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  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Environmental monitoring on King George Island

    The Fildes Region is subject to high pressure of use. Environmental monitoring helps to show its effects.

    … of the area around Maxwell Bay between King George Island and Nelson Island, where further stations are located (Carlini/Argentina and Dallmann/Germany, as well as King Sejong/South Korea). Current activities have been extended across further parts of Maxwell Bay to enable environmental monitoring on a larger scale. …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Monitoring projects in the Antarctic

    Regular environmental monitoring records whether and how Antarctica is changing as result of human influence

    … abundance or productivity of animal and plant species and their populations or of further jeopardy to threatened or endangered species and their populations. This … and to be able to record impacts on larger regions in the future. More detailed information is available on the pages below, for example: Whale monitoring in the …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    The German Environment Agency and the Antarctic

    Protecting the Antarctic is one of the tasks of the Federal Environment Agency.

    … related to the Antarctic and its protection in a broader sense. These tasks include information of the public through press releases, publications, guidelines and seminars, national and international reporting activities , and drafting informational and position papers that are used by national and international … institutions. UBA is also actively involved in environmental protection and the further development of environmental protection in the Antarctic, for example as the …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 09.12.2020

    Underwater noise

    … The natural patterns of behaviour of marine mammals may be altered if the animal is further away from the noise source or the sound source is quieter, e.g. shipping … range necessary for communication or for finding food, or it may reduce the information which ambient signals contain. These effects depend in particular on the …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 18.03.2021

    Antarctic

    An appealing light blue iceberg floats in the nearly black water. The sky is gray and drab.

    … glacial and marine environments as a common human heritage. Easy access to information Even if the Antarctic is a very isolated region and not many people know … are a lot of interesting facts to learn. On our pages we have compiled numerous information on the white continent for the interested public, potential applicants, …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 30.07.2019

    Drinking water

    … also use the international treaty known as the Protocol on Water and Health as an information sharing platform, in particular to promote progress in the realm of … likewise for disinfection at our Marienfelde lab. Associated content Links Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water Documents Hygiene-related … also use the international treaty known as the Protocol on Water and Health as an information sharing platform, in particular to promote progress in the realm of …

  • Article from 28.03.2014 | Last changed: 28.03.2014

    Toxic substances in products

    two little boys are playing with plastic toys on the floor

    … and products. It requires a great deal of expertise and knowledge of the market. Information must be available on the hazardous properties of these substances, their … regulated (restricted) by law depending on the risk for the environment and health. Furthermore how quickly problematic chemicals can be replaced depends on voluntary …

  • Article from 17.07.2013 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil biodiversity loss

    An earthworm in its natural habitat.

    … and forestry management, would also serve the cause of soil organism protection. Further research on surface (epigeal) organisms is needed in order to better … it is essential that soil organisms be factored into the equation. However, further research is needed concerning the determination of soil ecology indicators …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Benzene

    Zapfsäule einer Tankstelle mit drei Benzinzapfhähnen

    … from 2000 onwards can be found (station-by-station). Associated content Documents Informationsblatt Benzol (65.90 kB) Information on benzene (65.41 kB) Related contents Rechtliche Grundlagen der …

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    … environmental pollution. The EU’s CORINE Land Cover (CLC, Coordination of Information on the Environment) program provides harmonized and thus comparable land cover and land use information for all EU member states. last update on 20.04.2015 Harmonized land …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 11.08.2020

    Environmental Specimen Bank

    photo of a women working in the Environmental specimen bank

    … populations at regular intervals, Long-term storage of the samples without loss of information, To document the subjects’ living conditions by means of a standardised … populations at regular intervals, Long-term storage of the samples without loss of information, To document the subjects’ living conditions by means of a standardised …

  • Article from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil compaction

    Photo of a tyre track on an arable.

    … structural properties are a warning sign that precautions need to be taken to avoid further structural degradation. Around ten per cent of the following types of German … structural properties are a warning sign that precautions need to be taken to avoid further structural degradation. Around ten per cent of the following types of German …