Moor- und weitere organische Böden speichern große Mengen an organischem Bodenkohlenstoff, die bei Entwässerung als Kohlendioxid (CO2) freigesetzt werden. Da in Deutschland ein Großteil dieser Böden entwässert ist, tragen sie nach derzeitigen Berechnungen mit 54 Mio. t CO2-Äqivalenten pro...

Ziel des Projektes war, gemeinsam mit land- und wasserwirtschaftlichen Behörden der Bundesländer ein bundesweit einheitliches, räumlich hochaufgelöstes Nährstoffmodell zu erstellen, um Informationsgrundlagen zu schaffen, welche unter anderem zur Erfüllung der Berichtspflichten der...

Natürliche 'nasse' Moore sind von besonderer Bedeutung für den Klimaschutz, da sie große Mengen an organischem Kohlenstoff speichern. Entwässerte Moore wiederum emittieren diesen Kohlenstoff in Form von Kohlenstoffdioxid (CO2) in die Atmosphäre. Trotz eines geringen Flächenanteils von...

This Synthesis and Assessment Product focuses on the connection between the scientific ability to predict climate on seasonal scales and the opportunity to incorporate such understanding into water resource management decisions. It directly addresses decision support experiments and evaluations...

Concerns of the community needs to be taken into account for water resources development and management. The success of the National Water Policy will depend entirely on evolving and maintaining a national consensus and commitment to its underlying principles and objectives. To achieve the...

The livelihoods of people in the Andes are expected to be affected by climate change due to their dependence on glacier water. The observed decrease in glacier volume over the last few decades is likely to accelerate during the current century, which will affect water availability in the region....

The development and use of renewable energy sources for electricity generation, particularly energy from wind, hydro, solar, biomass and geothermal, is a central aim of the European Commission’s Energy Policy. For this reason, it is important to know what could be the role that renewable could...

The disastrous flood of 1998 was a result of excessiverainfall all over the catchment areas of the major rivers of Bangladesh. Dhaka City, which is surroundedby rivers on all sides, was seriously affected despite the completion of Phase I of the Dhaka IntegratedFlood Protection Project (DIFPP)....