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  • Appointment from 18.06.2019 | Last changed: 09.10.2019

    UBA/BDL Workshop “Power-to-Liquid (PtL) in Air Transport”

    passenger plane

    … UBA/BDL Workshop “Power-to-Liquid (PtL) in Air Transport” Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union Rue Montoyer … set forth strategies for planning and executing mitigation of global warming across all sectors. As it still generates growth, air transport plays an important part in … Agency (UBA) is currently developing a concept for a greener air transport. One of its pillars is seen in the industrial-scale production of so-called power-to-liquid …

  • Article from 19.08.2019 | Last changed: 07.01.2020

    Air quality maps: Background information

    Air quality maps: Background information How are the German Environment Agency's maps of Germany's current air pollution and ozone … larger area to show the air pollutant distribution for the entire country. A radial basis function method (Hardy´s multiquadric interpolation scheme) plots the unevenly … of air quality data. Measurements from "background stations" are used (not in the vicinity of significant air pollution sources) for the purposes of …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Cadmium in particulate matter

    Schornsteine vor blauem Himmel

    … Source: jzehnder / fotolia.com Cadmium is toxic and cancerogenic. It belongs to the heavy metals and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air arsenic is measured bound to … is mainly toxic to the kidneys and disturbs the bone metabolism. Cadmium and its inorganic compounds are classified as being cancerogenic. Air quality standards …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Lead in particulate matter

    Ein Auto steht in einer Tiefgarage.

    … emission source. Source: B. Plank / Fotolia.com Lead is a toxic heavy metal and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air lead is measured bound to particulate matter. last … that is valid since 1 January 2005 Air pollution Since 2007 the limit value was not exceeded in Germany, the concentrations are significantly below the limit value. …