… they account for approximately 50 per cent of all heavy-rain events. Individual years with a particularly high number of heavy-rain events stand out from the time series. In the years of 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2021 more than 1,500 heavy-rain events occurred. In … they account for approximately 50 per cent of all heavy-rain events. Individual years with a particularly high number of heavy-rain events stand out from the time …

… natural snow cover in a winter season (15/12 to 15/03) of 91 days or, in a leap year, 92 days) is reached – with reference to the medium sea level applicable to … areas – only in some locations of very few ski-tourism areas and that only in some years. Owing to the altitude, the overall best snow conditions prevailed in the … days. Contrary to the Alps, the eastern uplands repeatedly have some very snow-poor years. In the Black Forest and especially in western and central uplands, including …

… perspectives of HBM. All articles are available open access and online for one year. 09.06.2017 The special issue "Human Biomonitoring 2016", Volume 220/2 Part A … to human health risk assessment All 34 articles are available open access for one year. Associated content Links Special issue: Human Biomonitoring 2016 Conference … perspectives of HBM. All articles are available open access and online for one year. … Special issue: Human Biomonitoring 2016 now published …

… and electronic equipment (EEE) placed on the market during the three previous years be recovered. 2,081,223 tonnes of EEE were put into circulation in 2017. … ensure a higher collection rate of WEEE thanks to a denser network of collection points. It also requires better information for consumers and the greater …

… as quickly as possible. Emissions must be reduced by at least 55 per cent by the year 2030. Press release No. 08/2018 | 26.03.2018 Federal Environment Minister … in this legislative term. We will be preparing climate protection legislation this year which will be adopted in 2019. In so doing, we will ensure that we are able and … The estimate for 2017 has a higher degree of uncertainty than those of previous years. The Kraftwerksummeldungen between the energy and industry sectors for 2016 …

… chemicals from our environment - so-called environmental pollutants - for 40 years. How are environmental pollutants studied? Environmental pollutants can enter … phthalates, a group of plasticisers. Although levels declined over time, around ten years later, children and adolescents still had excessive concentrations. At the … New insights expected: GerES VI is collecting data on adults again after 20 years The last representative data on adults in Germany were collected during GerES …

… climate change adaptation projects has set a new record number of participants this year. Of the 240 entries received by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, … nominated projects until 8 June 2022. Press release No. 24/2022 | 18.05.2022 This year’s Blauer Kompass is the first to be awarded jointly by the Federal Ministry for …

… 28.11.2023 RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas In terms of the four-year average rate, the growth in settlement and transport areas slowed down for many years. Lately their growth stagnated at some 55 ha per day. Even though the recent … areas in the early 2000s, the new take-up of land has more than halved in recent years. While the moving four-year average was then in excess of 130 ha per day, the …

… of the cliffscape on the peninsula of Fischland on the Baltic Sea coast have every year been showing evidence of a further ‘retreat’ of the upper cliff edge. In particular, years with severe storm surges lead to substantial amounts of material breaking off. … shifted inland by just under 60 cm. Given the brevity of the time series and the years when no aerial surveys took place, it was not possible to carry out a …