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9-Dec-2025

Chemical traces of 2023 Canadian wildfires detected in Maryland months after smoke subsided

University of Maryland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new University of Maryland study of campus air samples revealed that chemical compounds from Canada’s historic 2023 fires lingered in the air, forming an ‘atmospheric soup.’

Journal: Environmental Science Atmospheres

9-Dec-2025

Lucrative ERC grants for five LMU researchers

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Grant and Award Announcement

Five LMU researchers have been awarded Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council. Their projects deal with climate change, strokes, quantum physics, mitochondria, and cancer diagnosis.

9-Dec-2025

ERC grant helps to quantify the impact of anthropogenic air pollution particles on climate

Estonian Research Council
Grant and Award Announcement

University of Tartu Associate Professor in Climate Physics Velle Toll received the Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to quantify the extent to which air pollution particles cool the Earth’s climate. The results of Toll’s work would help fill a gap in our detailed understanding of human-induced climate change and improve the accuracy of climate projections.

Funder: European Research Council

8-Dec-2025

What lies beneath Greenland could change what we know about rising seas

University of Ottawa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study reveals significant temperature variations beneath Greenland, reshaping our understanding of its tectonic history.

These underground heat patterns influence how the ice sheet interacts with the bedrock, which is important for predicting future sea level rise in the context of climate change.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

8-Dec-2025

New research links health impacts related to 'forever chemicals' to billions in economic losses

University of Arizona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The negative health impacts from contamination by so called "forever chemicals" in drinking water costs the contiguous U.S. at least $8 billion a year in social costs, a University of Arizona-led study has found.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

8-Dec-2025

RSS Research Award for new lidar technology for cloud research

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
Grant and Award Announcement

The Reinhard Süring Foundation's 2025 Research Award goes to Leipzig-based atmospheric researcher Dr. Cristofer Jiménez for his contributions to a remote sensing technology that makes it possible to study the interactions between particles and clouds much better than ever before. The so-called dual-field-of-view polarisation lidar is based on two different aperture angles, which are used to observe and compare the reflections of laser beams in the atmosphere. Every three years, the Reinhard Süring Foundation Research Prize honours young scientists for outstanding work in a subfield of meteorology. In 2025, the prize was awarded for "New techniques, methods and applications of remote sensing of the atmosphere".

Funder: Reinhard Süring Foundation (RSS):

8-Dec-2025

Missed signals: Virginia’s septic strategies overlook critical timing, study warns

Society for Risk Analysis
Reports and Proceedings

A new study from the University of Maryland’s Jerin Tasnim, reveals that Virginia's current approach to managing septic system failures misses a critical factor: the time-varying relationship between hydrological stressors and septic system performance. This gap limits the state's ability to proactively identify and intervene in high-risk areas before failures occur—and before nitrogen pollution reaches the Chesapeake Bay. This study will be presented on December 8 at 10:30 A.M. ET at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.

Meeting: Society for Risk Analysis 2025 Conference