Publications

This year's publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in alphabetical order.

  • Beard DB, Baccolo G, Clason CC, Millward GE, Łokas E, Di Stefano E, et al.
    Accumulation of environmental radioactivity on the surface of a High Arctic ice cap (Flade Isblink, NE Greenland)
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2024; 58(38): 17004-17014. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10755
    DORA PSI
  • Brugger SO, McWethy DB, Chellman NJ, Prebble M, Courtney Mustaphi CJ, Eckhardt S, et al.
    Holocene black carbon in New Zealand lake sediment records
    Quaternary Science Reviews. 2024; 325: 108491 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108491
    DORA PSI
  • Brugger SO, Chellman NJ, Plach A, Henne PD, Stohl A, McConnell JR
    Pollen in polar ice implies Eastern Canadian forest dynamics diverged from climate after European settlement
    Geophysical Research Letters. 2024; 51(2): e2023GL105581 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105581
    DORA PSI
  • Di Mauro B, Garzonio R, Ravasio C, Orlandi V, Baccolo G, Gilardoni S, et al.
    Combined effect of algae and dust on snow spectral and broadband albedo
    Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 2024; 316: 108906 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2024.108906
    DORA PSI
  • Di Stefano E, Baccolo G, Clemenza M, Delmonte B, Fiorini D, Garzonio R, et al.
    Temporal markers in a temperate ice core: insights from 3H and 137Cs profiles from the Adamello Glacier
    Cryosphere. 2024; 18(6): 2865-2874. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2865-2024
    DORA PSI
  • Huber CJ, Eichler A, Mattea E, Brütsch S, Jenk TM, Gabrieli J, et al.
    High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting
    Nature Geoscience. 2024; 17: 110-113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01366-1
    DORA PSI
  • Jiao X, Dong Z, Baccolo G, Qin X, Wei T, Di J, et al.
    Quantifying uranium radio-isotope ratios in riverine suspended particulate matter: insights into natural and anthropogenic influences in the glacial-fed river system of the NE Tibetan Plateau
    Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2024; 461: 132725 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132725
    DORA PSI
  • MacHguth H, Eichler A, Schwikowski M, Brütsch S, Mattea E, Kutuzov S, et al.
    Fifty years of firn evolution on Grigoriev ice cap, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan
    Cryosphere. 2024; 18(4): 1633-1646. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1633-2024
    DORA PSI
  • Morales-Molino C, van Vugt L, van Leeuwen JFN, Gobet E, Schwörer C, Ganz K, et al.
    Looking at the modern landscape of submediterranean Greece through a palaeoecological lens
    Science of the Total Environment. 2024; 949: 174986 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174986
    DORA PSI
  • Moser DE, Thomas ER, Nehrbass-Ahles C, Eichler A, Wolff E
    Review article: melt-affected ice cores for polar research in a warming world
    Cryosphere. 2024; 18(6): 2691-2718. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2691-2024
    DORA PSI
  • Pang H, Zhang W, Wu S, Jenk TM, Schwikowski M, Hou S
    Abrupt climate fluctuations in Tibet as imprints of multiple meltwater events during the early to mid-Holocene
    Science Bulletin. 2024; 69(3): 375-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.12.007
    DORA PSI
  • Sayedi SS, Abbott BW, Vannière B, Leys B, Colombaroli D, Romera GG, et al.
    Assessing changes in global fire regimes
    Fire Ecology. 2024; 20(1): 18 (22 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00237-9
    DORA PSI
  • Spolaor A, Scoto F, Larose C, Barbaro E, Burgay F, Bjorkman MP, et al.
    Climate change is rapidly deteriorating the climatic signal in Svalbard glaciers
    Cryosphere. 2024; 18(1): 307-320. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-307-2024
    DORA PSI
  • Vecchiato M, Barbante C, Barbaro E, Burgay F, Cairns WRL, Callegaro A, et al.
    The seasonal change of PAHs in Svalbard surface snow
    Environmental Pollution. 2024; 340: 122864 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122864
    DORA PSI
  • von Allmen R, Brugger SO, Schleicher KD, Rey F, Gobet E, Courtney Mustaphi CJ, et al.
    Method development and application of object detection and classification to Quaternary fossil pollen sequences
    Quaternary Science Reviews. 2024; 327: 108521 (25 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108521
    DORA PSI

Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in alphabetical order.

  • Baccolo G, Abu El Khair D, Nastasi M, Sisti M, Ferrè C, Alewell C, et al.
    210Pbxs. is a viable alternative to 137Cs for tracing soil redistribution in mountain pastures affected by heterogeneous Chernobyl fallout
    Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2023; 48(4): 708-720. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5512
    DORA PSI
  • Burgay F, Fernández RP, Segato D, Turetta C, Blaszczak-Boxe CS, Rhodes RH, et al.
    200-year ice core bromine reconstruction at Dome C (Antarctica): observational and modelling results
    Cryosphere. 2023; 17(1): 391-405. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-391-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Burgay F, Salionov D, Huber CJ, Singer T, Eichler A, Ungeheuer F, et al.
