Award for Feierabendgarten project
Urban gardening project at the UFZ Leipzig nominated in the 2024 planting competition
The "Feierabendgarten" project initiated by the secretary of the Department of Hydrogeology was awarded a recognition prize in the company gardens category of the nationwide planting competition organized by the Stiftung für Mensch und Umwelt (Foundation for People and the Environment). The project comprises five raised beds at the Leipzig site, which have been available to employees since summer 2024 and are intended to support biodiversity. The project was funded by EMAS and completed with the help of UFZ employee volunteers.
Further information on the project (currently only in German - English version will follow):
Feierabendgarten - Urban Gardening am UFZ Leipzig
MDR Umschau - 05.03.2024
After years of drought in Germany: What are the current groundwater levels?
"In the summer of 2023, farmers had to fear for their harvest. [...] There was a groundwater drought in many places in Germany. The water level had been falling since 2018.[...] The water situation has normalized overall. Will it stay that way when the summer gets dry again? Can gardeners and farmers breathe a sigh of relief?"
(MDR Umschau)
„MDR Umschau“ at Web
Professor Jan Fleckenstein about groundwater levels in 2024 (Minute 03:35) - Watch the Video (German only)
Ahmadi, P., Dichgans, F., Jagau, J., Schmidt, C., Aizinger, V., Gilfedder, B.S., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2024):
Systematic CFD-based evaluation of physical factors influencing the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of microplastic particles in lakes
Sci. Total Environ.
Boos, J.-P., Dichgans, F., Fleckenstein, J.H., Gilfedder, B.S., Frei, S. (2024):
Assessing the behavior of microplastics in fluvial systems: Infiltration and retention dynamics in streambed sediments
Water Resour. Res.
Do, H.X., Nguyen, H.T.T., Tran, V.N., Le, M.-H., Nguyen, B.Q., Pham, H.T., Le, T.H., Binh, D.V., Dang, T.D., Tran, H., Nguyen, V.T. (2024):
Uncertain benefits of using remotely sensed evapotranspiration for streamflow estimation - insights from a randomized, large-sample experiment
Water Resour. Manag.
Müller, T. , de Rooij, G.H., Trauth, N., Schmidt, M., Al Badi, H., Aeschbach, W. (2024):
Noble gases in groundwater reflect wet-season temperature in an arid, monsoonal, and mountainous environment
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.
Saavedra, F., Musolff, A., von Freyberg, J., Merz, R., Knöller, K., Müller, C., Brunner, M., Tarasova, L. (2024):
Winter post-droughts amplify extreme nitrate concentrations in German rivers
Environ. Res. Lett.
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