• Testing ethical impact assessment for nano risk governance 

  Malsch, Ineke; Isigonis, Panagiotis; Bouman, Evert Alwin; Afantitis, Antreas; Melagraki, Georgia; Dusinska, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Risk governance of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies has been traditionally mainly limited to risk assessment, risk management and life cycle assessment. Recent approaches have experimented with widening the scope and ...

• Towards a harmonized approach for atmospheric monitoring of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs). Workshop 8-10 November 2023. NILU, Kjeller, Norway 

  Aas, Wenche; Davie-Martin, Cleo Lisa; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Herzke, Dorte; Hartz, William Frederik; Hung, Hayley; Mayer, Ludovic; Nerentorp, Michelle; Nipen, Maja; Rüdiger, Julian; Tinel, Liselotte; Vorkamp, Katrin (EMEP/CCC-Report;5/2024, Research report, 2024)

  This report summaries the outcome of a workshop focused on standardizing monitoring strategies for Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs), including PFAS, flame retardants, chlorinated paraffins, siloxanes, and microplastics. ...

• Polychlorinated alkanes in indoor environment: A review of levels, sources, exposure, and health implications for chlorinated paraffin mixtures 

  Ezker, Idoia Beloki; Yuan, Bo; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Borgen, Anders; Wang, Thanh (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Polychlorinated n-alkanes (PCAs) are the main components of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) mixtures, that have been commonly grouped into short-chain (SCCPs, C10–13), medium-chain (MCCPs, C14–17), and long-chain (LCCPs, C18-30) ...

• Ammonia emission estimates using CrIS satellite observations over Europe 

  Ding, Jieying; van der A, Ronald; Eskes, Henk; Dammers, Enrico; Shephard, Mark; Kruit, Roy Wichink; Guevara, Marc; Tarrasón, Leonor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Over the past century, ammonia (NH3) emissions have increased with the growth of livestock and fertilizer usage. The abundant NH3 emissions lead to secondary fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution, climate change, and ...

• Feathers as integrated archives of environmental stress: Direct and indirect effects of metal exposure and dietary ecology on physiological stress in a terrestrial raptor 

  Hansen, Elisabeth; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Herzke, Dorte; Bangjord, Georg; Ballesteros, Manuel; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Bollinger, Eric; Schulz, Ralf; Eulaers, Igor; Bourgeon, Sophie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Metal pollution is a global environmental issue with adverse biological effects on wildlife. Long-term studies that span declines in metal emissions due to regulation, resulting in varying levels of environmental contamination, ...

• Comparison of observation- and inventory-based methane emissions for eight large global emitters 

  Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Peters, Glen Philip; Engelen, Richard; Houweling, Sander; Brunner, Dominik; Tsuruta, Aki; Matthews, Bradley; Patra, Prabir K.; Belikov, Dmitry; Thompson, Rona Louise; Hoglund-Isaksson, Lena; Zhang, Wenxin; Segers, Arjo; Etiope, Giuseppe; Ciotoli, Giancarlo; Peylin, Philippe; Chevallier, Frédéric; Aalto, Tuula; Andrew, Robbie; Bastviken, David; Berchet, Antoine; Broquet, Gregoire; Conchedda, Giulia; Dellaert, Stijn N. C.; van der Gon, Hugo Denier; Gütschow, Johannes; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Lauerwald, Ronny; Markkanen, Tiina; van Peet, Jacob C. A.; Pison, Isabelle; Regnier, Pierre; Sollum, Espen; Scholze, Marko; Tenkanen, Maria; Tubiello, Francesco N.; van der Werf, Guido R.; Worden, John R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Monitoring the spatial distribution and trends in surface greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, as well as flux attribution to natural and anthropogenic processes, is essential to track progress under the Paris Agreement and to ...

• Surface warming in Svalbard may have led to increases in highly active ice-nucleating particles 

  Tobo, Yutaka; Adachi, Kouji; Kawai, Kei; Matsui, Hitoshi; Ohata, Sho; Oshima, Naga; Kondo, Yutaka; Hermansen, Ove; Uchida, Masaki; Inoue, Jun; Koike, Makoto (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The roles of Arctic aerosols as ice-nucleating particles remain poorly understood, even though their effects on cloud microphysics are crucial for assessing the climate sensitivity of Arctic mixed-phase clouds and predicting ...

• Multi-Scale Soil Salinization Dynamics From Global to Pore Scale: A Review 

  Shokri, Nima; Hassani, Amirhossein; Sahimi, Muhammad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Soil salinization refers to the accumulation of water-soluble salts in the upper part of the soil profile. Excessive levels of soil salinity affects crop production, soil health, and ecosystem functioning. This phenomenon ...

