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  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance

    Poor harvests due to heat and drought

    … the seas. This water is lost to the regional water balance. This is also due to the fact that a significant portion of former floodplain areas is no longer available - … the seas. This water is lost to the regional water balance. This is also due to the fact that a significant portion of former floodplain areas is no longer available - …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … mineral fertilizers; mechanical tillage; pesticide use; and in some locations, the fact that the practice of tripartite crop rotation has been abandoned. It is for … human actions and farming techniques. Soils are repositories of archaeological artifacts and contain evidence of historical farming practices. For example, … and the amount of pollutants that the soil comes into contact with are also key factors in this regard, since the soil is able to perform these herculean tasks to a …

  • Article from 15.04.2025 | Last changed: 25.04.2025

    The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement

    Lettering 1,5 degrees Celsius

    … benchmark would have serious consequences. For example, the melting of the ice sheets on Greenland and in the Antarctic would be virtually unstoppable, which would … to raise climate ambition Potential of blue carbon for global climate mitigation - Factsheet Unpacking Article 2.1(c): Conceptual and Political Dimensions of … benchmark would have serious consequences. For example, the melting of the ice sheets on Greenland and in the Antarctic would be virtually unstoppable, which would …

  • Article from 24.04.2025 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    CASRI report on enhancing Ethics, Gender Equality, and Diversity

    stylized people in different colors

    … for gender balance within the project as members of the CASRI Gender Task Force. In fact, appointed as persons of trust, they act as a point of contact on gender … for gender balance within the project as members of the CASRI Gender Task Force. In fact, appointed as persons of trust, they act as a point of contact on gender …

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … technologies - even if new terms are constantly being found, they do not change the fact that has been known for decades: climate modification approaches harbor major … for CDR is however limited and can’t be determined solely based on technical factors. The social, economic and environmental sustainability must be addressed … on CCS and technical sinks and UBA brief position on CDR ). Methane Removal See Factsheet: Technical approaches to removing methane from the atmosphere (methane …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil

    The picture shows a seedling emerging from moist, dark soil.

    … organisms are more active as a result. Furthermore, the soil temperature is a major factor in determining the length of the growth period and the mobilisation of … with vegetation warm up with some delay, and they also cool off with delay. The fact that soil temperatures rise in line with climate change also entails impacts on … greater than 5 °C, amounting to 259 days, was comparatively low. This is due to the fact that the winter of 2017 / 2018 was characterised by comparatively high …

  • Article from 12.03.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Substances hazardous to waters

    … Number 1 of the AwSV to the Umweltbundesamt. An editable form of the documentation sheet according to Appendix 2 number 1 of the AwSV is provided as “ Formblatt 1: … Number 1 of the AwSV to the Umweltbundesamt. An editable form of the documentation sheet according to Appendix 2 number 1 of the AwSV is provided as “ Formblatt 1: …

  • Article from 20.05.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    Good to know about nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … published. According to this, the definition includes natural, incidental and manufactured materials, including their aggregates and agglomerates. At least 50% of the … for producers and importers of nanomaterials or products containing nanomaterials. Fact sheets on nano-enabled applications The expectation in the use of nanomaterials in …

  • Article from 21.02.2023 | Last changed: 21.02.2023

    Environmental management at UBA

    EMAS logo on the face of the UBA office building in Dessau-Roßlau

    … private time of the employees, it is not included in UBA's greenhouse gas balance sheet. However, UBA wants to motivate its employees, as well as its contractual and … generated by external service providers on its behalf in its greenhouse gas balance sheet. UBA does not currently know how high the CO 2 emissions concerned are. Our … private time of the employees, it is not included in UBA's greenhouse gas balance sheet. However, UBA wants to motivate its employees, as well as its contractual and …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … (anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions) of climate change, geoengineering can in fact only influence or mitigate its impacts. Interventions are usually classified … Parties reaffirmed the ban in 2016. The German Environment Agency has compiled a fact sheet (in German) on this “de facto moratorium”. Geoengineering in the oceans: …

  • Article from 17.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Switchgear

    Illustration of a typical gas-insulated switchgear

    … on switchgear. An overview of the current and future regulations is summarised in a fact sheet on switchgear with fluorinated greenhouse gases (in German). We would … of SF 6 from electrical equipment In the research project "Practical recovery factors for UNFCCC F-gas inventories" (duration from 2022 to 2024), country-specific …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … are invariably of importance when it comes to plant safety, notwithstanding the fact that they are addressed differently in the various applicable regulations. … structures for safety measures Apart from the human and technological factors, the organizational structure for safety measures also plays a major role … are invariably of importance when it comes to plant safety, notwithstanding the fact that they are addressed differently in the various applicable regulations. …