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    • Reviews and syntheses: Arctic fire regimes and emissions in the 21st century 

      McCarty, Jessica L.; Aalto, Juha; Paunu, Ville-Veikko; Arnold, Steve R.; Eckhardt, Sabine; Klimont, Zbigniew; Fain, Justin; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Venäläinen, Ari; Tchebakova, Nadezhda M.; Parfenova, Elena I.; Kupiainen, Kaarle; Soja, Amber J.; Huang, Lin; Wilson, Simon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In recent years, the pan-Arctic region has experienced increasingly extreme fire seasons. Fires in the northern high latitudes are driven by current and future climate change, lightning, fuel conditions, and human activity. ...
    • Revised historical Northern Hemisphere black carbon emissions based on inverse modeling of ice core records 

      Eckhardt, Sabine; Pisso, Ignacio; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph R.; Sigl, Michael; Ruppel, Meri; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Saehee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Black carbon emitted by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass has a net warming effect in the atmosphere and reduces the albedo when deposited on ice and snow; accurate knowledge of past emissions is essential ...
    • A rise in HFC-23 emissions from eastern Asia since 2015 

      Park, Hyeri; Kim, Jooil; Choi, Haklim; Geum, Sohyeon; Kim, Yeaseul; Thompson, Rona Louise; Mühle, Jens; Salameh, Peter K.; Harth, Christina M.; Stanley, Kieran M.; O'Doherty, Simon; Fraser, Paul J.; Simmonds, Peter G.; Krummel, Paul B.; Weiss, Ray F.; Prinn, Ronald G.; Park, Sunyoung (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Trifluoromethane (CHF3, HFC-23), one of the most potent greenhouse gases among hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is mainly emitted to the atmosphere as a by-product in the production of the ozone-depleting legacy refrigerant and ...
    • Rising carbon inequality and its driving factors from 2005 to 2015 

      Zheng, Heran; Wood, Richard John; Moran, Daniel Dean; Feng, Kuishuang; Tisserant, Alexandre Fabien Regis; Jiang, Meng; Hertwich, Edgar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Carbon inequality is the gap in carbon footprints between the rich and the poor, reflecting an uneven distribution of wealth and mitigation responsibility. Whilst much is known about the level of inequality surrounding ...
    • Risk assessment of consumer spray products using in vitro lung surfactant function inhibition, exposure modelling and chemical analysis 

      Sørli, J.B.; Sengupta, S.; Jensen, A.C.O.; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Clausen, P.A.; Hougaard, K.S.; Højriis, Sara; Frederiksen, M.; Hadrup, N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Consumer spray products release aerosols that can potentially be inhaled and reach the deep parts of the lungs. A thin layer of liquid, containing a mixture of proteins and lipids known as lung surfactant, coats the alveoli. ...
    • Risk Governance of Emerging Technologies Demonstrated in Terms of its Applicability to Nanomaterials 

      Isigonis, Panagiotis; Afantitis, Antreas; Antunes, Dalila; Bartonova, Alena; Beitollahi, Ali; Bohmer, Nils; Bouman, Evert; Chaudhry, Qasim; Cimpan, Mihaela Roxana; Cimpan, Emil; Doak, Shareen; Dupin, Damien (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Nanotechnologies have reached maturity and market penetration that require nano‐specific changes in legislation and harmonization among legislation domains, such as the amendments to REACH for nanomaterials (NMs) which ...
    • Road salt emissions: A comparison of measurements and modelling using the NORTRIP road dust emission model. 