• Monitoring aerosol optical depth during the Arctic night: Instrument development and first results 

  Mazzola, Mauro; Stone, Robert S.; Kouremeti, Natalia; Vitale, Vito; Gröbner, Julian; Stebel, Kerstin; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Stone, Thomas C.; Ritter, Christoph; Pulimeno, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Moon-photometric measurements were made at two locations in the Arctic during winter nights using two different modified Sun photometers; a Carter Scott SP02 and a Precision Filter Radiometer (PFR) developed at PMOD/WRC. ...

• Global nitrous oxide budget (1980–2020) 

  Tian, Hanqin; Pan, Naiqing; Thompson, Rona Louise; Canadell, Josep G.; Suntharalingam, Parvadha; Regnier, Pierre; Davidson, Eric A.; Prather, Michael; Ciais, Philippe; Muntean, Marilena; Pan, Shufen; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Zaehle, Sonke; Zhou, Feng; Jackson, Robert B.; Bange, Hermann W.; Berthet, Sarah; Bian, Zihao; Bianchi, Daniele; Bouwman, Alexander F.; Buitenhuis, Erik T.; Dutton, Geoffrey; Hu, Minpeng; Ito, Akihiko; Jain, Atul K.; Jeltsch-Thömmes, Aurich; Joos, Fortunat; Kou-Giesbrecht, Sian; Krummel, Paul B.; Lan, Xin; Landolfi, Angela; Lauerwald, Ronny; Li, Ya; Lu, Chaoqun; Maavara, Taylor; Manizza, Manfredi; Millet, Dylan B.; Mühle, Jens; Patra, Prabir K.; Peters, Glen Philip; Qin, Xiaoyu; Raymond, Peter; Resplandy, Laure; Rosentreter, Judith A.; Shi, Hao; Sun, Qing; Tonina, Daniele; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Van Der Werf, Guido R.; Vuichard, Nicolas; Wang, Junjie; Wells, Kelley C.; Western, Luke M.; Wilson, Chris; Yang, Jia; Yao, Yuanzhi; You, Yongfa; Zhu, Qing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a long-lived potent greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance that has been accumulating in the atmosphere since the preindustrial period. The mole fraction of atmospheric N2O has ...

• Spatial Source Contribution and Interannual Variation in Deposition of Dust Aerosols Over the Chinese Loess Plateau 

  Haugvaldstad, Ove Westermoen; Tang, Hui; Kaakinen, Anu; Bohm, Katja; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Grythe, Henrik; Stevens, Thomas; Zhang, Zhongshi; Stordal, Frode (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) in northern China is home to one of the most prominent loess records in the world, reflecting past eolian dust activity in East Asia. However, their interpretation is hampered by ambiguity ...

• Data Report 2022. Particulate matter, carbonaceous and inorganic compounds 

  Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn (EMEP/CCC-Report;1/2024, Research report, 2024)

  This report presents an overview of annual statistical summaries and methods for sampling and analysis of particulate matter, carbonaceous and inorganic compounds measured under the EMEP monitoring programme in 2022.

• Heavy metals and POP measurements 2022 

  Aas, Wenche; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo (EMEP/CCC-Report;3/2024, Research report, 2024)

  This report presents an overview of the annual statistics and results from the monitoring programme of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in EMEP in 2022.

• Monitoring of the atmospheric ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation. Annual Report 2023 

  Svendby, Tove Marit; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Schulze, Dorothea; Bäcklund, Are; Johnsen, Bjørn (NILU report;20/2024, Research report, 2024)

  This report summarizes the results from the Norwegian monitoring programme on stratospheric ozone and UV radiation measurements. The ozone layer has been measured at three locations since 1979: In Oslo/Kjeller, Tromsø/Andøya ...

• Machine Learning-Based Retrieval of Total Ozone Column Amount and Cloud Optical Depth from Irradiance Measurements 

  Sztipanov, Milos; Krizsán, Levente; Li, Wei; Stamnes, Jakob J.; Svendby, Tove Marit; Stamnes, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  A machine learning algorithm combined with measurements obtained by a NILU-UV irradiance meter enables the determination of total ozone column (TOC) amount and cloud optical depth (COD). In the New York City area, a NILU-UV ...

• Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure – ACTRIS, the European research infrastructure supporting atmospheric science 