    Hybrid targeted/untargeted screening method for the determination of wildfire and water-soluble organic tracers in ice cores and snow
    Analytical Chemistry. 2023; 95(30): 11456-11466. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01852
    DORA PSI
  • Clason CC, Baccolo G, Łokas E, Owens PN, Wachniew P, Millward GE, et al.
    Global variability and controls on the accumulation of fallout radionuclides in cryoconite
    Science of the Total Environment. 2023; 894: 164902 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164902
    DORA PSI
  • Clifford HM, Potocki M, Rodda C, Dixon D, Birkel S, Handley M, et al.
    Prefacing unexplored archives from Central Andean surface-to-bedrock ice cores through a multifaceted investigation of regional firn and ice core glaciochemistry
    Journal of Glaciology. 2023; 69(276): 693-707. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.91
    DORA PSI
  • Dong Z, Jiang H, Baccolo G, Di Mauro B, Zawierucha K
    Biological and pollution aerosols on snow and ice — Interplay between the atmosphere and the cryosphere
    Journal of Earth Science. 2023; 34(6): 1951-1956. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-2004-2
    DORA PSI
  • Eckhardt S, Pisso I, Evangeliou N, Zwaaftink CG, Plach A, McConnell JR, et al.
    Revised historical Northern Hemisphere black carbon emissions based on inverse modeling of ice core records
    Nature Communications. 2023; 14(1): 271 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35660-0
    DORA PSI
  • Eichler A, Legrand M, Jenk TM, Preunkert S, Andersson C, Eckhardt S, et al.
    Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores
    Cryosphere. 2023; 17(5): 2119-2137. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2119-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Erhardt T, Jensen CM, Adolphi F, Kjær HA, Dallmayr R, Twarloh B, et al.
    High-resolution aerosol data from the top 3.8 kyr of the East Greenland Ice coring Project (EGRIP) ice core
    Earth System Science Data. 2023; 15(11): 5079-5091. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5079-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Fang L, Jenk TM, Winski D, Kreutz K, Brooks HL, Erwin E, et al.
    Early Holocene ice on the Begguya plateau (Mt. Hunter, Alaska) revealed by ice core 14C age constraints
    Cryosphere. 2023; 17(9): 4007-4020. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4007-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Jiao X, Dong Z, Baccolo G, Li F, Wei T, Li J, et al.
    Insights on the distribution and environmental implications of the radio-isotope 235U in surface soils and glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau
    Environmental Pollution. 2023; 317: 120824 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120824
    DORA PSI
  • Jiao X, Dong Z, Baccolo G, Chen X, Qin X, Shao Y
    Provenance of aeolian dust revealed by (234U/238U) activity ratios in cryoconites from high-altitude glaciers in western China and its transport and settlement mechanisms
    Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface. 2023; 128(8): e2023JF007227 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007227
    DORA PSI
  • Liu K, Wang C, Hou S, Wu S-Y, Pang H, Zhang W, et al.
    A high-resolution refractory black carbon (rBC) record since 1932 deduced from the Chongce ice core, Tibetan plateau
    Atmospheric Environment. 2023; 294: 119480 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119480
    DORA PSI
  • Liu X, Dong Z, Baccolo G, Gao W, Li Q, Wei T, et al.
    Distribution, composition and risk assessment of PAHs and PCBs in cryospheric watersheds of the eastern Tibetan Plateau
    Science of the Total Environment. 2023; 890: 164234 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164234
    DORA PSI
  • Maffezzoli N, Cook E, Van Der Bilt WGM, Storen EN, Festi D, Muthreich F, et al.
    Detection of ice core particles via deep neural networks
    Cryosphere. 2023; 17(2): 539-565. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-539-2023
    DORA PSI

Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in alphabetical order.

  • Aemisegger F, Trachsel J, Sadowski Y, Eichler A, Lehning M, Avak S, et al.
    Fingerprints of frontal passages and post-depositional effects in the stable water isotope signal of seasonal Alpine snow
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2022; 127(22): e2022JD037469 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037469
    DORA PSI
  • Alpert PA, Boucly A, Yang S, Yang H, Kilchhofer K, Luo Z, et al.
    Ice nucleation imaged with X-ray spectro-microscopy
    Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2022; 2(3): 335-351. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EA00077B
    DORA PSI
  • Alpert PA, Kilthau WP, O'Brien RE, Moffet RC, Gilles MK, Wang B, et al.
    Ice-nucleating agents in sea spray aerosol identified and quantified with a holistic multimodal freezing model
    Science Advances. 2022; 8(44): eabq6842 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq6842
    DORA PSI
  • Ammann M, Artiglia L
    Solvation, surface propensity, and chemical reactions of solutes at atmospheric liquid-vapor interfaces
    Accounts of Chemical Research. 2022; 55(24): 3641-3651. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00604
    DORA PSI
  • Baboomian VJ, Crescenzo GV, Huang Y, Mahrt F, Shiraiwa M, Bertram AK, et al.
    Sunlight can convert atmospheric aerosols into a glassy solid state and modify their environmental impacts
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS. 2022; 119(43): e2208121119 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208121119
    DORA PSI
  • Barandun M, Bravo C, Grobety B, Jenk T, Fang L, Naegeli K, et al.
