety measures are established at high-risk facilities.  Based on … international river basins. Danger prevention management Safety recommendations  Working through the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) … of the Oder at the beginning of the millennium, and to the UNECE. In the meantime more than 30 international harmonised guides have been developed for various …

  • Article from 21.03.2022 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Transport law

    Wortwolke

    … in Räumen schwacher Nachfrage “examines examples of road traffic and concludes that lasting changes to legislation are  required to achieve this aim. The authors … German Environment Agency commissioned a legal opinion to Prof. Dr. Eckhard Pache [ Minderung der Umweltbelastungen im Schienenverkehr durch emissionsabhängige … to aviation, they do not enjoy the same tax breaks. As a result, the railways bear the brunt of an uneven distribution of costs. One way to minimise this …