  Laj, Paolo; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Riffault, Véronique; Amiridis, Vassilis; Fuchs, Hendrik; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Petäjä, Tuukka; Salameh, Therese; Kivekäs, Niku; Juurola, Eija; Saponaro, Giulia; Philippin, Sabine; Cornacchia, Carmela; Arboledas, Lucas Alados; Baars, Holger; Claude, Anja; De Mazière, Martine; Dils, Bart; Dufresne, Marvin; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Favez, Olivier; Fiebig, Markus; Haeffelin, Martial; Herrmann, Hartmut; Höhler, Kristina; Illmann, Niklas; Kreuter, Axel; Ludewig, Elke; Marinou, Eleni; Möhler, Ottmar; Mona, Lucia; Murberg, Lise Eder; Nicolae, Doina; Novelli, Anna; O'Connor, Ewan; Ohneiser, Kevin; Altieri, Rosa Maria Petracca; Picquet-Varrault, Benedicte; van Pinxteren, Dominik; Pospichal, Bernhard; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Reimann, Stefan; Siomos, Nikolaos; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Tillmann, Ralf; Voudouri, Kalliopi Artemis; Wandinger, Ulla; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Apituley, Arnoud; Comerón, Adolfo; Gysel-Beer, Martin; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Nikolova, Nina; Pietruczuk, Aleksander; Sauvage, Stéphane; Sciare, Jean; Skov, Henrik; Svendby, Tove Marit; Swietlicki, Erik; Tonev, Dimitar; Vaughan, Geraint; Zdimal, Vladimir; Baltensperger, Urs; Doussin, Jean-François; Kulmala, Markku; Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Sundet, Sanna Sorvari; Vana, Milan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS) officially became the 33rd European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) on April 25, 2023 with the support of 17 founding member and observer ...

• Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Europe: Trends, Interannual and Spatial Variability, and Their Drivers 

  Lauerwald, Ronny; Bastos, Ana; McGrath, Matthew J.; Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Ritter, François; Andrew, Robbie; Berchet, Antoine; Broquet, Grégoire; Brunner, Dominik; Chevallier, Frédéric; Cescatti, Alessandro; Filipek, Sara; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Forzieri, Giovanni; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Fuchs, Richard; Gerbig, Christoph; Houweling, Sanne; Ke, Piyu; Lerink, Bas J. W.; Li, Wanjing; Li, Wei; Li, Xiaojun; Luijkx, Ingrid; Monteil, Guillaume; Munassar, Saqr; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Patra, Prabir K.; Peylin, Philippe; Pongratz, Julia; Regnier, Pierre; Saunois, Marielle; Schelhaas, Mart-Jan; Scholze, Marko; Sitch, Stephen; Thompson, Rona Louise; Tian, Hanqin; Tsuruta, Aki; Wilson, Chris; Wigneron, Jean-Pierre; Yao, Yitong; Zaehle, Sönke; Ciais, Philippe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  In the framework of the RECCAP2 initiative, we present the greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon (C) budget of Europe. For the decade of the 2010s, we present a bottom-up (BU) estimate of GHG net-emissions of 3.9 Pg CO2-eq. yr−1 ...

• Engagement of early career researchers in collaborative assessments of IPCC reports: achievements and insights 

  Moreno-Ibáñez, Marta; Casado, Mathieu; Gremion, Gwenaëlle; Rabanal, Valentina; Adojoh, Onema; Anoruo, Chukwuma; Arshad, Adnan; Bahar, Faten Attig; Bello, Cinthya; Bergstedt, Helena; Caccavo, Jilda Alicia; Champollion, Nicolas; Choy, Emily S.; De Los Ríos, María Fernanda; Detlef, Henrieka; Dey, Rahul; Gamal, Gamil; Guímaro, Hugo R.; Hancock, Susana; Hansen, Christel; Hare, Vincent; Höfer, Juan; Jabir, Thajudeen; Jain, Shipra; Jawak, Shridhar Digambar; Latonin, Mikhail; Martin, Joseph; Fredy Mojica, Jhon; O’Hara, Ryan; Onafeso, Olumide; Prasath, R. Arun; Alves, Eduardo Queiroz; Raez-Villanueva, Sergio; Rosenbaum, Paul; Ruiz-Pereira, Sebastián; Savaglia, Valentina; van Soest, Maud; Vural, Deniz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The participation of a diverse –in terms of geography, discipline and gender– group of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in the peer review process can help alleviate the workload of senior researchers and counteract the ...

• Pioneering an effect-based early warning system for hazardous chemicals in the environment 

  Niarchos, Georgios; Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.; Garere, Mario; Dulio, Valeria; Engwall, Magnus; Hyötyläinen, Tuulia; Kallenborn, Roland; Karakitsios, Spyros; Karakoltzidis, Achilleas; Kärrman, Anna; Lamoree, Marja H.; Larsson, Maria; Lundqvist, Johan; Mancini, Laura; Mottaghipisheh, Javad; Rostkowski, Pawel; Sarigiannis, Dimesthenis; Vorkamp, Katrin; Ahrens, Lutz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Existing regulatory frameworks often prove inadequate in promptly identifying contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and determining their impacts on biological systems at an early stage. The establishment of Early Warning ...

• Revealing the significant acceleration of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions in eastern Asia through long-term atmospheric observations 

  Choi, Haklim; Redington, Alison L.; Park, Hyeri; Kim, Jooil; Thompson, Rona Louise; Mühle, Jens; Salameh, Peter K.; Harth, Christina M.; Weiss, Ray F.; Manning, Alistair J.; Park, Sunyoung (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are powerful anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) with high global-warming potentials (GWPs). They have been widely used as refrigerants, insulation foam-blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and ...

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