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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

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Colette Heald @coletteheald.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oxidized nitrogen cycling in the troposphere is complex! Out today, a paper led by former PhD student Ishir summarizes our current understanding of this budget and cycling. acp.copernicus.org/articles/26/...

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Characterizing the global tropospheric budget of oxidized nitrogen (NOy)

Abstract. Nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) in the troposphere form an array of secondary pollutants that are detrimental to air quality, ecosystems, and climate. The family of reactive oxidized nitrog...

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Dylan B. Millet @dbm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Bump! Priority deadline July 15 🧪

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

It's a banner on one side of the Clearwater's main sail that reads "Save the Clean Water Act" and has a drawing of Pete Seeger's banjo on it.

It's a banner on the other side that says "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions”.

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Bill Arnold @billarnold.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A deep dive on how chemical structure affects photochemical reactivity and defluorination pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Celebrating 25 years of photochemistry with @krismcneill.bsky.social and nearly 10 if NMR with @pomerantz.bsky.social @envirosci.acspublications.org

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Kris McNeill @krismcneill.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The deadline (Sep 30) is coming up! If you are interested in joining ETH as an Assistant Professor of Soil Chemistry, please consider applying!

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Colette Heald @coletteheald.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Are you interested in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global modeling, and living in Zurich? If so, this postdoc position might be for you! Please share with any interested colleagues: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Atmospheric Chemistry

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Rachel O'Brien @reobrien.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I'm excited to share a 𝗡𝗲𝘄 #𝘌𝘚𝘗𝘐 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 Special issue! @rsc.org This was guest edited by myself and Ellison Carter, and it showcases research that centers around questions of the built environment, featuring the impacts of interdisciplinary approaches. shorturl.at/pIY0i

Screenshot of the banner for the ESP&I special issue on Indoor Environments.

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Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) @microbialplanet.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

📣#MTTM 🔬Emily Hu (@yunqianhu.bsky.social‬) is a C-CoMP B2P Fellow working with @maratimes.bsky.social & @akrinos.bsky.social at Brown. She uses microbial sequence data and computational tools to uncover how biotic🦠& abiotic drivers shape microbial community assembly in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊.

Photo of Emily Hu on the R/V Atlantic Explorer during the 2025 C-CoMP March Cruise. Emily is standing outside with the bow of the ship and the ocean behind her. Photo provided by Emily Hu.

Emily collects seawater from the CTD rosette into a bottle on the deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer during the 2025 C-CoMP March Cruise. Photo by Arianna Krinos.

Emily uses sterile forceps to load filters onto filter holders in one of the labs on the R/V Atlantic Explorer. Emily is using the filters to capture particles, including microbes, from the seawater. The DNA from the microbial cells will be extracted, sequenced, and analyzed to understand the microbial community composition of the seawater. Photo by Arianna Krinos.

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Tamar Kohn @viralexplorers.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Want to move to Switzerland? We are looking for a postdoc to study airborne viruses: careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne... @linseymarr.bsky.social @lakdawalalab.bsky.social @corsiaq.bsky.social @influenzal.bsky.social @chuckhaas.bsky.social

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Schwarze Folie auf dem Feld = Müll? Nicht unbedingt. 🌱♻️ Michael Sander und sein Team untersuchen, ob und wie biologisch abbaubare #Mulchfolie im Boden tatsächlich abgebaut wird. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/landwirtscha... #Gemüsebau #EN17033 #PE-Mulchfolien @agroscope.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social

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Kris McNeill @krismcneill.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We are looking for a PhD student for a project on chloronitramide in drinking water. Please spread the word! jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

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Kris McNeill @krismcneill.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the area of Soil Chemistry. Please spread the word! Application deadline is September 30. ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Soil Chemistry

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Colette Heald @coletteheald.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I'm looking for a partner to co-lead Atmospheric Chemistry at ETH! New role for a mid-career person looking to make a change. Please contact me if interested. Job opening closes in a month! (and applying early is better than last minute!)

