The Inaugural ACS ES&T Air 2024 Best Paper Awards: Recognizing Excellence in Air Chemistry Research

Award announced in the March 2026 ACS ES&T Air editorial:
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#AtmosphericChemistry #EnvironmentalChemistry #ACSPubs #AcademicResearch

Today 19 March 2026 @ncar-acom.bsky.social scientist Rebecca Buchholz presents #ACOM seminar "Fire and Atmospheric Chemistry: Impacts on Air Quality and Earth System"
Time: 11am Mountain
Location: UCAR FL2-1022 (big auditorium)
#Fire #AtmosphericChemistry #AirQuality #EarthSystem #wildfires #ENSO

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Streaked Across the Sky—and Left 30 Kilograms of Destructive Lithium in Its Wake — Popular Mechanics This one event injected a staggering 10 times more lithium into the atmosphere than the typical daily amount.

“A SpaceX Falcon 9 Streaked Across the Sky—and Left 30 Kilograms of Destructive Lithium in Its Wake” - Popular Mechanics

#AirPollution #AtmosphericChemistry #Space #SpaceTravel

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When the Sun Sets: Carbon’s Night Shift - Nighttime carbon chemistry is reshaping air pollution and climate science. Discover how after-dark reactions transform Earth’s atmosphere.

When the Sun Sets: Carbon’s Night Shift
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#ClimateScience #AtmosphericChemistry #CarbonCycle #AirQuality #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability

Periodic Graphics: Aurora’s Colors Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning illuminates the science behind these dazzling light shows in the sky.

“ #PeriodicGraphics: Aurora’s Colors” — @cenmag.bsky.social

#AtmosphericChemistry #Aurora #NorthernLights #SothernLights

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Space pollution levels in the atmosphere are rocketing More metal than ever is entering the upper atmosphere because of space traffic, with unknown effects on climate

“ #SpacePollution levels in the #atmosphere are rocketing” — @cenmag.bsky.social
#AstroChemistry #AtmosphericChemistry

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SARP East 2025 Atmospheric Chemistry Group 9 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP East Atmospheric Chemistry Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar...

SARP East 2025 Atmospheric Chemistry Group #Science #Chemistry #AtmosphericChemistry #ClimateResearch #EnvironmentalScience

Calling early-career researchers in #AtmosphericChemistry! The ECR-IGAC-iCACGP Committee is recruiting new members, especially from Africa and S. America.
Applications are due 4th January, 2026.
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/4nKRqmK
#CleanAir4Africa

How gold prices cause mercury contamination in crops As small-scale gold mining increases to meet demand, local crops absorb gaseous mercury emitted by the illegal and semilegal operations

“How #goldprices cause #mercury contamination in crops” — @cenmag.bsky.social

#AtmosphericChemistry #Gold #GoldMining #AirPollution #AirQuality 🧪

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Mars' north polar vortex reveals increased ozone levels due to extreme cold and lack of sunlight, offering insights into past atmospheric chemistry and potential life on the Red Planet 🌌🔍. Link: https://tinyurl.com/2cd6kyap #MarsExploration #PlanetaryScience #AtmosphericChemistry

Atmospheric chamber at Fudan University in Shanghai. The double chamber comprises two containers made of Teflon foil holding a total of 30 cubic metres of air, which are illuminated from the outside to simulate the photochemical reactions that occur in the atmosphere during the day. Photo: Fudan University

More #water vapour leads to more #aromatic nitro compounds ( #NAC) in #particles: www.tropos.de/en/aktuelles... / via #SciencesAdvances @science.org #AtmosphericChemistry #FudanUniversity #Shanghai #ShandongUniversity #Qingdao @tropos-de.bsky.social @hh24.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social

Who has Methane-focused favorite books? These have good chapters/sections. Gathering my materials for preliminary exams. Not pictured: Rodgers and other pdfs! I’d also take pdfs of these too! #methane #phd #atmosphericchemistry #pollution #emissions

A key insight: sulfur emissions are hypothesized to enhance lightning. They might increase air conductivity or influence cloud droplet formation, both critical for atmospheric charge separation and subsequent discharge. #AtmosphericChemistry 2/6

In this review, Sheng et al. comprehensively analyze and discuss the current research status, challenges, and future prospects of the aviation and aerospace transition zone. Read more
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#aerospace #AtmosphericChemistry #geophysics

The chemistry behind why flash floods are getting worse As the world gets wetter, studying a water cycle in flux is a major challenge. ‘You cannot bring a cloud into a laboratory,’ says one scientist

“The chemistry behind why flash floods are getting worse” — @cenmag.bsky.social
🧪 #ClimateCrisis #AtmosphericChemistry