    Anthropogenic influence on surface changes at the Olivares glaciers; Central Chile
    Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 833: 155068 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155068
    DORA PSI
  • Beschnitt A, Schwikowski M, Hoffmann T
    Towards comprehensive non-target screening using heart-cut two-dimensional liquid chromatography for the analysis of organic atmospheric tracers in ice cores
    Journal of Chromatography A. 2022; 1661: 462706 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462706
    DORA PSI
  • Boucly A, Artiglia L, Fabbri E, Palagin D, Aegerter D, Pergolesi D, et al.
    Direct evidence of cobalt oxyhydroxide formation on a La0.2Sr0.8CoO3 perovskite water splitting catalyst
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2022; 10(5): 2434-2444. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA04957G
    DORA PSI
  • Clason C, Rangecroft S, Owens PN, Łokas E, Baccolo G, Selmes N, et al.
    Contribution of glaciers to water, energy and food security in mountain regions: current perspectives and future priorities
    Annals of Glaciology. 2022; 63(87-89): 73-78. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.14
    DORA PSI
  • Corral Arroyo P, David G, Alpert PA, Parmentier EA, Ammann M, Signorell R
    Amplification of light within aerosol particles accelerates in-particle photochemistry
    Science. 2022; 376(6590): 293-296. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm7915
    DORA PSI
  • Gladich I, Chen S, Yang H, Boucly A, Winter B, van Bokhoven JA, et al.
    Liquid-gas interface of iron aqueous solutions and Fenton reagents
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2022; 13(13): 2994-3001. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00380
    DORA PSI
  • Gladich I, Chen S, Yang H, Boucly A, Winter B, Van Bokhoven JA, et al.
    Reply to "comment on 'liquid-gas interface of iron aqueous solutions and fenton reagents'"
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2022; 13(29): 6681-6682. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01391
    DORA PSI
  • Kong X, Dou J, Chen S, Wang B, Wu Z
    同步辐射技术在大气科学领域的研究进展. Progress of synchrotron-based research on atmospheric science
    Progress in Chemistry. 2022; 34(4): 963-972. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC210438
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  • Kulju KD, McNamara SM, Chen Q, Kenagy HS, Edebeli J, Fuentes JD, et al.
    Urban inland wintertime N2O5 and ClNO2 influenced by snow-covered ground, air turbulence, and precipitation
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2022; 22(4): 2553-2568. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2553-2022
    DORA PSI
  • Mahrt F, Peng L, Zaks J, Huang Y, Ohno PE, Smith NR, et al.
    Not all types of secondary organic aerosol mix: two phases observed when mixing different secondary organic aerosol types
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2022; 22(20): 13783-13796. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13783-2022
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  • Mahrt F, Huang Y, Zaks J, Devi A, Peng L, Ohno PE, et al.
    Phase behavior of internal mixtures of hydrocarbon-like primary organic aerosol and secondary aerosol based on their differences in oxygen-to-carbon ratios
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2022; 56(7): 3960-3973. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07691
    DORA PSI
  • Moseid KO, Schulz M, Eichler A, Schwikowski M, McConnell JR, Olivié D, et al.
    Using ice cores to evaluate CMIP6 aerosol concentrations over the historical era
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2022; 127(18): e2021JD036105 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036105
    DORA PSI
  • Ohno PE, Wang J, Mahrt F, Varelas JG, Aruffo E, Ye J, et al.
    Gas-Particle uptake and hygroscopic growth by organosulfate particles
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2022; 6(10): 2481-2490. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00195
    DORA PSI
  • Potocki M, Mayewski PA, Matthews T, Perry LB, Schwikowski M, Tait AM, et al.
    Mt. Everest’s highest glacier is a sentinel for accelerating ice loss
    npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 2022; 5: 7 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-022-00230-0
    DORA PSI
  • Scoto F, Sadatzki H, Maffezzoli N, Barbante C, Gagliardi A, Varin C, et al.
    Sea ice fluctuations in the Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea during glacial abrupt climate changes
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS. 2022; 119(44): e2203468119 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2203468119
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  • Uemura Y, Ismail ASM, Park SH, Kwon S, Kim M, Elnaggar H, et al.
    Hole dynamics in photoexcited hematite studied with femtosecond oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2022; 13(19): 4207-4214. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00295
    DORA PSI
  • Xu S, Mahrt F, Gregson FKA, Bertram AK
    Possible effects of ozone chemistry on the phase behavior of skin oil and cooking oil films and particles indoors
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2022; 6(7): 1836-1845. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00092
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  • Yang H, Gladich I, Boucly A, Artiglia L, Ammann M
    Orcinol and resorcinol induce local ordering of water molecules near the liquid-vapor interface
    Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2022; 2(6): 1239-1570. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ea00015f
    DORA PSI
  • Zhang W, Hou S, Wu S-Y, Pang H, Sneed SB, Korotkikh EV, et al.
    A quantitative method of resolving annual precipitation for the past millennia from Tibetan ice cores
    Cryosphere. 2022; 16(5): 1997-2008. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1997-2022
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Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in alphabetical order.

