In the Federal Republic of Germany, analyses to determine the constituents of mosses were carried out at five-year intervals from 1990 to 2005 and in 2015/16 and 2020/21. The focus was on analysing heavy metals, and from 2005/06 also nitrogen. Since 2015/16, the range of substances has been expanded to include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics. This moss monitoring is the German contribution to the European moss monitoring programme, which is coordinated by the ‘International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops’ (ICP Vegetation) of the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) has commissioned various institutions to carry out the individual sampling campaigns and analyse the results of the investigations, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) for moss monitoring in 1995/96. The UBA has published the results of subsequent monitoring years. They are available at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/luft/bioindikation-von-luftverunreinigungen. With 1026 sites, the 1995/96 moss monitoring is, alongside the 2000 moss monitoring, the one with the greatest sample density and, with 40 analysed elements, the one with the widest range of investigations. Although the research reports completed in 1998 and 1999 (Siewers & Herpin, 1998; Siewers, Herpin & Straßburg, 1999) contained an evaluation (brief description, statistical measures, distribution maps) of all 40 elements analysed, only the data of 12 of the analysed elements have been published to date. In addition, the raw data from the laboratories available as a result of the analyses were re-evaluated in 2007. This resulted in a series of error corrections and the analysable element spectrum was extended to 42 elements. The results of this re-evaluation have also not yet been published. The additional processing of the data using modern methods has further enhanced their value. The downloads show the distribution of rubidium concentrations in four different coloured dot and colour shaded contour maps. The legends of the maps can be called up either in the unit of measurement µg/g or in a unit of measurement adapted to the content range of the element shown.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, analyses to determine the constituents of mosses were carried out at five-year intervals from 1990 to 2005 and in 2015/16 and 2020/21. The focus was on analysing heavy metals, and from 2005/06 also nitrogen. Since 2015/16, the range of substances has been expanded to include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics. This moss monitoring is the German contribution to the European moss monitoring programme, which is coordinated by the ‘International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops’ (ICP Vegetation) of the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) has commissioned various institutions to carry out the individual sampling campaigns and analyse the results of the investigations, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) for moss monitoring in 1995/96. The UBA has published the results of subsequent monitoring years. They are available at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/luft/bioindikation-von-luftverunreinigungen. With 1026 sites, the 1995/96 moss monitoring is, alongside the 2000 moss monitoring, the one with the greatest sample density and, with 40 analysed elements, the one with the widest range of investigations. Although the research reports completed in 1998 and 1999 (Siewers & Herpin, 1998; Siewers, Herpin & Straßburg, 1999) contained an evaluation (brief description, statistical measures, distribution maps) of all 40 elements analysed, only the data of 12 of the analysed elements have been published to date. In addition, the raw data from the laboratories available as a result of the analyses were re-evaluated in 2007. This resulted in a series of error corrections and the analysable element spectrum was extended to 42 elements. The results of this re-evaluation have also not yet been published. The additional processing of the data using modern methods has further enhanced their value. The downloads show the distribution of vanadium concentrations in four different coloured dot and colour shaded contour maps. The legends of the maps can be called up either in the unit of measurement µg/g or in a unit of measurement adapted to the content range of the element shown.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, analyses to determine the constituents of mosses were carried out at five-year intervals from 1990 to 2005 and in 2015/16 and 2020/21. The focus was on analysing heavy metals, and from 2005/06 also nitrogen. Since 2015/16, the range of substances has been expanded to include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics. This moss monitoring is the German contribution to the European moss monitoring programme, which is coordinated by the ‘International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops’ (ICP Vegetation) of the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) has commissioned various institutions to carry out the individual sampling campaigns and analyse the results of the investigations, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) for moss monitoring in 1995/96. The UBA has published the results of subsequent monitoring years. They are available at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/luft/bioindikation-von-luftverunreinigungen. With 1026 sites, the 1995/96 moss monitoring is, alongside the 2000 moss monitoring, the one with the greatest sample density and, with 40 analysed elements, the one with the widest range of investigations. Although the research reports completed in 1998 and 1999 (Siewers & Herpin, 1998; Siewers, Herpin & Straßburg, 1999) contained an evaluation (brief description, statistical measures, distribution maps) of all 40 elements analysed, only the data of 12 of the analysed elements have been published to date. In addition, the raw data from the laboratories available as a result of the analyses were re-evaluated in 2007. This resulted in a series of error corrections and the analysable element spectrum was extended to 42 elements. The results of this re-evaluation have also not yet been published. The additional processing of the data using modern methods has further enhanced their value. The downloads show the distribution of selenium concentrations in four different coloured dot and colour shaded contour maps. The legends of the maps can be called up either in the unit of measurement µg/g or in a unit of measurement adapted to the content range of the element shown.