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Ozone–oxygen cycle (Biogeochemical cycle 🔄)

The ozone–oxygen cycle is the process by which ozone is continually regenerated in Earth's stratosphere, converting ultraviolet radiation into heat. In 1930 Sydney Chapman resolved the chemistry involved. The process is commonly called the Chapman […]

A satellite constellation launches a new era of air quality monitoring GEMS, TEMPO, and Sentinel-4 give researchers neighborhood-scale air pollution measurements across the northern hemisphere

“A #Satellite constellation launches a new era of #AirQuality monitoring” — @cenmag.bsky.social
#AtmosphericChemistry #AirPollution
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Climate change isn't just about heat; it's fundamentally reshaping our air! 🧪 Human activities are drastically altering atmospheric chemistry, sending CO2 & methane to levels unseen in millennia. This chemical overhaul has massive implications. #ClimateCrisis #AtmosphericChemistry

Bluesky, let's talk air! 🌬️ Urban pollution isn't just "dirty air"—it's a chemical cocktail. Sunlight + car exhaust + industry emissions = ground-level ozone & tiny particles. This "photochemical smog" harms health & climate. Know your air! #AirQuality #AtmosphericChemistry #PollutionSolutions

Climate / Meterology Jobs : Earthworks : PhD Determination of Atmospheric Deposition in the Amazon Basin - Gif-sur-Yvette, France - University Paris-Saclay <div id="title">PhD Determination of Atmo...

PhD Determination of Atmospheric Deposition in the Amazon Basin - Gif-sur-Yvette, France - www.earthworks-jobs.com/climate/pari... - #Jobs #research #PhD #climatescience #atmosphericsciences #atmosphericchemistry #chemistry #geochemistry #statistics

40 years after a chilling discovery: What happened to the hole in the ozone layer? — USA TODAY Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer blocks potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface.

“40 years after a chilling discovery: What happened to the hole in the #ozonelayer?” — @usatoday.com 🧪
#AtmosphericChemistry #ClimateCrisis

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The role of atmospheric chemistry in the climate mitigation potential of tree restoration The interplay between biogeophysical and atmospheric chemistry components of tree restoration impact climate mitigation potential. Find out how.

The role of #AtmosphericChemistry in the climate mitigation potential of tree restoration 🌳

Mazz Cummings explains more👇

Soil emissions linked to rising global ozone levels • Muser Press Emissions of nitrous acid (HONO) from soil are increasingly contributing to global ozone pollution, according to a study published in Nature Communications by

Soil nitrous acid emissions rose 22% from 1980 to 2016, driving #ozone increases and harming vegetation. PolyU study in 'Nature Communications' links the trend to #fertilizer use and climate change.
#HONO #AtmosphericChemistry #Pollution
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Scientists worry Trump's budget cuts will halt satellite air pollution studies: 'It's incredibly short-sighted' "The re-entries are really rising quickly. If we stop measuring what is happening in the atmosphere right now, we could be way beyond the point where we can stop the damage that's being done."

🚨 Professor Eloise Marais warns of the long-term damage from US climate science cuts:

🛰️ “It won’t simply be a 4-year pause. It will take much longer than that to rebuild what Trump is destroying.”

#ClimateScience #SpacePollution #UCLGeography #AtmosphericChemistry #EnvironmentalJustice

In this 15-minute tutorial, colleague Khanneh Wadinga Fomba explain the #Xact instrument, designed for high-resolution, online quantification of #trace #metals in particulate matter ( #PM ): www.atmo-access.eu/tutorial-xac... #ACD #AtmosphericChemistry @hh24.bsky.social @actris.bsky.social #EU-RI

📢 Skip the Paper, Watch the Video! 🎥

Instead of reading our full research paper, watch this 1-minute animation to see how Multi-Pressure Chemical Ionization (MPCI) is revolutionizing mass spectrometry!
#MPCI #MassSpectrometry #Innovation #AnalyticalScience #AtmosphericChemistry

We are happy to host the Bunsentagung 2025 fm Monday on with its main topic 'Physical Chemistry of the Climate and the Atmosphere' - we will have @MojibLatif, @vfmcneill.bsky.social , @AR Ravishankara and @MereteBilde as Plenary Speakers #Atmosphere #AtmosphericChemistry

#ProcA Reducing agricultural methane emissions is complex and challenging, but rapid real reductions are both necessary and possible. Read more here: buff.ly/SpRwNSx #atmosphericchemistry #biogeochemistry

Interesting new study on #microplastics led by Guy Brasseur. Inspiration for further #AtmosphericChemistry model developments! #NSF @ncar-ucar.bsky.social link.springer.com/content/pdf/...