Fires in tropical forests affects not only the forest, but also the carbon cycle and air quality. A new study reveals that exactly what burns – and at what temperature – strongly influences the emissions from such fires.
Imagine a glacier. Are you thinking “glittering snow” or “plastic pollution”? A new study underscores the pervasive nature of plastic pollution, even in such remote and apparently pristine areas.
Since the Nord Stream leaks in September 2022, scientists have tried to determine the exact amount of methane released into the atmosphere.
The global air quality is getting better. Which is good for our health, but cleaner air may also lead to a warmer climate because less solar radiation is reflected back into space. The key element is called aerosols.
Research in Svalbard shows that atmospheric deposition of PFAS in Arctic areas can be up to 71 times higher during summertime compared to winter.
The 6th joint training on atmospheric composition was held in Oslo, Norway, from 16 to 20 September at the Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU.
Have you ever found 222 grams of gold sitting in a bucket? NILU engineer Sam Celentano has.
The CitiObs project is launching an Open Call for Citizen Observatories and Citizen Science initiatives across Europe to become Alliance Partners.
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental health risks we face in the world today. Air pollution also exacerbates climate change, causes economic losses, and reduces agricultural productivity.
4th September 2024: Today, the research infrastructure ACTRIS proudly releases the beta version of its all-new data portal.
Sunday 1 September 2024, our Swedish subsidiary turned 1 year old!
Greenhouse gas concentrations, global temperatures across land and oceans, sea surface temperatures and wildfires: Several climate-related records were broken last year.
On 1 April 2024, the new European research infrastructure project IRISCC was launched in Helsinki. The ambitious project will focus on risks that are driven and intensified by climate change.
May 2024 was the warmest May on record, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service. In Greece, the wildfire season has already started. What do NILU’s forest fire experts expect the summer will bring for Europe – and Norway?
According to a new report by the Global Carbon Project, emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas about 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020.
We often overlook the soil beneath our feet. Still, it is a vibrant and complex ecosystem that plays a critical role in supporting life on Earth.
The European-Japanese EarthCARE mission was successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 00.20 CEST on Wednesday 29 May 2024.
Measuring concentrations of contaminants in Arctic air and biota is important. Still, it’s not always easy to know from measurements alone where contaminants originally come from. And how do they end up in fish caught in the Arctic?
This week, Norwegian research institute NILU and Polish CIEP finalized their collaboration on setting up a new atmospheric deposition monitoring network in Poland.
For the first time, scientists will have access to research infrastructures in both the Arctic and Antarctica through a single, unique project.
On January 1st 2024, the Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová bestowed the Order of Ľudovít Štúr 2nd class to NILU’s Dr Maria Dusinska.
Do you know the historical reason why we have winter holiday in Norway? Hint: It’s about heating – and money.
NILU and ACTRIS is an integral part of the ENVRI-Hub NEXT project, which will bring the gateway to discover the interdisciplinary environmental research data – ENVRI-Hub – to the NEXT level.
NILU’s board has decided to appoint Tomas Nordlander as NILU’s new CEO from 1 May 2024.