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A Measurement Network for Healthier Cities

Air pollution, noise pollution, a negative impact on ecosystems, climate change, and an adverse effect on human health – these are all consequences of global transportation.

Successful ACTRIS Annual Meeting 2023

The ACTRIS community held its annual meeting in Heraklion, Greece, from 24th to 27th October 2023, with 10 project participants from the Institute for Energy and Climate Research IEK-8 attending.

Aromatica campaign TNA/ACTRIS

During September 2023, the SAPHIR chamber at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, was for the first time involved in a series of experiments which included a component of remote access to the chamber.

New Iagos Aircraft From Air Canada Measures Elevated Carbon Monoxide Levels Over Eastern Canada

With an Airbus A330 of Air Canada, another airliner and another airline has now joined the European research infrastructure IAGOS in April.

Scientists measuring the breath of megacities onboard an aircraft over North America

How is urban air pollution changing as traﬃc emissions decrease? Scientists from the United States, Austria, and from the Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-8: Troposphere) are trying to answer this question by utilizing measurements of trace gases onboard the world’s largest airborne chemical laboratory.

Prosperous Annual Meeting of ACTRIS-D

The German ACTRIS partners (ACTRIS-D) had their annual meeting from 13 to 15 June in Aachen, organized by the project partner from Forschungszentrum Jülich, FZJ (IEK-8).

A 4th Chance to Access the Most Advenced Atmospheric Research Facilities in Europe

We are pleased to provide access to Europe’s most advanced facilities for observation and exploration in atmospheric science.

Mourning the Loss of Atmospheric Climate Researcher Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

Forschungszentrum Jülich is mourning the loss of Prof. Astrid Kiendler-Scharr. The internationally renowned atmospheric and climate researcher died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of just 49 on 6 February 2023.

Cooling Particles

A team of researchers from the United States, Norway and Germany has demonstrated for the first time that the increase in atmospheric desert dust since the mid-19th century has had an overall cooling effect on the Earth.

IAGOS: Successful Atmospheric Research

Commercial aircraft that collect important data for atmospheric research on their flights around the world: this is the idea behind the project IAGOS, which emerged from the research projects MOZAIC and CARIBIC in 2012, and became a European Research Infrastructure in 2014.

Climate research: Third Lufthansa Group aircraft in service for project IAGOS

Another long-haul Lufthansa Group aircraft is now flying for atmospheric and climate research.

Starting Grants für zwei Jülicher Nachwuchsforschende

Dr. Heidi Heinrichs und Dr. Georgios Gkatzelis vom Forschungszentrum Jülich erhalten jeweils vom Europäischen Forschungsrat (European Research Council, ERC) einen mit 1,5 Millionen Euro dotierten ERC Starting Grant.

Cooling needed!

On November 6, the 27th World Climate Change Conference kicked off in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - at a time when man-made global warming continues to advance.

Excellent estimates

The sources of the air pollutants are largely known, but how much the sources emit is only estimated. Researchers from Jülich have reviewed these estimates, thus also providing an important tool for identifying measures that improve air quality.

Bedeutender Schulterschluss in der Erdsystemforschung

Zentrum für Erdsystembeobachtung und rechnergestützte Analyse und Europäisches Zentrum für mittelfristige Wettervorhersage rücken enger zusammen

Exzellenzen der Wissenschaft

Gleich fünf erfolgreiche Nachwuchswissenschaftler konnte Vorstandsvorsitzender Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt in diesem Jahr mit dem Exzellenzpreis des Forschungszentrums Jülich auszeichnen.

Studie zeigt erhöhte Ozonwerte während des Lockdowns 2020

Einen Anstieg des bodennahen Ozons im Rhein-Main-Gebiet während des COVID-19-Lockdowns zeigt eine neue Studie, die jüngst im Fachmagazin „Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics“ (ACP) erschienen ist.

Jülicher Nachwuchsforscher erhält Bernd Rendel-Preis 2021

Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) vergibt in diesem Jahr einen Bernd Rendel-Preis an Simon Rosanka vom Forschungszentrum Jülich.

“We Must Start Making Progress towards Ensuring Net-Zero Emissions”

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has today published the first part of its new Assessment Report, which documents the scientific results of climate research.

Making More Precise Air Quality, Weather, and Climate Forecasts with ACTRIS-D

Germany is obtaining a new infrastructure to research particulate matter, clouds, and trace gases.

Was der Corona-Lockdown mit dem Klimawandel zu tun hat

Der Weltklimarat (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC) legt am Montag, 9. August 2021, den ersten Teil seines neuen Sachstandsberichts vor, der den wissenschaftlichen Kenntnisstand zu den naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagen des Klimawandels zusammenfasst.

Georgios Gkatzelis Receives Klaus Tschira Boost Fund

Jülich, 20 May 2021 – Dr. Georgios Gkatzelis has been awarded the Klaus Tschira Boost Fund with funding worth € 80,000. The Jülich scientist will use the funding to research the impact on the air of new sources of pollution, such as volatile chemical products.

Mechanism Deciphered: How Organic Acids Are Formed in the Atmosphere

The acidity of the atmosphere is increasingly determined by carbon dioxide and organic acids such as formic acid.

Together we see more

Universities of Bonn and Cologne and Forschungszentrum Jülich found the Center for Earth System Observation and Computational Analysis (CESOC)

Impacts of Coronavirus Lockdowns

One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic has been global restrictions on mobility.

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