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  • Publication from 04.05.2022

    Transformatives Lernen durch Engagement

    Illustration lernender Menschen

    … Entwicklung Project No. (FKZ) 3718 16 109 0 Publisher Umweltbundesamt Additional information PDF is accessible File size 7.11 MB Print version not available Tags …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … pandemic. The research project “Serious Gaming and Sustainability” of the German Environment Agency takes a look approaches to the use of games. The project has … the potential to provide increasingly significant means of access to environmental information and education for the general public. They also offer the potential to … Project aims and duration The contractors Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and others together with UBA explored the potential of (serious) games …

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

    someone is typing on a laptop, with symbols for cloud computing such as clouds and download arrows above them

    … are digital services that are nowadays taken for granted. But what about the environmental impact of cloud services and the critical resources which are used in servers, data storage systems and network technology? We took a closer look. last update on 10.01.2022 … Brochure: Digitalisation and natural resources Tags digitalisation green IT information and communication technology … Home office, videoconferencing and …

  • Article from 22.02.2024 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024)

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024) Adults are back in focus in the German … the German Environmental Survey for Adults, GerES VI (2023–2024) to collect information on the burden of the adult population in Germany with environmental …

  • Article from 03.04.2020 | Last changed: 03.04.2020

    Metals

    … Metals Metals and selenium are found in the environment in various different compounds. Their geogenic concentrations … copper, zinc) and in biota (mercury). The assessment of metals is based on environmental quality standards (chemical status) which are valid throughout the EU …

  • Article from 05.03.2018 | Last changed: 26.03.2018

    Nutrients in watercourses

    … levels of total phosphorus, ammonia nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen Source: German Environment Agency based on data supplied by LAWA Downloads: (277.64 kB) Evaluation … for total phosphorus 1982-2016 (LAWA monitoring sites) Source: German Environment Agency Download image (264.10 kB) guteklassen_phosphor_1982_2016e.pdf … for nitrate nitrogen 1982-2016 (LAWA monitoring sites) Source: German Environment Agency Download image (261.25 kB) guteklassen_nitrat_1982_2016e.pdf …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … Humans A balanced landscape water balance is fundamental for healthy, resilient ecosystems, ensuring water availability for both humans and the environment, and enhancing nature's resilience to extreme weather events. However, … for the rewetting of ecologically significant peatlands ( 1000 peatlands ) Information, activation, managing and support for measures to rewet peatlands …

  • Article from 26.02.2014 | Last changed: 15.07.2025

    Soil related travel destinations in Germany

    Experiencing the ground beneath our feet is very much a part of our experience of nature, as here with this former sand pit.

    … with this former sand pit. Source: Sina Schröder Discovering soils in their natural environment makes for an exciting journey through our natural and cultural heritage. … Tags nature experience soil educational trail … Discovering soils in their natural environment makes for an exciting journey through our natural and cultural heritage. …

  • Article from 25.02.2014 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Learning about and experiencing soil

    Anthill in forest

    … The UBA contributes to soil stewardship among other things by disseminating information. last update on 25.02.2014 Bodenwelten.de Bodenwelten.de, which is … information on all soil related matters. In May 2013, a content management system was launched for the site, which, like Wikipedia, is maintained and kept … an educational tool for institutions that teach children and young people about the environment. Die Böden Deutschlands - Ein Reiseführer Issued by the UBA in early …

  • Article from 18.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil science

    A floor pit with differently coloured layers.

    … strong soil types differ greatly in terms of the mechanisms with which they control environmental processes. We human beings are the main beneficiaries of these … knowledge of soil processes. One of the tasks of soil science is to describe and systematically investigate soil and all of its various properties. These findings …

  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … Site remediation The term “site remediation” refers to the following: all systematic steps involving detection, investigation and hazard assessments of … authorities, often in conjunction with cadastral land surveys. In this process, information is compiled from sources such as municipal commercial registers, and is …