Environmental

Was Earth once a frozen sphere? Recent studies of Colorado sandstone offer new evidence to support the “Snowball Earth” hypothesis.

Nine Power List Planet Protectors discuss the biggest challenges in environmental analysis today and how we overcome them…

Electrochemistry-based system removes 90 percent of both ultra-short and long-chain PFAS from water

Markku Kulmala shares his mission to set up thousands of environmental monitoring stations around the globe

Beate Escher reveals her team’s discovery that chemicals, even at low concentrations, can form mixtures in the blood causing neurotoxicity

Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) technique offers high-sensitivity, calibration-free hydrogen gas detection

Emerging analytical methods for more precise quantification of hydrocarbon composition may prove essential to realizing a circular plastic economy

Rising temperatures shown to accelerate weathering rates in Canadian Arctic, causing an alarming increase in atmospheric CO2 levels

Analytical scientists are playing a crucial role in the development of technologies to remove PFAS from our environment

New insights into how air pollution forms at the molecular level could improve climate models and our understanding of urban air pollution