  • Alpert PA, Dou J, Corral Arroyo P, Schneider F, Xto J, Luo B, et al.
    Photolytic radical persistence due to anoxia in viscous aerosol particles
    Nature Communications. 2021; 12(1): 1769 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21913-x
    DORA PSI
  • Anthony Cox R, Ammann M, Crowley JN, Griffiths PT, Herrmann H, Hoffmann EH, et al.
    Opinion: the germicidal effect of ambient air (open-air factor) revisited
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021; 21(17): 13011-13018. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13011-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Barandun M, Pohl E, Naegeli K, McNabb R, Huss M, Berthier E, et al.
    Hot spots of glacier mass balance variability in Central Asia
    Geophysical Research Letters. 2021; 48(11): e2020GL092084 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092084
    DORA PSI
  • Bartels-Rausch T, Kong X, Orlando F, Artiglia L, Waldner A, Huthwelker T, et al.
    Interfacial supercooling and the precipitation of hydrohalite in frozen NaCl solutions as seen by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Cryosphere. 2021; 15(4): 2001-2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2001-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Brugger SO, Schwikowski M, Gobet E, Schwörer C, Rohr C, Sigl M, et al.
    Alpine glacier reveals ecosystem impacts of Europe's prosperity and peril over the last millennium
    Geophysical Research Letters. 2021; 48(20): e2021GL095039 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095039
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  • Burgay F, Barbaro E, Cappelletti D, Turetta C, Gallet J-C, Isaksson E, et al.
    First discrete iron(II) records from Dome C (Antarctica) and the Holtedahlfonna glacier (Svalbard)
    Chemosphere. 2021; 267: 129335 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129335
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  • Chen S, Artiglia L, Orlando F, Edebeli J, Kong X, Yang H, et al.
    Impact of tetrabutylammonium on the oxidation of bromide by ozone
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2021; 5(11): 3008-3021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00233
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  • Dou J, Alpert PA, Corral Arroyo P, Luo B, Schneider F, Xto J, et al.
    Photochemical degradation of iron(III) citrate/citric acid aerosol quantified with the combination of three complementary experimental techniques and a kinetic process model
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021; 21(1): 315-338. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-315-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Fang L, Jenk TM, Singer T, Hou S, Schwikowski M
    Radiocarbon dating of alpine ice cores with the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fraction
    Cryosphere. 2021; 15(3): 1537-1550. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1537-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Feltracco M, Barbaro E, Spolaor A, Vecchiato M, Callegaro A, Burgay F, et al.
    Year-round measurements of size-segregated low molecular weight organic acids in Arctic aerosol
    Science of the Total Environment. 2021; 763: 142954 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142954
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  • Festi D, Schwikowski M, Maggi V, Oeggl K, Jenk TM
    Significant mass loss in the accumulation area of the Adamello glacier indicated by the chronology of a 46 m ice core
    Cryosphere. 2021; 15(8): 4135-4143. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4135-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Garofalo LA, He Y, Jathar SH, Pierce JR, Fredrickson CD, Palm BB, et al.
    Heterogeneous nucleation drives particle size segregation in sequential ozone and nitrate radical oxidation of catechol
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2021; 55(23): 15637-15645. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02984
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  • Hellmann S, Kerch J, Weikusat I, Bauder A, Grab M, Jouvet G, et al.
    Crystallographic analysis of temperate ice on Rhonegletscher, Swiss Alps
    Cryosphere. 2021; 15(2): 677-694. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-677-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Hou S, Zhang W, Fang L, Jenk TM, Wu S, Pang H, et al.
    Brief communication: new evidence further constraining Tibetan ice core chronologies to the Holocene
    Cryosphere. 2021; 15(4): 2109-2114. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021
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  • Huang Y, Mahrt F, Xu S, Shiraiwa M, Zuend A, Bertram AK
    Coexistence of three liquid phases in individual atmospheric aerosol particles
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS. 2021; 118(16): e2102512118 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102512118
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  • Karagodin-Doyennel A, Rozanov E, Sukhodolov T, Egorova T, Saiz-Lopez A, Cuevas CA, et al.
    Iodine chemistry in the chemistry-climate model SOCOL-AERv2-I
    Geoscientific Model Development. 2021; 14(10): 6623-6645. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6623-2021
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  • Kilchhofer K, Mahrt F, Kanji ZA
    The role of cloud processing for the ice nucleating ability of organic aerosol and coal fly ash particles
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2021; 126(10): e2020JD033338 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033338
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  • Knopf DA, Barry KR, Brubaker TA, Jahl LG, Jankowski KA, Li J, et al.
    Aerosol–ice formation closure: a Southern Great Plains field campaign
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2021; 102(10): E1952-E1971. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0151.1
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  • Knopf DA, Ammann M
    Technical note: adsorption and desorption equilibria from statistical thermodynamics and rates from transition state theory
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021; 21(20): 15725-15753. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15725-2021
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  • Kong X, Castarède D, Thomson ES, Boucly A, Artiglia L, Ammann M, et al.