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Paul Wennberg @paulowennberg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Happy solstice to all who celebrate

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Krystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

FYI: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is trying to get more info on the impact of recent research grant terminations. If your award has been canceled since Jan 20, you can fill out this survey: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are many sources of chemical pollution in our rivers, but tertiary treatment for sewage could clean up the meds that pass straight through us & down the loo, household cleaning products, chemicals from skin care, hair care, washing clothes & food. 1/ www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

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Streams of medicines: how Switzerland cleaned up its act – podcast

In the second of a two part series, Phoebe Weston travels to Switzerland to find out how the country has transformed its rivers, from sewage-filled health hazards to pristine swimming spots. She tells...

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🎉Congrats to Oliver Fuhrer and Thomas Hofstetter on their appointment as Adjunct Professors! Oliver is a weather/climate modeling expert from @meteoschweiz.bsky.social, and Thomas is an environmental chemistry pioneer from @eawag.bsky.social. So proud! 🎓🎓 usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

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Oliver Fuhrer and Thomas Hofstetter are new Adjunct Professors at D-USYS

At the request of ETH President Joël Mesot, the ETH Board awarded the title of professor to Oliver Fuhrer and Thomas Hofstetter at its meeting on May 21 and 22, 2025. Congratulations!

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Christy Remucal @remucal.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I have an open postdoc position in my environmental chemistry group at UW-Madison (starting summer or fall). Project focuses on applying high-resolution mass spectrometry to complex mixtures, including PFAS and dissolved organic matter. Email me directly if interested. Application deadline: May 15

Water Science and Engineering Lab in Madison, WI

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Wanna see something cool? At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is. The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 29/04/2025

Last week I was playing around with a new "tree ring plot" to visualize daily global temperature anomalies from ERA5. I thought it would be neat to make a version of the plot for daily global absolute temperatures (rather than anomalies):

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Ben Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

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Environmental Science @envsci.rsc.org · 15/04/2025

📣 Check out the most popular publications from Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts from 2024 📣 All articles in the collections are now free to read and can be found here 🧪 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

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Colette Heald @coletteheald.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The Atmospheric Chemistry GRC program is now posted (same link as below). Please consider applying to join the meeting to hear all these great talks and share your own work!

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Barney Grubbs @barneygrubbs.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Congratulations to @kateaubrecht.bsky.social on being named a(n) AAAS Fellow!!! www.aaas.org/programs/fel...

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2024 AAAS Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

For anyone with kiddos interested in rocks and nature—I've got an event for you! I'll be at Bards Alley Bookshop in Vienna, VA this Saturday for an event with What a Rock Can Reveal! There will be lots of hands on activities and fun rocks and minerals to play with. I'd love to see you all there!! 🧪⚒️

The image is a poster featuring a picture of the author and her book, What a Rock Can Reveal. Details about the event are as follows: Reading and presentation with children's nonfiction author, Maya Wei-Haas. Saturday March 22, 11 AM, Bards Alley Bookshop, Vienna, VA. Free to attend, no RSVP required.

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Congratulations to Sebastian Doetterl on his promotion to Associate Professor of Soil Resources! 🎉

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Anyone in my network know an excellent, German-speaking administrator who would be interested in working at the University of Basel? We are looking for a new Managing Director of the Department of Environmental Sciences jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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Universität Basel: Geschäftsführer*in Departement Umweltwissenschaften

Die Universität Basel ist die älteste Universität der Schweiz und eine Hochschule von internationalem Ruf, die in Forschung und Lehre hervorragende Leistungen erbringt. Das Departement Umweltwissensch...

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Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Organizing a Pgh rally for March 7 - more details very soon!

