Volatile organic hydrocarbons from road traffic, agriculture, refrigerants and solvents can turn into particles which lead to cloud formation. In Finland, Lukas Pichelstorfer is working on simulation models in order to understand how gases released by human activities react in the atmosphere and how this affects climate and air quality. Continue reading “Calculating a gap in atmospheric chemistry”
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, an interdisciplinary Vienna-based team is investigating the nature of carbonaceous particles that play a key role in the formation of ice clouds. These “ice nuclei” act as catalysts inducing the phase change from water to ice. Understanding the process leading to such ice clouds is an […] Continue reading “The formation of ice clouds”
The physicist Bernadette Rosati investigates how salt particles from the sea influence the weather and climate. The Schrödinger fellow has found the perfect conditions for her research at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. The chemistry is just right – not only at sea, but also within the team and across all the faculties. Continue reading “The atmospheric group”