    A surface-promoted redox reaction occurs spontaneously on solvating inorganic aerosol surfaces
    Science. 2021; 374(6568): 747-752. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc5311
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  • Kronenberg M, Machguth H, Eichler A, Schwikowski M, Hoelzle M
    Comparison of historical and recent accumulation rates on Abramov Glacier, Pamir Alay
    Journal of Glaciology. 2021; 67(262): 253-268. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.103
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  • Kärcher B, Mahrt F, Marcolli C
    Process-oriented analysis of aircraft soot-cirrus interactions constrains the climate impact of aviation
    Communications Earth & Environment. 2021; 2(1): 113 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00175-x
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  • Mahrt F, Newman E, Huang Y, Ammann M, Bertram AK
    Phase behavior of hydrocarbon-like primary organic aerosol and secondary organic aerosol proxies based on their elemental oxygen-to-carbon ratio
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2021; 55(18): 12202-12214. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02697
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  • Marcolli C, Mahrt F, Kärcher B
    Soot PCF: pore condensation and freezing framework for soot aggregates
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021; 21(10): 7791-7843. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7791-2021
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  • McNamara SM, Chen Q, Edebeli J, Kulju KD, Mumpfield J, Fuentes JD, et al.
    Observation of N2O5 deposition and ClNO2 production on the saline snowpack
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2021; 5(5): 1020-1031. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00317
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  • Mellouki A, Ammann M, Cox RA, Crowley JN, Herrmann H, Jenkin ME, et al.
    Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: volume VIII - gas-phase reactions of organic species with four, or more, carbon atoms (≥C4)
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021; 21(6): 4797-4808. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4797-2021
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  • Nardin R, Severi M, Amore A, Becagli S, Burgay F, Caiazzo L, et al.
    Dating of the GV7 East Antarctic ice core by high-resolution chemical records and focus on the accumulation rate variability in the last millennium
    Climate of the Past. 2021; 17(5): 2073-2089. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2073-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Spolaor A, Burgay F, Fernandez RP, Turetta C, Cuevas CA, Kim K, et al.
    Antarctic ozone hole modifies iodine geochemistry on the Antarctic Plateau
    Nature Communications. 2021; 12(1): 5836 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26109-x
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  • Yang H, Boucly A, Gabathuler JP, Bartels-Rausch T, Artiglia L, Ammann M
    Ordered hydrogen bonding structure of water molecules adsorbed on silver iodide particles under subsaturated conditions
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2021; 125(21): 11628-11635. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01767
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Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in alphabetical order.

  • Barandun M, Fiddes J, Scherler M, Mathys T, Saks T, Petrakov D, et al.
    The state and future of the cryosphere in Central Asia
    Water Security. 2020; 11: 100072 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100072
    DORA PSI
  • Bohleber P, Schwikowski M, Stocker-Waldhuber M, Fang L, Fischer A
    New glacier evidence for ice-free summits during the life of the Tyrolean Iceman
    Scientific Reports. 2020; 10(1): 20513 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77518-9
    DORA PSI
  • Boucly A, Fabbri E, Artiglia L, Cheng X, Pergolesi D, Ammann M, et al.
    Surface segregation acts as surface engineering for the oxygen evolution reaction on perovskite oxides in alkaline media
    Chemistry of Materials. 2020; 32(12): 5256-5263. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01396
    DORA PSI
  • Cox RA, Ammann M, Crowley JN, Herrmann H, Jenkin ME, McNeill VF, et al.
    Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: volume VII - Criegee intermediates
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2020; 20(21): 13497-13519. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13497-2020
    DORA PSI
  • Edebeli J, Trachsel JC, Avak SE, Ammann M, Schneebeli M, Eichler A, et al.
    Snow heterogeneous reactivity of bromide with ozone lost during snow metamorphism
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2020; 20(21): 13443-13454. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13443-2020
    DORA PSI
  • Eichler A, Kellerhals T, Schwikowski M
    Kupferspuren im Gletscher
    Nachrichten aus der Chemie. 2020; 68(5): 73-75. https://doi.org/10.1002/nadc.20204095028
    DORA PSI
  • Fang L, Lee SH, Lee S-A, Hahm D, Kim G, Druffel ERM, et al.
    Removal of refractory dissolved organic carbon in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
    Scientific Reports. 2020; 10(1): 1213 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57870-6
    DORA PSI
  • Forster J-D, Gurk C, Lamneck M, Tong H, Ditas F, Steimer SS, et al.
    MIMiX: a multipurpose in situ microreactor system for X-ray microspectroscopy to mimic atmospheric aerosol processing
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2020; 13(7): 3717-3729. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3717-2020
    DORA PSI
  • Gladich I, Chen S, Vazdar M, Boucly A, Yang H, Ammann M, et al.
    Surface propensity of aqueous atmospheric bromine at the liquid-gas interface
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2020; 11(9): 3422-3429. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00633
    DORA PSI
  • Guntern J, Eichler A, Hagedorn F, Pellissier L, Schwikowski M, Seehausen O, et al.