GEMAS (Geochemical Mapping of Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil in Europe) is a cooperative project between the Geochemistry Expert Group of EuroGeoSurveys and Eurometeaux. In total, more than 60 international organisations and institutions worldwide were involved in the implementation of the project. During 2008 and 2009, a total of 2219 samples of agricultural (arable land soils, 0 – 20 cm, Ap samples) and 2127 samples of grazing land (pasture land soils, 0 – 10 cm, Gr samples) soil were collected at a density of 1 site/2 500 km² each from 33 European countries, covering an area of 5,600,000 km². In addition to the chemical element contents, soil properties and soil parameters such as pH, particle size distribution, effective cation exchange capacity (CEC), MIR spectra and magnetic susceptibility were investigated in the samples and some coefficients were calculated. The downloadable files present the areal distribution of the determined Kd values (soil-solution partitioning values) for Tin (Sn) in the shape of colour shaded contour maps.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, analyses to determine the constituents of mosses were carried out at five-year intervals from 1990 to 2005 and in 2015/16 and 2020/21. The focus was on analysing heavy metals, and from 2005/06 also nitrogen. Since 2015/16, the range of substances has been expanded to include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics. This moss monitoring is the German contribution to the European moss monitoring programme, which is coordinated by the ‘International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops’ (ICP Vegetation) of the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) has commissioned various institutions to carry out the individual sampling campaigns and analyse the results of the investigations, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) for moss monitoring in 1995/96. The UBA has published the results of subsequent monitoring years. They are available at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/luft/bioindikation-von-luftverunreinigungen. With 1026 sites, the 1995/96 moss monitoring is, alongside the 2000 moss monitoring, the one with the greatest sample density and, with 40 analysed elements, the one with the widest range of investigations. Although the research reports completed in 1998 and 1999 (Siewers & Herpin, 1998; Siewers, Herpin & Straßburg, 1999) contained an evaluation (brief description, statistical measures, distribution maps) of all 40 elements analysed, only the data of 12 of the analysed elements have been published to date. In addition, the raw data from the laboratories available as a result of the analyses were re-evaluated in 2007. This resulted in a series of error corrections and the analysable element spectrum was extended to 42 elements. The results of this re-evaluation have also not yet been published. The additional processing of the data using modern methods has further enhanced their value. The downloads show the distribution of zinc concentrations in four different coloured dot and colour shaded contour maps. The legends of the maps can be called up either in the unit of measurement µg/g or in a unit of measurement adapted to the content range of the element shown.

Between 1977 and 1983, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) took approx. 80,000 water samples and 70,000 sediment samples from streams and rivers in several sampling campaigns on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time and examined them geochemically. In addition to the geochemical prospection of areas with potentially deposits, the aim of the investigations was also to record indications of anthropogenic environmental pollution. The results of these investigations were published in the Geochemical Atlas of the Federal Republic of Germany (Fauth et al., 1985). The data collected within the framework of the Geochemical Atlas of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1985 is a geochemical survey of the former territory of the Federal Republic of Germany which is unique in its high sampling density. All later geochemical investigations were carried out with a much lower sampling density. This valuable and irretrievable data is now being made generally available via the BGR geoportals. In addition to the digital provision of the original data material, the texts from Fauth et al. (1985) and distribution maps produced according to the method used in 1985, the data were reprocessed using modern methods. The downloads show the distribution of the sample points and the sampled area in the form of a (smoothed) 2 km buffer around the sample points.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, analyses to determine the constituents of mosses were carried out at five-year intervals from 1990 to 2005 and in 2015/16 and 2020/21. The focus was on analysing heavy metals, and from 2005/06 also nitrogen. Since 2015/16, the range of substances has been expanded to include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics. This moss monitoring is the German contribution to the European moss monitoring programme, which is coordinated by the ‘International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops’ (ICP Vegetation) of the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) has commissioned various institutions to carry out the individual sampling campaigns and analyse the results of the investigations, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) for moss monitoring in 1995/96. The UBA has published the results of subsequent monitoring years. They are available at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/luft/bioindikation-von-luftverunreinigungen. With 1026 sites, the 1995/96 moss monitoring is, alongside the 2000 moss monitoring, the one with the greatest sample density and, with 40 analysed elements, the one with the widest range of investigations. Although the research reports completed in 1998 and 1999 (Siewers & Herpin, 1998; Siewers, Herpin & Straßburg, 1999) contained an evaluation (brief description, statistical measures, distribution maps) of all 40 elements analysed, only the data of 12 of the analysed elements have been published to date. In addition, the raw data from the laboratories available as a result of the analyses were re-evaluated in 2007. This resulted in a series of error corrections and the analysable element spectrum was extended to 42 elements. The results of this re-evaluation have also not yet been published. The additional processing of the data using modern methods has further enhanced their value. The downloads show the distribution of arsenic concentrations in four different coloured dot and colour shaded contour maps. The legends of the maps can be called up either in the unit of measurement µg/g or in a unit of measurement adapted to the content range of the element shown.