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  • Article from 07.12.2021 | Last changed: 07.12.2021

    Ammunition in the sea

    Gefahren durch Munitionsaltlasten für Schifffahrt, Fischerei, menschliche Gesundheit und das Meeresökosystem

    … its full effectiveness as a skin warfare agent if it reaches the sea surface, for example by getting caught in fishing nets, and comes into contact with the skin … its full effectiveness as a skin warfare agent if it reaches the sea surface, for example by getting caught in fishing nets, and comes into contact with the skin …

  • Article from 03.04.2020 | Last changed: 03.04.2020

    Metals

    … Mercury loads have decreased considerably in recent decades, as reflected for example in the suspended solids concentrations measured at the Schnackenburg/Elbe … transportation, historical mercury deposits in water body sediments, for example in still water regions, are the principal cause (see Elbe). In 2014-2016, … Mercury loads have decreased considerably in recent decades, as reflected for example in the suspended solids concentrations measured at the Schnackenburg/Elbe …

  • Article from 05.03.2018 | Last changed: 26.03.2018

    Nutrients in watercourses

    … values cannot always be standardised to the flow rate. For hydrology, for example, values over ten years are combined into long-term series. This method is … values cannot always be standardised to the flow rate. For hydrology, for example, values over ten years are combined into long-term series. This method is …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … and contributes to climate protection through CO ₂ sequestration in soils. Example: The dike relocation at Sandau Süd on the Elbe River creates 124 hectares of … can do much to improve and preserve the condition of water bodies in the long term. Example: At the Alte Nebel in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a 200-meter-wide … Monitoringbericht 2023 zur Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel Example: Rainwater management becomes educational at the Freie Waldorfschule in …

  • Article from 25.02.2014 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Learning about and experiencing soil

    Anthill in forest

    … the predators, parasites and scavengers that inhabit the soil, to name just a few examples. A joint initiative of the UBA, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und … the predators, parasites and scavengers that inhabit the soil, to name just a few examples. A joint initiative of the UBA, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Soil development

    Rock and soil

    … rock that is fractured and comminuted by a vast array of weathering processes. For example, when water penetrates rock cracks and crevices, causing the rock to expand … is determined by the relative proportions of clay, silt and sand in the soil. For example, loamy sand is a mixture of all three elements, sand being the main one. … rock that is fractured and comminuted by a vast array of weathering processes. For example, when water penetrates rock cracks and crevices, causing the rock to expand …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … archaeological artifacts and contain evidence of historical farming practices. For example, clear-cutting of entire forests in medieval times and the consequent lack … soils. Changes in soil chemistry can potentially mobilize bound substances, an example of this being increasing soil acidification provoked by lower pH values. … compounds are changed by a chemical reaction and lose their original structure, an example of this being acid buffering of a substance such as nitric acid, which …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … in space or increasing the reflectivity of the earth’s surface (albedo), for example by painting the roofs of settlements white. The most commonly discussed … few CDR approaches seek to take advantage of these natural processes. Some onshore examples are large-scale afforestation activities, or the use of bioenergy combined …

  • 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.

    … how far the implementation of measures has progressed and whether new findings, for example adaptions to climate change, make it necessary to adjust flood risk … years. Flood damage can therefore also occur outside the defined floodplains, for example in the case of a flood event that statistically occurs only once in 200 … years. In floodplains, special flood protection regulations apply to buildings. For example, municipalities are no longer allowed to designate new construction areas in …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … the construction, quality and operations for various types of plant elements. For example, the law requires plant operators to conform with the state of the art in … the construction, quality and operations for various types of plant elements. For example, the law requires plant operators to conform with the state of the art in …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … TOPIC: Ban on cosmetics containing mercury – international challenges using the example of skin lightening creams +++ FURTHER ARTICLES: Potential of wasterwater … (HBM4EU) successfully completed | The dashboard "Health in Germany up-to-date" – An example of outcome communication at the Robert Koch Institute +++ UMID 02/2022 March … medicine in Germany | EU-COST networks to support transnational research – the example of the European Burden of Disease network | What is the One Health approach, …