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Emily @emilybrenn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Dylan is lofi hip hop girl 🥹

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

In @science.org this week, Athina Anastasaki’s group report an unexpectedly efficient depolymerization protocol for polymethacrylate plastic (such as Plexiglass) by photoactivating dichlorobenzene solvent 🧪chemsky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Visible light–triggered depolymerization of commercial polymethacrylates

The reversion of vinyl polymers with carbon-carbon backbones to their monomers represents an ideal path to alleviate the growing plastic waste stream. However, depolymerizing such stable materials rem...

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Theodore S. Dibble @ted-dibble.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I’m looking for new PhD students wanting to use computational chemistry to study atmospheric reactions. Topics: Hg redox reactions at surfaces. AI to study how hydrogen bonds (R=O--HO• and RO(H)--HO) affects kinetics of H-abstraction. See www.esf.edu/faculty/dibble or tsdibble@esf.edu

Map of the world color-coded by the percent of HgOH going on to make HG(II) compounds. The Schrodinger equation is depicted below Africa.

BrHgOH molecule on a layer of water molecules (meant to represent the top layer of the surface of ice).

OH radical donating a hydrogen bond to acetaldehyde (ethanal).

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Kris McNeill @krismcneill.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This really pisses me off. not just at the monsters who are causing this but also at the hosting universities. They should step up and say “hey, we got you. 0% loan. Pay us only when (if) you get paid.” Why should the poor postdocs and grad fellows have to bear this unbearable weight?

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Tim Julian @trj2.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

📯 #Swiss wastewater dashboard through our #wise project is now updated with historic data within which you can overlay the seasons. #Influenza B is now high, after skipping a year. Check it out here: wise.ethz.ch

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Linsey Marr @linseymarr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I talked about how we overcame dogma about transmission of respiratory viruses in this BBC Science in Action podcast "Five Years of Covid: Part two." www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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BBC World Service - Science In Action, Five years of Covid: Part two

Five years on from the emergence of Sars CoV-2, what have we learned?

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Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk · 06/12/2024

Global atmospheric pollution threatens both our health and environment. Chemist James Lovelock’s Electron Capture Detector (ECD) transformed how we detect harmful chemicals in the air. Discover how his groundbreaking device shaped our understanding of the environment: bit.ly/41ghhLN

📷 James Lovelock in his laboratory in Devon

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Bill Arnold @billarnold.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Looks like NSF panels are getting paused

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Kris McNeill @krismcneill.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Truly inspirational work you started at ESWRT!

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David Cwiertny @dcwiertny.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Ten years ago we launched this journal with a great team from RSC and a tremendous group of editors and board members. I’m proud the journal has not just lasted but strengthened and thrived under the great leadership of Paige Novak and Graham Gagnon. Congrats to all! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Celebrating 10 years of Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology - Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D4EW90049A

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Delphine Farmer @chemdelphine.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Anyone dealt with AI-generated reviews on papers? I just had a paper rejected by ACS with 2 positive reviews noting novel work / minor corrections, but 1 scathing review with broad statements with no evidence and clearly didn't read the SI). AI checkers put this review at 100% AI generated...

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Best advice from my mom: “Don’t let them bury you until you’re dead.”

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Free Radikal @freeradikal.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I found your research fascinating! So much so I made a YT video about it (for a general audience). Thanks to you and your colleagues for doing the amazing work!

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Shira Joudan @shirajoudan.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

On Bluesky and Twitter: scientists posting about Science of the Total Environment and Chemosphere losing their impact factors because of fraudulent publishing patterns. On LinkedIn: scientists excitedly sharing their new papers in STOTEN and Chemosphere 🙃

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Kris McNeill @krismcneill.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Solstice everyone! For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, we’ve survived the shortest day of the year.

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Kris McNeill @krismcneill.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Me: I was waiting for my reagents to dissolve

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Tim Julian @trj2.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Clear signs in wastewater that RSV season is picking up as we enter end of year holidays. In past years, RSV has picked up before Influenza A and B. From: wise.ethz.ch.

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