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  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity

    The legend comprises six categories for the rainfall erosivity (unit: kilojoules per square metre multiplied by millimetres per hour) as a district average for the years 2017 to 2021.

    … BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity Rainfall erosivity – district mean for 2017-2021 Source: Technical data: DWD (RADKLIM); Geodata: Geobasis-DE/BKG 2021 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … of  soil loss. In years with violent heavy rainfall events such as 2002 or latterly 2021, the mean annual R-factors were  particularly high. Targeted anti-erosion …

  • Article from 17.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Switchgear

    Illustration of a typical gas-insulated switchgear

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … economic activities and material assets is considered in more detail (Schütte, 2021) and related to the statistical probability of occurrence (annuality). - … floodplains, which has long been an instrument of flood management (Schütte, 2021). According to § 76 WHG, floodplains are areas between surface waters and dykes … of flooding for other countries in the same catchment area. References Schütte (2021): Schütte, Dieter B. Hochwasserschutz und kommunale Daseinsvorsorge.   Wasser …

  • Article from 23.04.2025 | Last changed: 23.06.2025

    Research and development projects on nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … Rate 2024 Nanocarrier - Part I: Overview and categorization of nanocarriers 2021 Development of a specific OECD Test Guideline on Particle Size and Particle …

  • Article from 11.09.2017 | Last changed: 31.08.2023

    Publications

    … Management and Ecology 29 (6) (2022), 851-857, https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12587. 2021 Sahm (geb. Gergs), R.: Ecological concepts of complex trophic interactions – … and top-down regulation of food web and community structures. Vortrag, SETAC Europe 2021. König, F., Wiesner, Y., Ricking, M., Bdenarz, M., Kerndorff, A., Bannick, … of plastic food-packaging objects in semi-terrestrial zones. Poster, SETAC Europe, 2021. Carl, S.: Effects of lab conditions on the composition of the aquatic …

  • Article from 13.10.2016 | Last changed: 13.10.2016

    Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks

    … Rate 2024 Nanocarrier - Part I: Overview and categorization of nanocarriers 2021 Development of a specific OECD Test Guideline on Particle Size and Particle …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Ozone

    … protects life on earth against harmful ultraviolet radiation. last update on 25.05.2021 Ground level ozone, by contrast, is harmful to human health and the …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … at a glance | Health-related exposure to particulate matter (PM2,5) in Germany 2010-2021 | We need to talk! – Can a Chatbot help during a radiological emergency? +++ … – a Concept for Environmental Health Protection in the Anthopocene +++ UMID 01/2022 2021 November 2021 MAIN TOPIC: Advanced Materials – a new challenge for environmental and health …

  • Article from 21.01.2021 | Last changed: 22.01.2021

    Precautionary principle

    … Precautionary principle last update on 21.01.2021 Once damage to the environment has already occurred, the only option is to put …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 07.11.2017

    Nanomaterial

    white aerosol can sprays in front of black background

    … Rate 2024 Nanocarrier - Part I: Overview and categorization of nanocarriers 2021 Development of a specific OECD Test Guideline on Particle Size and Particle …

  • Article from 14.02.2022 | Last changed: 15.02.2022

    Economic issues

    … than the ecosystem services approach. Following the thematic approach, in UBA 2021 The value of the German marine environment , the value difference between a … than the ecosystem services approach. Following the thematic approach, in UBA 2021 The value of the German marine environment , the value difference between a …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … transport has been increasing more or less continuously over decades. Today, in 2021, about 90 per cent of world trade is shipped by sea. About one third of vessels … of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems for Reduction of SOx on Ships" published in June 2021 provides an overall review on the status quo of EGCS, with special focus on … areas (NECAs) apply since 2016 to the waters off the North American coast and since 2021 to the North and Baltic Seas as well. In order to reduce climate-damaging …