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  • Article from 12.07.2011 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Noise effects

    … dimension of our society, but is often intrusive, disturbing and/or unpleasant. The biological functions of our body enable us to generate and process sound. For example, we need sound for communication. And while the term refers to what we are able to hear, noise connotes how we experience sound. … and hormonal system. This can provoke hypertension, increased cardiac frequency (racing heart) and other cardiovascular changes, leading to metabolic disturbances …

  • Article from 15.07.2014 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Cleaning agents and laundry detergents

    Various liquid detergents and cleaning agents

    … agents and laundry detergents are used every day in private households and in the institutional and industrial sectors. Since they are omnipresent, the hazards their use poses for the environment and human health are often …

  • Article from 27.07.2018 | Last changed: 30.01.2019

    The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection”

    A city with red buildings from above

    The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection” The UBA research agenda focuses on topics which are of relevance for the development … changes in urban settlement areas and newly emerging environmental issues. … The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection” …

  • Article from 01.04.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Commissions and advisory boards

    … from numerous disciplines who address soil protection issues. In view of the multifarious environmental consequences of farming, the UBA has strengthened its competencies in this regard via two commissions and an advisory board. …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Quick guide on how to use "Current air data" information pages

    … Quick guide on how to use "Current air data" information pages Experts at the monitoring stations of the German states and the German Environment Agency take multiple daily measurements to determine the air …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    The air quality index

    The air quality index last update on 18.11.2025 How good is the air? Our air quality index shows you. It's based on hourly average measurements … classes can be found at Der Luftqualitätsindex - LQI . Only available in German. … The air quality index …

  • Article from 01.08.2024 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil Investigation Advisory Board (FBU)

    … Soil Investigation Advisory Board (FBU) The Soil Investigation Advisory Board (FBU) is the expert committee according to section 25 of the German Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance …

  • Article from 06.02.2025 | Last changed: 16.01.2026

    President

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

    … Kambor, UBA" as source. (13.07 MB) Next Previous Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner became the new President of the German Environment Agency on 1 January 2020. last update on 06.02.2025 The internationally renowned sustainability scientist Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner …

  • Article from 21.03.2022 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Transport law

    Wortwolke

    … Transport law Legal regulations protect the environment Source: Julia Gerlach / Umweltbundesamt A comprehensive concept for sustainable mobility needs legal instruments. These instruments may be embedded in transport law as well as in other areas, for example in the environmental regulations governing the planning and …

  • Article from 17.11.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2020

    Environmental awareness in Germany

    People walking in a park.

    … Environmental protection and climate action as a key challenge In addition to the scheduled survey of 2018, an intermediate survey including key time-series questions was carried out in the early summer of 2019. Out of all the problems which Germany faced in 2018 and again in 2019, environmental protection …