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  • DzU article from 30.01.2025 | Last changed: 30.01.2025

    Indicator: Nitrate in groundwater

    A graph shows the proportion of groundwater sampling sites where nitrate measurements for the years 2008 to 2023 were above 25 and 50 milligrams per litre. In the period covered, neither sub-indicator has shown any significant change.

    … nitrogen threshold in groundwater. Nitrate can be converted to nitrosamines in the human body. This can result in disruption to the oxygen transport in infants … nitrogen threshold in groundwater. Nitrate can be converted to nitrosamines in the human body. This can result in disruption to the oxygen transport in infants …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 17.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Soils

    freshly ploughed field

    … basis for the production of healthy food, provide settlement and living space for humans and animals, and are crucial for the water balance and protection of … are open to the wind, dry and very flat are particularly at risk. Through land use humans influence wind erosion hazards. Soil cultivation and the degree of soil cover …

  • Newsletter from 18.12.2024 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    UMID - No.: 02/2024

    … UMID editorial team The new issue 02/2024 of the journal UMID - Environment and Human Health Information service has been published: Please note that the articles …

  • News from 18.09.2013 | Last changed: 18.09.2013

    Pharmaceutical residues can affect soil organisms

    purification plant

    … alkyl compounds) in waste streams Do new generations of active pharmaceuticals for human use require an adaption of the environmental risk assessment? - Part II: Case …

  • Press release 06/2025 from 11.02.2025 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Call for entries for the German Prize for Nature Writing 2025

    in einem dunklen Gehölz fällt Licht auf einen alten abgebrochenen Baum

    … reflections on the relationship between nature and culture and with the history of human appropriation of nature. Both essayistic as well as lyrical and epic writing … speak of 'nature as such', but of nature as perceived, experienced and explored by humans. The call for entries The award supports German-speaking authors or authors …

  • Press release 24/2025 from 16.06.2025 | Last changed: 19.06.2025

    How much life lies within our soil?

    Regenwurm in feuchtem Boden.

    … diversity of species is what defines soil as an essential basis for life—for us humans and for the environment. Healthy and living soils are true all-rounders. They …

  • Press release 22/2024 from 27.05.2024 | Last changed: 29.05.2024

    Kenah Cusanit receives the 2024 German Prize for Nature Writing

    in einem dunklen Gehölz fällt Licht auf einen alten abgebrochenen Baum

    … Alps, a bird of prey circles above the history of the names of wheat varieties, a human heart resembles yeast dough. Kenah Cusanit's essay Senatore Capelli jumps back … speak of ‘nature as such’, but of nature as perceived, experienced and explored by humans. The physical presence, the concrete activity of exploration and the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Biological diversity

    In the foreground the picture shows a banded demoiselle which has landed on the blossom of a yellow waterbuttercup. The background of this picture is blurred.

    … field Biological diversity is one of the fundamental requirements for the life of human beings. Animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms contribute to providing … in terms of their populations. Apart from increasing demands on land use by humans, climate change represents a major stress factor owing to changes in …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 07.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Biological Diversity

    colourful flowering summer meadow

    … this adaptation will be, as it increases the resilience of the ecosystems. Humans can support the potential for independent adaptation (self-regulation) by …

  • Appointment from 16.04.2021

    Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides

    … protection products, biocides can directly be used in nature or indoors to protect humans or materials from harmful organisms. This makes their sustainable use …

  • Appointment from 19.12.2018

    Raw Materials & Environment 2019

    … will be addressed so that the interdependencies between environmental protection, human rights, security of supply, distributional justice, global responsibility can …

  • News from 27.12.2021 | Last changed: 05.01.2022

    Novel materials should be safe and sustainable

    Nano structures

    … Nano structures are more than 1000 times smaller than the diameter of an human hair Source: eugenesergeev / Fotolia.com In a joint recommendation, three … technological history of innovative materials reveals the emergence of dangers to humans and the environment that only became known after intensive use. Today's …