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

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...

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

📣#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 🌊.

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

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

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...

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...

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!)

Happy solstice to all who celebrate

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...

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...

🎉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...

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

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. 🔥

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):

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.”

📣 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...

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!

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

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!! 🧪⚒️

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

We are tracking mutations of #RSV in #wastewater: genspectrum.org/swiss-wastew.... Why this matters and why you should re-tweet for visibility (a 🧵).

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...

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

Dylan is lofi hip hop girl 🥹

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/...

WastewaterSCAN Dashboard data.wastewaterscan.org?charts=CjcQA...

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 [email protected]

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?

📯 #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

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...

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

Looks like NSF panels are getting paused

Truly inspirational work you started at ESWRT!

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...

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...

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

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!

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 🙃

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

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

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.

📊 What I learned from analyzing 3000+ SI PDFs: Only 40% of papers w/ #MassSpectrometry data compliant w/ journal guidelines! From zero #Python experience to an automated checker Read the paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Try the tool: github.com/match22lab/H... #DataScience #ChemPython #ChemSky

a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers 1. Spinoza

Infectivity and Persistence of Influenza A Virus in Raw Milk by Zulli and colleagues, published ASAP in ES&T Letters @acspublications.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Congratulations to one of our #ocean #carbon #climate heroes! 🌊 #agu24

Dommaraju Gukesh, an 18-year-old Indian grandmaster, won the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Thursday. In so doing, Gukesh became the 18th and youngest undisputed world champion in history.