    Übermässige Stickstoff- und Phosphoreinträge schädigen Biodiversität, Wald und Gewässer
    Bern: Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT); 2020. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4269631
    DORA PSI
  • Gäggeler HW, Tobler L, Schwikowski M, Jenk TM
    Application of the radionuclide 210Pb in glaciology - an overview
    Journal of Glaciology. 2020; 66(257): 447-456. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.19
    DORA PSI
  • Hoelzle M, Barandun M, Bolch T, Fiddes J, Gafurov A, Muccione V, et al.
    The status and role of the alpine cryosphere in Central Asia
    In: Xenarios S, Schmidt-Vogt D, Qadir M, Janusz-Pawletta B, Abdullaev I, eds. The Aral Sea Basin. Water for sustainable development in Central Asia. Oxon; New York: Routledge; 2020:100-121. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429436475
    DORA PSI
  • Jouvet G, Röllin S, Sahli H, Corcho J, Gnägi L, Compagno L, et al.
    Mapping the age of ice of Gauligletscher combining surface radionuclide contamination and ice flow modeling
    Cryosphere. 2020; 14(11): 4233-4251. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4233-2020
    DORA PSI
  • Kaspari SD, Pittenger D, Jenk TM, Morgenstern U, Schwikowski M, Buenning N, et al.
    Twentieth century black carbon and dust deposition on South Cascade Glacier, Washington State, USA, as reconstructed from a 158-m-long ice core
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2020; 125(11): e2019JD031126 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031126
    DORA PSI
  • Kato M, Nakahoshiba R, Ogura K, Tokuda S, Yasuda S, Higashi K, et al.
    Electronic effects of nitrogen atoms of supports on Pt-Ni rhombic dodecahedral nanoframes for oxygen reduction
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2020; 3(7): 6768-6774. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00903
    DORA PSI
  • Kido D, Uemura Y, Wakisaka Y, Ariga-Miwa H, Takakuasgi S, Asakura K
    Thorough search analysis of extended X-ray absorption fine structure data for complex molecules and nanomaterials applications
    e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology. 2020; 18: 249-261. https://doi.org/10.1380/EJSSNT.2020.249
    DORA PSI
  • Knopf DA, Alpert PA, Zipori A, Reicher N, Rudich Y
    Stochastic nucleation processes and substrate abundance explain time-dependent freezing in supercooled droplets
    npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 2020; 3: 2 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-020-0106-4
    DORA PSI
  • Kong X, Castarède D, Boucly A, Artiglia L, Ammann M, Bartels-Rausch T, et al.
    Reversibly physisorbed and chemisorbed water on carboxylic salt surfaces under atmospheric conditions
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2020; 124(9): 5263-5269. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c00319
    DORA PSI
  • Maeda K, Uemura Y, Chun W-J, Satter SS, Nakajima K, Manaka Y, et al.
    Controllable factors of supported Ir complex catalysis for aromatic C-H borylation
    ACS Catalysis. 2020; 10(24): 14552-14559. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03734
    DORA PSI
  • Mahrt F, Alpert PA, Dou J, Grönquist P, Arroyo PC, Ammann M, et al.
    Aging induced changes in ice nucleation activity of combustion aerosol as determined by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy
    Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 2020; 22(4): 895-907. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EM00525K
    DORA PSI
  • Novotny Z, Aegerter D, Comini N, Tobler B, Artiglia L, Maier U, et al.
    Probing the solid-liquid interface with tender x rays: a new ambient-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy endstation at the Swiss Light Source
    Review of Scientific Instruments. 2020; 91(2): 023103 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5128600
    DORA PSI
  • Osmont D, Brugger S, Gilgen A, Weber H, Sigl M, Modini RL, et al.
    Tracing devastating fires in Portugal to a snow archive in the Swiss Alps: a case study
    Cryosphere. 2020; 14(11): 3731-3745. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3731-2020
    DORA PSI
  • Pang H, Hou S, Zhang W, Wu S, Jenk TM, Schwikowski M, et al.
    Temperature trends in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau constrained by ice core water isotopes over the past 7,000 years
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2020; 125(19): e2020JD032560 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032560
    DORA PSI
  • Uemura Y, Yokoyama T, Katayama T, Nozawa S, Asakura K
    Tracking the local structure change during the photoabsorption processes of photocatalysts by the ultrafast pump-probe XAFS method
    Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(21): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10217818
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Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in alphabetical order.

  • Alpert PA, Corral Arroyo P, Dou J, Krieger UK, Steimer SS, Förster J-D, et al.
    Visualizing reaction and diffusion in xanthan gum aerosol particles exposed to ozone
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2019; 21(37): 20613-20627. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CP03731D
    DORA PSI
  • Avak SE, Trachsel JC, Edebeli J, Brütsch S, Bartels‐Rausch T, Schneebeli M, et al.
    Melt‐induced fractionation of major ions and trace elements in an Alpine snowpack
    Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface. 2019; 124(7): 1647-1657. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005026
    DORA PSI
  • Bartels-Rausch T, Montagnat M
    The physics and chemistry of ice
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 2019; 377(2146): 20190138 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0138
    DORA PSI
  • Brugger SO, Gobet E, Osmont D, Behling H, Fontana SL, Hooghiemstra H, et al.
