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    Effects of pharmaceutical substances on environmental organisms

    Illustration showing how five example medicines can have negative effects on animals, using a selection of medications whose active pharmaceutical substances are particularly common in the environment: 1. Antibiotics can slow the growth of environmental bacteria and algae. 2. Painkillers can cause organ damage in fish. 3. Blood pressure medications can disrupt reproduction in aquatic insects. 4. Diabetes medications can lead to the feminisation of fish. 5. Epilepsy medications can cause developmental delays

    … Effects of pharmaceutical substances on environmental organisms Pharmaceutical substances are highly biologically active and can have harmful effects on living organisms in the environment. Source: Federal Ministry for the …

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    Small initial measure with large effect

    Close-up of a small water body. In the water there is a short trunk acting as a groyne. The water is deepened around the area of the trunk. The banks are covered with dried plant parts.

    … Small initial measure with large effect Initiated by a trunk acting as a groyne, the water has excavated a scour and … two habitats for fish and benthic invertebrates. … Small initial measure with large effect …

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    Working Group on Effects

    Logo of the Working Group on Effects

    … Working Group on Effects Source: WGE Download image (25.83 kB) The following contents contain this medium: CCE … Working Group on Effects …

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    UBA explanatory video: Greenhouse gases and greenhouse effect

    Planet Earth

    … UBA explanatory video: Greenhouse gases and greenhouse effect Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (653.44 kB) The following contents … contain this medium: UBA explanatory video: Greenhouse gases and greenhouse effect … UBA explanatory video: Greenhouse gases and greenhouse effect …

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    Figure 3: Derivation of the protection effect levels for wind barriers

    Figure 3: Derivation of the protection effect levels for wind barriers on arable land, considering the proportionally averaged main wind directions, example area

    … Figure 3: Derivation of the protection effect levels for wind barriers on arable land, considering the proportionally … main wind directions, example area … Figure 3: Derivation of the protection effect levels for wind barriers …

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    Sources and effects of air pollution

    Sources and effects of air pollution

    … Sources and effects of air pollution Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (1.04 MB) The … medium: About NIAM National Integrated Assessment Modelling (NIAM) … Sources and effects of air pollution …

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    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The bar chart GE-I-8 ’UV Index – case study’ indicates by means of two axes, for the years of 2016 to 2021, the annual number of days with UV burdens of UVI ≥3, in other words, a UV Index of up to 3 on one hand, and on the other hand, the respective number of days with high UV burdens of UVI ≥8, the annual number of days with a UV Index of up to 8.

    … GE-I-8: Index – case study Source: BfS (UV monitoring network) Download image (104.24 kB) The following contents contain this medium: GE-I-8: Index – case study … … GE-I-8: Index – case study …