It has been established that various anthropogenic contaminants have already reached all
the world's pristine locations, including the polar regions. While some of those contaminants …

The Earth's atmosphere is composed of an enormous variety of chemical species associated
with trace gases and aerosol particles whose composition and chemistry have critical …

Plastic pollution in the marine environment has been identified as a global problem; different
polymer types and fragment sizes have been detected across all marine regions, from sea …

We present a new method for chemical characterization of micro-and nanoplastics based on
thermal desorption–proton transfer reaction–mass spectrometry. The detection limit for …

It is now established that microplastics are a pervasive presence in aquatic and terrestrial
ecosystems. The same is assumed to be true for nanoplastics but data are lacking due to …

Severe droughts endanger ecosystem functioning worldwide. We investigated how drought
affects carbon and water fluxes as well as soil-plant-atmosphere interactions by tracing …

Abstract The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS) officially
became the 33rd European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) on 25 April 2023 …

Proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS) is a technique
commonly used to measure ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban, rural, and …

Volatile compounds carry valuable information regarding the properties of foodstuffs.
Volatiles emitted from food can be used as, for example, indicators of quality, shelf-life, or …

Plastic materials are increasingly produced worldwide with a total estimated production of>
8300 million tonnes to date, of which 60% was discarded. In the environment, plastics …