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  • Article from 27.10.2022 | Last changed: 27.10.2022

    WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management

    Schild des WHO CC Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control

    … to the Agency’s ‘Environmental Hygiene’ department, located in Berlin. New WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines Associated content Links WHO European Centre for … WHO CC Air Hygiene WHO publications: Climate Change Statement: Launch of the WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines 2021 Documents …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

    Some labeled brown flasks

    … of VOCs? VOCs arise from a broad range of different sources. Their presence in atmospheric air can be accounted for by biological processes, for example, metabolic … processes in plants, putrefaction or decomposition. Further sources of VOCs in atmospheric air include technical processes in which substances are generated … preparation and human metabolic processes. In comparison to the sources of VOCs in atmospheric air, those to be found in indoor air in central Europe are generally of …

  • Article from 11.01.2019 | Last changed: 11.01.2019

    Climate change and health

    That's good against heat: a cooling water bag

    … information. Current climate models suggest it is quite likely that the trend in global warming will continue and that the annual mean temperature will result in an … Indikator: Heiße Tage Geoengineering Bodenerosion durch Wind Indikator: Globale Lufttemperatur Related publications Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Epigenetics and Environmental Influences

    DNA stylised

    … epigenetics, Prospective studies, and Basic research in the field of epigenetics. Pdfs Bisphenol A Ausgabe 04/2008: Bisphenol A Epigenetik – Das molekulare Gedächtnis …

  • Article from 12.06.2015 | Last changed: 12.06.2015

    Products

    Shopping Mall

    … Product Information in E-Commerce Methodological challenges for ecolabels in the Global Ecolabelling Network Tags Blue Angel consumer information consumption health …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … to the area of approximately 73 soccer fields (in German: ( UBA 2021). Man-made global warming The natural water cycle is intensified by global warming. The atmosphere can absorb a lot of water vapor at high temperatures and less at low …

  • Article from 30.11.2014 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment

    … dispersed substances, including mercury and dioxins. Also new is the mandatory watch list with a maximum of 14 substances. For the first upcoming list diclofenac … and the two hormones E2 and EE2 are already nominated by the directive. The watch list must be updated every 2 years, and a substance must not remain on the …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … vessels and cruise liners do so and pollute the oceans in a variety of ways. Globally, maritime transport has been increasing more or less continuously over …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … consuming fish and seafood . The oceans also serve as key transportation routes for global trade. Even during regular operations, maritime shipping releases pollutants … to OECD TG 309 PINETI-4: Modelling and assessment of acidifying and eutrophying atmospheric deposition to terrestrial ecosystems Critical Limits for Acidification …

  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

    On the picure you see the sunset about the sea

    … absorb around a third of the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) produced by humans from the atmosphere through natural gas exchange. At the same time, they are important components of the global water cycle and distribute heat via their currents. From a distance, the seas …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 04.10.2023

    Risk management in river basins

    … 2017. In the meantime, this score system for R-phrases has been adapted to the new Global Harmonised System. In turn, the matrix system developed in conjunction with … 2017. In the meantime, this score system for R-phrases has been adapted to the new Global Harmonised System. In turn, the matrix system developed in conjunction with …

  • Article from 21.03.2022 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Transport law

    Wortwolke

    … the installation of particle filters in diesel locomotives. User Charges on Global Environmental Goods The world oceans and airspace are typical examples of global environmental goods, also known as open-access resources. They can be used by …