… Research and logistics in the perpetual ice German researchers have been present in Antarctica since 1981. Source: M. Müller/UBA Antarctica is a nature … Islands at the northernmost tip of Antarctica. It took nearly 50 more years before other countries had their own stations. Many of the early research stations … nowadays). The region still has the highest number of stations in Antarctica today. For a detailed list of the research stations go the Council of Managers of National …

… to the harsh living conditions. last update on 27.01.2016 Krill as the basis for the food chain The number of higher animal species present in the Antarctic is relatively small. Their habitat is limited to the narrow, ice-free coastal areas and the ocean, on which they depend for their food. The most important link in the food chain of the Southern Ocean is …

… which are ice-free. However, these highly specialised plants are threatened when foreign subpolar species are introduced or human activities cause other types of … Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus crassifolius), a small umbelliferous plant, are present mainly on the Antarctic Peninsula. Predominantly flowerless organisms … can even photosynthesise at temperatures below -10°C. The most favourable locations for lichen are in the marine West Antarctic with its adequate humidity. Highly …

… Gondwana gradually broke up beginning in the Mesozoic era to eventually become the present-day continents. Convection currents in the Earth's interior continue to move … two regions from one another. The mountain range extends across the continent and forms a tectonically active region. The southernmost active volcano in the world, … which make it possible to 'take a look' under the ice. Different types of rock formation hint at the eventful history of Antarctica. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA …

… S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt The world’s soils are neither barren nor dead, for they constitute the habitats of one trillion times more bacteria than there are … a million bacteria, 120,000 fungi and 25,000 algae. These microscopic organisms perform key material-cycle functions. last update on 17.07.2013 Soil teems with life … from urban sprawl and the like Division of soil organisms Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (165.56 kB) Taxonomic classification of the most important groups of …

… 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 cover data for …

… problems can result. last update on 10.03.2014 Is soil compaction a problem? Farm, forestry and construction equipment has become ever more powerful and ever heavier … weigh up to 27 tons; a sugar beet harverster weighs up to 60 tons; and trucks used for crop transport weigh up to 40 tons. Driving such machinery over the ground can … weight generates pressure onto the soil. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt Download image (493.74 kB) Weight loads of different agricultural machine types. …

… Recommendations for your tender These product recommendations are intended as an aid to green procurement for contracting authorities. Recommendations Cleaning and hygiene Hand drying … are intended as an aid to green procurement for contracting authorities. … Recommendations for your tender …

… by natural substances such as the minerals contained in the rock from which soil is formed that are released due to weathering. For example, ore mineral deposits in near-surface soils (mineralization) induced by … Humans and nature benefit from it. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt Download image (543.09 kB) Soil-relevant pollutant groups Source: Umweltbundesamt …

… the energy sector in particular require immense amounts of such materials. It is for this reason that Germany extracts its own deposits and also imports significant … regulations with a single unified, albeit not definitive, regulatory regime in the form of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG) . This serves mainly to underpin the secure … The opportunity for a comprehensive reform of the BBergG as called for by representatives from science, the Länder, associations, and also by the German …