    Tropical Andean glacier reveals colonial legacy in modern mountain ecosystems
    Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019; 220: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.032
    DORA PSI
  • Brugger SO, Gobet E, Schanz FR, Heiri O, Schwörer C, Sigl M, et al.
    Why loss matters: reply to the comments of Festi and others on 'A quantitative comparison of microfossil extraction methods from ice cores' by Brugger and others (2018)
    Journal of Glaciology. 2019; 65(253): 867-868. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.61
    DORA PSI
  • Brugger SO, Gobet E, Blunier T, Morales-Molino C, Lotter AF, Fischer H, et al.
    Palynological insights into global change impacts on Arctic vegetation, fire, and pollution recorded in Central Greenland ice
    Holocene. 2019; 29(7): 1189-1197. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619838039
    DORA PSI
  • Chen Q, Edebeli J, McNamara SM, Kulju KD, May NW, Bertman SB, et al.
    HONO, particulate nitrite, and snow nitrite at a midlatitude urban site during wintertime
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2019; 3(5): 811-822. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00023
    DORA PSI
  • Corral Arroyo P, Aellig R, Alpert PA, Volkamer R, Ammann M
    Halogen activation and radical cycling initiated by imidazole-2-carboxaldehyde photochemistry
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2019; 19(16): 10817-10828. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10817-2019
    DORA PSI
  • Daellenbach KR, Kourtchev I, Vogel AL, Bruns EA, Jiang J, Petäjä T, et al.
    Impact of anthropogenic and biogenic sources on the seasonal variation in the molecular composition of urban organic aerosols: a field and laboratory study using ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2019; 19(9): 5973-5991. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5973-2019
    DORA PSI
  • Dou J, Luo B, Peter T, Alpert PA, Corral Arroyo P, Ammann M, et al.
    Carbon dioxide diffusivity in single, levitated organic aerosol particles
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2019; 10(15): 4484-4489. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01389
    DORA PSI
  • Edebeli J, Ammann M, Bartels-Rausch T
    Microphysics of the aqueous bulk counters the water activity driven rate acceleration of bromide oxidation by ozone from 289–245 K
    Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 2019; 21(1): 63-73. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EM00417J
    DORA PSI
  • Fang L, Schindler J, Jenk TM, Uglietti C, Szidat S, Schwikowski M
    Extraction of dissolved organic carbon from glacier ice for radiocarbon analysis
    Radiocarbon. 2019; 61(3): 681-694. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2019.36
    DORA PSI
  • Hartmann M, Blunier T, Brügger SO, Schmale J, Schwikowski M, Vogel A, et al.
    Variation of ice nucleating particles in the European Arctic over the last centuries
    Geophysical Research Letters. 2019; 46(7): 4007-4016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082311
    DORA PSI
  • Hou S, Zhang W, Pang H, Wu S-Y, Jenk TM, Schwikowski M, et al.
    Apparent discrepancy of Tibetan ice core δ18O records may be attributed to misinterpretation of chronology
    Cryosphere. 2019; 13(6): 1743-1752. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1743-2019
    DORA PSI
  • King ACF, Giorio C, Wolff E, Thomas E, Roverso M, Schwikowski M, et al.
    Direct injection liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry for determination of primary and secondary terrestrial and marine biomarkers in ice cores
    Analytical Chemistry. 2019; 91(8): 5051-5057. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05224
    DORA PSI
  • King ACF, Giorio C, Wolff E, Thomas E, Karroca O, Roverso M, et al.
    A new method for the determination of primary and secondary terrestrial and marine biomarkers in ice cores using liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry
    Talanta. 2019; 194: 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.10.042
    DORA PSI
  • Lee M-T, Orlando F, Khabiri M, Roeselová M, Brown MA, Ammann M
    The opposing effect of butanol and butyric acid on the abundance of bromide and iodide at the aqueous solution-air interface
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2019; 21(16): 8418-8427. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP07448H
    DORA PSI
  • Li G, Cheng Y, Kuhn U, Xu R, Yang Y, Meusel H, et al.
    Physicochemical uptake and release of volatile organic compounds by soil in coated-wall flow tube experiments with ambient air
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2019; 19(4): 2209-2232. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2209-2019
    DORA PSI
  • Liati A, Schreiber D, Alpert PA, Liao Y, Brem BT, Corral Arroyo P, et al.
    Aircraft soot from conventional fuels and biofuels during ground idle and climb-out conditions: electron microscopy and X-ray micro-spectroscopy
    Environmental Pollution. 2019; 247: 658-667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.078
    DORA PSI
  • Orlando F, Artiglia L, Yang H, Kong X, Roy K, Waldner A, et al.
    Disordered adsorbed water layers on TiO2 nanoparticles under subsaturated humidity conditions at 235 K
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2019; 10(23): 7433-7438. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02779
    DORA PSI
  • Osmont D, Sigl M, Eichler A, Jenk TM, Schwikowski M
    A Holocene black carbon ice-core record of biomass burning in the Amazon Basin from Illimani, Bolivia
    Climate of the Past. 2019; 15(2): 579-592. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-579-2019
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  • Thomas JL, Stutz J, Frey MM, Bartels-Rausch T, Altieri K, Baladima F, et al.
