Tropospheric anthropogenic aerosols contribute the second-largest forcing to climate
change, but with high uncertainty owing to their spatio-temporal variability and complicated …

In the wake of the apparent impacts of climate change, the world is searching for clean
energy transformations and a consequent transition to a carbon-neutral economy and life …

Short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Abstract Mother Earth is dying. Humanity needs to step up. Otherwise, the planet we call
home will soon be uninhabitable. The destiny of our planet inarguably depends on …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call on all nations to accomplish 17
broad global development goals by 2030. However, the COVID-19 pandemic presents a …

The outbreak of SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) has posed a serious threat to human beings,
society, and economic activities all over the world. Worldwide rigorous containment …

Many nations responded to the corona virus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic by
restricting travel and other activities during 2020, resulting in temporarily reduced emissions …

We use the global Community Earth System Model to investigate the response of secondary
pollutants (ozone O3, secondary organic aerosols SOA) in different parts of the world in …

Throughout spring and summer 2020, ozone stations in the northern extratropics recorded
unusually low ozone in the free troposphere. From April to August, and from 1 to 8 kilometers …

Compared with 2019, measurements of the global growth rate of background (marine air)
atmospheric methane rose by 5.3 ppb yr− 1 in 2020, reaching 15.0 ppb yr− 1. Global …