Colette Heald

📢 Excited to announce Prof. Juliane L. Fry from Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands as our next speaker for the #ReCLEAN Seminar Series.

📅 Tuesday, October 14 at 1 pm (13:00 CEST) via Zoom: epfl.zoom.us/j/6916007109...

💡 More info about ReCLEAN: reclean.epfl.ch

A prayer more than an interview. Amen.

Giorgio Iemmolo, is learning possible without writing? AI chatbots are taking over writing for students and researchers. Linguist Giorgio Iemmolo explains what we are jeopardising in the interest of efficiency gains.

"If we leave writing to AI chatbots, we won't just lose a craft and the skills. Because writing is more than that. Writing is thinking", argues Giorgio Iemmolo, Director of the Language Centre at ETH and the University of Zurich.
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What is your opinion?

London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.

184 years earlier than predicted, London has met the legal limits for toxic NO2 for the first time.

This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.

Main Grape Varieties in Alsace, 1968-2022. Riesling's amazing surge from #3 to the undisputed #1. And Sylvaner's abysmal decline from #1 to #7.

PhD Position in Atmospheric Chemistry

We have a new PhD project to study ozone formation from fires. If interested in atmospheric chemistry, fires, living in Zurich, and studying at ETH, consider applying here: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal
John Little
1963

🎉🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to Dave Lawrence @ncar-ucar.bsky.social @ncar-cgd.bsky.social for being honored as a 2025 @agu.org Fellow! 🎉🎉

Dave is a CESM Chief Scientist at NSF NCAR, and serves as LEAP's NCAR Model Development Liaison. Well done + well-deserved, Dave!

🏆 AGU is excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Union Medals, Awards and Prizes; Fellows; and Section Awards and Lectures. Honorees will be recognized this December in New Orleans, LA at #AGU25.

🎖️👉 View the 2025 Honorees: buff.ly/eQSk1xJ

The kids, as they often are, are all right

Re-Examining Chemical Conditions of Past Chamber Studies of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation The simulation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in 3D models generally relies on measurements made in laboratory chamber studies. However, many of the laboratory studies that underpin the aerosol pa...

Our paper examining the chemical conditions of past chamber studies is out! This work explores assumptions made when creating SOA parametrizations based on laboratory data, and can hopefully point to ways of improving model representation of SOA.
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

IT IS TIME.

📣 Calling all atmospheric composition enthusiasts!

Together with @ecmwf.int and @esa.int, we’re providing open-to-all online training webinars on satellite observations and modelling, focusing on aerosols.

🗓️1-2 & 9-10 October

Learn more atmostraining.info
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#facultychemjobs weather report: continued downward trend

Today (9/17/25), there are 156 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 16 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.

9/17/24: 245 tenure-track, 18 teaching
9/19/23: 265 tenure-track, 17 teaching

We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱

A great new position in my department. Please share with folks who may be interested!

In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Atmosphere and/or Ocean Physics. No deadline stated, but review will begin soon, so please do not delay. apply.interfolio.com/173819

Atmospheric Physics faculty position at Univ of Toronto - help us make use of satellite and aircraft capabilities that are on their way in Canada! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

All the Trees are Turning Gold
Lee Munn
2023

Tamarack, Spruce and Pine, Algoma
Lawren Harris
1918

So much winning.

So the lab just got our first price quote with the Trump Tariffs included. Turns out that an increase in the cost of a scientific instrument by 39% (the tariff rate for Switzerland as of Aug 7) is…a lot of money! 1/

The New Yorker is on the nose this Back to School season.

🔥 Emissions from Spain and Portugal #wildfires so far this year account for three quarters of 2025 total fire emissions for the European Union + United Kingdom based on #CopernicusAtmosphere data. As of 25 August, EU+UK emissions are the highest annual total in the GFAS dataset going back to 2003.

Alice Hamilton at Harvard—Pioneer for Women in Medicine | Harvard Magazine Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970

I didn't realize that calls for the removal of lead in gasoline started in the 1920s with Alice Hamilton, first woman to join the faculty at Harvard. It took 70 years until lead was finally banned from gasoline. She was a trailblazer for occupational health!

www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/hist...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Atmospheric Chemistry

Are you interested in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global modeling, and living in Zurich? If so, this postdoc position might be for you! Please share with any interested colleagues: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm

Air pollution from oil and gas kills over 90,000 people in the US every year and makes hundreds of thousands more sick, disproportionately affecting Black and brown communities. But Republicans want to drill baby drill and kill more people because they're racist af.

Assistant Professor - Physical Climate Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. Apply and join a great interdisciplinary Department! @natureatcal.bsky.social @agu.org @freshwaterscience.bsky.social
#academicjobs

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A Short Hike Away
Steve Driscoll
2025

Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found

Two toddlers are among nearly 150 Canadians held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year, data show

From @saramojtehedz.bsky.social, Kathryn Blaze Baum, @mahima-singh.bsky.social, @janicedickson.bsky.social
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