      Denby, Bruce; Ketzel, M; Ellermann, T.; Stojiljkovic, A.; Kupiainen, K.; Niemi, J.V.; Norman, M; Johansson, C; Gustafsson, M; Blomqvist, G; Janhäll, S.; Sundvor, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    • A roadmap to estimating agricultural ammonia volatilization over Europe using satellite observations and simulation data 

      Abeed, Rimal; Viatte, Camille; Porter, William C.; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Clerbaux, Cathy; Clarisse, Lieven; Van Damme, Martin; Coheur, Pierre-François; Safieddine, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most important gases emitted from agricultural practices. It affects air quality and the overall climate and is in turn influenced by long-term climate trends as well as by short-term fluctuations ...
    • Robust evidence for reversal of the trend in aerosol effective climate forcing 

      Quaas, Johannes; Jia, Hailing; Smith, Chris; Albright, Anna Lea; Aas, Wenche; Bellouin, Nicolas; Boucher, Olivier; Doutriaux-Boucher, Marie; Forster, Piers M.; Grosvenor, Daniel; Jenkins, Stuart; Klimont, Zbigniew; Loeb, Norman G.; Ma, Xiaoyan; Naik, Vaishali; Paulot, Fabien; Stier, Philip; Wild, Martin; Myhre, Gunnar; Schulz, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Anthropogenic aerosols exert a cooling influence that offsets part of the greenhouse gas warming. Due to their short tropospheric lifetime of only several days, the aerosol forcing responds quickly to emissions. Here, we ...
    • Role of autumn Arctic Sea ice in the subsequent summer precipitation variability over East Asia 

      Liu, Yang; Zhu, Yali; Wang, Huijun; Gao, Yongqi; Sun, Jianqi; Wang, Tao; Ma, Jiehua; Yurova, Alla; Li, Fei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • The Role of Nature-Based Solutions for Improving Environmental Quality, Health and Well-Being 

      Liu, Hai Ying; Jay, Marion; Chen, Xianwen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Nature-based solutions (NbS) have been positioned and implemented in urban areas as solutions for enhancing urban resilience in the face of a wide range of urban challenges. However, there is a lack of recommendations of ...
    • The role of SVOCs in the initial film formation and soiling of unvarnished paintings 

      Grøntoft, Terje; Cutajar, Jan Dariusz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In recent years increased research efforts and environmental improvements have been directed towards the preventive conservation of the monumental, unvarnished oil paintings on canvas (1909–1916) by Edvard Munch (1863–1944) ...
    • Safe synthesis of alkylhydroxy and alkylamino nitramines. 

      Antonsen, Simen Gjelseth; Aursnes, Marius; Gallantree-Smith, Harrison; Dye, Christian Jarle; Stenstrøm, Yngve (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Three different protocols for the syntheses of hydroxyalkylnitramines are presented and compared. Safety issues regarding the synthesis of nitramines are also discussed.
    • Safe(r) by design implementation in the nanotechnology industry 

      Jiménes, Araceli Sánchez; Puelles, Raquel; Pérez-Fernández, Marta; Gómez-Fernández, Paloma; Barruetabena, Leire; Jacobsen, Nicklas Raun; Suarez-Merino, Blanca; Micheletti, Christian; Manier, Nicolas; Trouiller, Benedicte; Navas, José Maria; Kalman, Judit; Salieri, Beatrice; Hischier, Roland; Handzhiyski, Yordan; Apostolova, Margarita D.; Hadrup, Niels; Bouillard, Jaques; Oudart, Yohan; Merino, Cesar; Garcia, Erika; Liguori, Biase; Sabella, Stefania; Rose, Jerome; Maison, Armand; Galea, Karen S.; Kelly, Sean; Stepankova, Sandra; Mouneyrac, Catherine; Barrick, Andrew; Chatel, Amelie; Dusinska, Maria; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Mariussen, Espen; Bressot, Christophe; Aguerre-Chariol, Olivier; Shandilya, Neeraj; Goede, Henk; Gomez-Cordon, Julio; Simar, Sophie; Nesslany, Fabrice; Jensen, Keld Alstrup; van Tongeren, Martie; Llopis, Isabel Rodriguez (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The implementation of Safe(r) by Design (SbD) in industrial innovations requires an integrated approach where the human, environmental and economic impact of the SbD measures is evaluated across and throughout the nanomaterial ...
    • Safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive 