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, analyses to determine the constituents of mosses were carried out at five-year intervals from 1990 to 2005 and in 2015/16 and 2020/21. The focus was on analysing heavy metals, and from 2005/06 also nitrogen. Since 2015/16, the range of substances has been expanded to include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics. This moss monitoring is the German contribution to the European moss monitoring programme, which is coordinated by the ‘International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops’ (ICP Vegetation) of the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) has commissioned various institutions to carry out the individual sampling campaigns and analyse the results of the investigations, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) for moss monitoring in 1995/96. The UBA has published the results of subsequent monitoring years. They are available at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/luft/bioindikation-von-luftverunreinigungen. With 1026 sites, the 1995/96 moss monitoring is, alongside the 2000 moss monitoring, the one with the greatest sample density and, with 40 analysed elements, the one with the widest range of investigations. Although the research reports completed in 1998 and 1999 (Siewers & Herpin, 1998; Siewers, Herpin & Straßburg, 1999) contained an evaluation (brief description, statistical measures, distribution maps) of all 40 elements analysed, only the data of 12 of the analysed elements have been published to date. In addition, the raw data from the laboratories available as a result of the analyses were re-evaluated in 2007. This resulted in a series of error corrections and the analysable element spectrum was extended to 42 elements. The results of this re-evaluation have also not yet been published. The additional processing of the data using modern methods has further enhanced their value. The downloads show the distribution of iron concentrations in four different coloured dot and colour shaded contour maps. The legends of the maps can be called up either in the unit of measurement µg/g or in a unit of measurement adapted to the content range of the element shown.

Between 1975 and 1986, geochemical investigations were carried out by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) on the territory of the then Federal Republic of Germany and by the Central Geological Institute (ZGI) of the former GDR in the area of the pre-Upper Permian bedrock units in the southern part of the former GDR, which lie on the earth's surface or are slightly covered by the Cenozoic. Approximately 98,000 water and 87,500 stream sediment samples were taken and geochemically analysed. The results of these investigations were published in the "Geochemical Atlas of the Federal Republic of Germany" (Fauth et al., 1985) and in the "Final Report on the Comparative Evaluation of the Raw Material Potential in the Bedrock Units of the GDR" (Röllig et al., 1990; in German). The geochemical data collected as part of these investigations, which cover a large part of the area of today's Federal Republic of Germany, are unique in their high sampling density. All subsequent geochemical investigations were carried out with a much lower sample density. These valuable and irretrievable data have been generally accessible via the BGR geoportal since their digital processing and provision in 2022 (Geochemical Atlas of the Federal Republic of Germany) and 2023 (Geochemical Prospection in the bedrock units in the southern part of the former GDR). However, a direct comparison of the maps produced for the two sub-areas is not possible due to the differences in the analytical methods used in the investigations (investigated element spectrum, analytical quality, determination limits, ...). Nevertheless, for some of the investigated elements and parameters it is possible to summarise the results of these geochemical investigations, which are unique in their high occupancy density, with appropriate adjustments (determination limits, representable content ranges, classification of the map legends, ...). Such summarised representations are now being made available for the first time via the BGR geoportal. The downloads show the distribution of Vanadium contents in stream sediments in four different coloured point and colour shaded contour maps.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, analyses to determine the constituents of mosses were carried out at five-year intervals from 1990 to 2005 and in 2015/16 and 2020/21. The focus was on analysing heavy metals, and from 2005/06 also nitrogen. Since 2015/16, the range of substances has been expanded to include persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics. This moss monitoring is the German contribution to the European moss monitoring programme, which is coordinated by the ‘International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops’ (ICP Vegetation) of the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) has commissioned various institutions to carry out the individual sampling campaigns and analyse the results of the investigations, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) for moss monitoring in 1995/96. The UBA has published the results of subsequent monitoring years. They are available at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/luft/bioindikation-von-luftverunreinigungen. With 1026 sites, the 1995/96 moss monitoring is, alongside the 2000 moss monitoring, the one with the greatest sample density and, with 40 analysed elements, the one with the widest range of investigations. Although the research reports completed in 1998 and 1999 (Siewers & Herpin, 1998; Siewers, Herpin & Straßburg, 1999) contained an evaluation (brief description, statistical measures, distribution maps) of all 40 elements analysed, only the data of 12 of the analysed elements have been published to date. In addition, the raw data from the laboratories available as a result of the analyses were re-evaluated in 2007. This resulted in a series of error corrections and the analysable element spectrum was extended to 42 elements. The results of this re-evaluation have also not yet been published. The additional processing of the data using modern methods has further enhanced their value. The downloads show the distribution of potassium concentrations in four different coloured dot and colour shaded contour maps. The legends of the maps can be called up either in the unit of measurement µg/g or in a unit of measurement adapted to the content range of the element shown.