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Water

The Oder River under stress

Photo from the river Oder

In the summer of 2022, an environmental disaster occurred in the Oder River: an estimated 1,000 tons of fish, mussels, and snails died. This began in the Polish part of the Oder and continued downstream into Germany. The cause was a toxic brackish algae called Prymnesium parvum. read more

The Umweltbundesamt

For our environment