      Younes, Maged; Aquilina, Gabriele; Castle, Laurence; Engel, Karl-Heinz; Fowler, Paul; Fernandez, Maria Jose Frutos; Fürst, Peter; Gundert-Remy, Ursula; Gürtler, Rainer; Husøy, Trine; Manco, Melania; Mennes, Wim; Moldeus, Peter; Passamonti, Sabina; Shah, Romina; Waalkens-Berendsen, Ine; Wölfle, Detlef; Corsini, Emanuela; Cubadda, Francesco; De Groot, Didima; FitzGerald, Rex; Gunnare, Sara; Gutleb, Arno C.; Mast, Jan; Mortensen, Alicja; Oomen, Agnes; Piersma, Aldert; Plichta, Veronika; Ulbrich, Beate; Van Loveren, Henk; Benford, Diane; Bignami, Margherita; Bolognesi, Claudia; Crebelli, Riccardo; Dusinska, Maria; Marcon, Francesca; Nielsen, Elsa; Schlatter, Josef; Vleminckx, Christiane; Barmaz, Stefania; Carfi, Maria; Civitella, Consuelo; Giarola, Alessandra; Rincon, Ana Maria; Serafimova, Rositsa; Smeraldi, Camilla; Tarazona, Jose; Tard, Alexandra; Wright, Matthew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The present opinion deals with an updated safety assessment of the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171) based on new relevant scientific evidence considered by the Panel to be reliable, including data obtained with TiO2 ...
    • Safety-by-design and engineered nanomaterials: the need to move from theory to practice 

      Trump, Benjamin D.; Antunes, Dalila; Palma-Oliveira, José; Nelson, Andrew; Hudecova, Alexandra Misci; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Dusinska, Maria; Gispert, Ignasi; Resch, Susanne; Alfaro-Serrano, Beatriz; Afantitis, Antreas; Melagraki, Georgia; Tse, Edmund C. M.; Trump, Josh; Kohl, Yvonne; Linkov, Igor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As the governance of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) evolves, innovations in the prevention, mitigation, management, and transfer of risk shape discussion of how nanotechnology may mature and reach various marketplaces. ...
    • SAMIRA-SAtellite Based Monitoring Initiative for Regional Air Quality 

      Stebel, Kerstin; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Nemuc, Anca; Horálek, Jan; Schneider, Philipp (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The satellite based monitoring initiative for regional air quality (SAMIRA) initiative was set up to demonstrate the exploitation of existing satellite data for monitoring regional and urban scale air quality. The project ...
    • Satellite observations of long range transport of a large BrO plume in the Arctic 

      Begoin, Mathias; Richter, Andreas; Weber, Mark; Kaleschke, Lars; Tian-Kunze, Xiangshan; Stohl, Andreas; Theys, Nicolas; Burrows, John P. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    • Satellite observations showed a negligible reduction in NO2 pollution due to COVID-19 lockdown over Poland 

      Ugboma, Emeka A.; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Schneider, Philipp; Stebel, Kerstin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The tropospheric NO2 column from Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI (2018–2020) and Aura/OMI (2010–2020) over Poland, notably for 7 major Polish cities, was used to assess the annual variability and the COVID-19 lockdown effect. On a ...
    • Satellite validation strategy assessments based on the AROMAT campaigns 

      Merlaud, Alexis; Belegante, Livio; Constantin, Daniel-Eduard; Den Hoed, Mirjam; Meier, Andreas Carlos; Allaart, Marc; Ardelean, Magdalena; Arseni, Maxim; Bösch, Tim; Brenot, Hugues; Calcan, Andreea; Dekemper, Emmanuel; Donner, Sebastian; Dörner, Steffen; Dragomir, Mariana Carmelia Balanica; Georgescu, Lucian; Nemuc, Anca; Nicolae, Doina; Pinardi, Gaia; Richter, Andreas; Rosu, Adrian; Ruhtz, Thomas; Schönhardt, Anja; Schuettemeyer, Dirk; Shaiganfar, Reza; Stebel, Kerstin; Tack, Frederik; Vajaiac, Sorin Nicolae; Vasilescu, Jeni; Vanhamel, Jurgen; Wagner, Thomas; Van Roozendael, Michel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Airborne ROmanian Measurements of Aerosols and Trace gases (AROMAT) campaigns took place in Romania in September 2014 and August 2015. They focused on two sites: the Bucharest urban area and large power plants in the ...