DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1253 CAMPOS - Catchments as Reactors: Metabolism of Pollutants on the Landscape Scale

Diffuse pollution of soils, surface waters, and ground-water by a multitude of anthropogenic organic and inorganic compounds is a growing global concern. Despite decades of pollutant research, serious knowledge gaps exist concerning the fate and behavior of these pollutants on the landscape scale and their impact on water quality, ecology, and human health. In eight collaborative projects the project intends to close the gap between relevant processes identified in the laboratory and mechanisms of mass transfer and metabolic trans-formations on the landscape scale.