Environmental Chemistry

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• Molecular switch detects metals in the environment
  

  An international team, led by researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, has designed a family of molecules capable of binding to metal ions present in its environment and providing an easily detectable light signal during binding. This new type of sensor forms a 3D structure wh more

• Soil bugs munch on plastics
  

  Thin mulch films made of polyethylene are used in agriculture in numerous countries, where they cause extensive soil contamination. Researchers at ETH Zurich and Eawag have now identified an alternative: films made of the polymer PBAT biodegrade in soils. Our world is drowning in a flood of plastic. more

• New model makes us wiser on cocktail effects
  

  The ability of chemical combinations to precipitate a cocktail effect is acknowledged. We can also calculate the impacts of various chemical products ranging from shampoos to pesticides. However, critical exceptions add uncertainty to these calculations. One group of chemicals, known as synergistic more

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Ocean Acidification:

Ocean acidification is often referred to as ‘the other carbon dioxide problem’. We’re all quite rightly concerned about the effects that rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may have on climate, and the potential consequences of climate change are well documented: more frequent instances of extr more

Publications Environmental Chemistry

• IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 1364: Use of Sorption of Copper Cations by Clinoptilolite for Wastewater Treatment

  IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 1364: Use of Sorption of Copper Cations by Clinoptilolite for Wastewater Treatment International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071364 Authors: Iveta Pandová Anton Panda Jan Valíček Marta Harničárová Milena Kušnerová more

• Predicting global scale exposure of humans to PCB 153 from historical emissions

  Predicting human exposure to an environmental contaminant based on its emissions is one of the great challenges of environmental chemistry. It has been done successfully on a local or regional scale for some persistent organic pollutants. Here we assess whether it can be done at a global scale, usin more

• Modeling in environmental chemistry

  Guest editors Matthew MacLeod, Todd Gouin and Thomas McKone introduce the Modeling in Environmental Chemistry themed issue of Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. Modeling in Environmental Chemistry more

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• DIN/ISO Compliant Calibrations
  

  Today Analytical Chemistry is embedded in a strictly regulated environment and it has to be ensured that verifiable and officially authorised methods are used. How can this be achieved in a reproducible and unequivocal way? Here we approach this question with respect to the problem of establishing and interpreting calibrations in Instrumental Analysis. more

Authors Environmental Chemistry

• Prof. Dr. Ralf Zimmermann
  

  Ralf Zimmermann, born in 1963, received his doctorate in 1995 from the TU Munich/Weihenstephan in chemistry und from 1997 on headed the department “Environmental Chemistry and Process Analytics” at the BIfA (Bavarian Institute of Applied Environmental Science and Technology) and “Analytical Laser Ma more

• Prof. Dr. Gesine Witt
  

  Gesine Witt studied technical and analytical chemistry at the University of Greifswald before completing her doctoral studies and her habilitation at the University of Rostock. Her work as a research assistant at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) was decisive in shaping more

• Dr. Carsten Paul
  

  Carsten Paul studied chemistry (focus ­environmental chemistry)  at Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena from 2004 to 2008. After a short spell at the Scripps Institute for Oceano­graphy (La Jolla/CA, USA) he completed his doctorate on a scholarship from the Jena School for Microbial Communicati more