Central Europe is heading towards a hot and dry summer, with increased risk for wildfires. Here in Norway, on the other hand, the risk for rain seems to be greater than the risk of forest fires.
On June 2, 2025, the Norwegian Trollhaugen Observatory in Antarctica became the 33rd Global Atmospheric Watch station, and the fourth in Antarctica.
Smoke from the giant wildfires in Canada is now contributing to bad air quality in several European cities. At the same time, dust from Sahara is moving in over Europe.
LONDON, LEIPZIG and TRONDHEIM: Extreme tourists crossing some of the toughest polar landscapes on Earth help accelerating the mapping of microplastic pollution in the atmosphere.
Canada is burning heavily once again. The smoke from the huge wildfires is now heading towards Norway and the rest of Europe.
Are your eyes itchy? Does your nose run? Springtime pollen from ash, alder, hazel, birch, and other trees is in the air – and is now being measured in real time from Córdoba in Spain to Pallas in Finland.
Air quality is steadily improving across Europe with most air pollution monitoring stations achieving current EU annual limits for some of the most harmful air pollutants. However, additional measures to improve air quality will be required to fully meet current and future EU air quality standards.
Two decades of growth has left the Polish capital Warsaw sprawling. A trend of wide-spread suburbs, lacking key amenities and access to public transportation, has made the city an interesting modelling example for scientists working with urban environment. How do you best design a healthier place to live?
Join us in celebrating Maria Dusinska and listen to her award-winning talk, Wednesday March 26th.
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.