atmospheric pollution

The puzzle of high Arctic aerosols

Dasaraden Mauree September 19, 2018

Thick pack ice around the Arctic Ocean 2018 Expedition drift station. Ice crystals and droplets in the air create stunning optical effects (Credit: Julia Schmale)

Current Position: 86°24’ N, 13°29’E (17th September 2018) The Arctic Ocean 2018 Expedition drifted for 33 days in the high Arctic and is now heading back south to Tromsø, Norway. With continuous aerosol observations, we hope to be able to add new pieces to the high Arctic aerosol puzzle to create a more complete picture that can help us to improve our understanding of the surface energy budget in ...[Read More]

An unlikely choice between a gasoline or diesel car…

Dasaraden Mauree June 1, 2015

I have recently been confronted with the choice of buying a “new” car and this has proved to be a very tedious task with all the diversity of car that exists on the market today. However, one of my primary concerns was, of course, to find the least polluting car based on my usage (roughly 15000km/year). Cars (or I should say motor vehicles) pollution is one of the major sources of air pollution (p ...[Read More]

How we might lose the battle against climate change … or against any other environmental problem?

Dasaraden Mauree March 6, 2015

Smog over the East coast of China (Copyright: NASA)

This would not be a blog about atmospheric science if I did not talk about climate change. But I won’t be talking about the science of climate change… there are numerous blogs including here that will talk much better about this. The problem that will be addressed here does not only refer to the “battle” we are currently facing with climate but also numerous other environmental issues ...[Read More]