    Fostering multidisciplinary research on interactions between chemistry, biology, and physics within the coupled cryosphere-atmosphere system
    Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2019; 7(1): 58 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.396
    DORA PSI
  • Toohey M, Krüger K, Schmidt H, Timmreck C, Sigl M, Stoffel M, et al.
    Disproportionately strong climate forcing from extratropical explosive volcanic eruptions
    Nature Geoscience. 2019; 12(2): 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0286-2
    DORA PSI
  • Trachsel JC, Avak SE, Edebeli J, Schneebeli M, Bartels-Rausch T, Bruetsch S, et al.
    Microscale rearrangement of ammonium induced by snow metamorphism
    Frontiers in Earth Science. 2019; 7: 194 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00194
    DORA PSI
  • Vogel AL, Lauer A, Fang L, Arturi K, Bachmeier F, Daellenbach KR, et al.
    A comprehensive nontarget analysis for the molecular reconstruction of organic aerosol composition from glacier ice cores
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2019; 53(21): 12565-12575. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03091
    DORA PSI
  • Yamamoto K, Kubota Y, Suzuki M, Hirata Y, Carva K, Berritta M, et al.
    Ultrafast demagnetization of Pt magnetic moment in L10-FePt probed by magnetic circular dichroism at a hard x-ray free electron laser
    New Journal of Physics. 2019; 21(12): 123010 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab5ac2
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Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in chronological order.


  • Influence of humidity and iron(iii) on photodegradation of atmospheric secondary organic aerosol particles P Corral Arroyo, KT Malecha, M Ammann and SA Nizkorodov
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, 30021-30031 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1039/C8CP03981J
  • Impact and implications of meltwater percolation on trace element records observed in a high-Alpine ice core SE Avak, M Schwikowski and A Eichler
    Journal of Glaciology 64, 877-886 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1017/jog.2018.74
  • 19th century glacier retreat in the Alps preceded the emergence of industrial black carbon deposition on high-alpine glaciers M Sigl, NJ Abram, J Gabrieli, TM Jenk, D Osmont and M Schwikowki
    The Cryosphere 12, 3311-3331 (2018).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-3311-2018
  • Pre-melting and the adsorption of formic acid at the air–ice interface at 253 K as seen by NEXAFS and XPS A Waldner, L Artiglia, X Kong, F Orlando, T Huthwelker, M Ammann and T Bartels-Rausch
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, 24408-24417 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1039/C8CP03621G
  • An 800-year high-resolution black carbon ice core record from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard D Osmont, IA Wendl, L Schmidely, M Sigl, CP Vega, E Isaksson and M Schwikowski
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18, 12777-12795 (2018).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-12777-2018
  • Implementing microscopic charcoal particles into a global aerosol–climate model A Gilgen, C Adolf, SO Brugger, L Ickes, M Schwikowski, JFN Van Leeuwen, W Tinner and U Lohmann
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18, 11813-11829 (2018).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-11813-2018
  • Ice records provide new insights into climatic vulnerability of Central Asian forest and steppe communities SO Brugger, E Gobet, M Sigl, D Osmont, T Papina, N Rudaya, M Schwikowski and W Tinner
    Global and Planetary Change 169, 188-201 (2018).
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.07.010
  • Age ranges of the Tibetan ice cores with emphasis on the Chongce ice cores, western Kunlun Mountains S Hou, TM Jenk, W Zhang, C Wang, S Wu, Y Wang, H Pang and M Schwikowski
    The Cryosphere 12, 2341-2348 (2018).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-2341-2018
  • A quantitative comparison of microfossil extraction methods from ice cores SO Brügger, E Gobet, F Schanz, O Heiri, C Schwörer, M Sigl, M Schwikowski, W Tinner
    Journal of Glaciology 64, 432-442 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1017/jog.2018.31
  • Particle-phase photosensitized radical production and aerosol aging P Corral Arroyo, T Bartels-Rausch, PA Alpert, S Dumas, S Perrier, C George and M Ammann
    Environmental Science and Technology (2018).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00329
  • A continuous flow diffusion chamber study of sea salt particles acting as cloud nuclei: deliquescence and ice nucleation AU - Kong, Xiangrui MJ Wolf, M Roesch, ES Thomson, T Bartels-Rausch, PA Alpert, M Ammann, NL Prisle and DJ Cziczo
    Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 70, 1-11 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1080/16000889.2018.1463806
  • Aromatic acids in an Arctic ice core from Svalbard: a proxy record of biomass burning MM Grieman, M Aydin, E Isaksson, M Schwikowski, ES Saltzman
    Climate of the Past 14, 637-651 (2018).
    DOI: 10.5194/cp-14-637-2018
  • Variability of sea salts in ice and firn cores from Fimbul Ice Shelf, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica CP Vega, E Isaksson, E Schlosser, DV Divine, T Martma, R Mulvaney, A Eichler and M Schwikowki
    The Cryosphere 12, 1681-1697 (2018).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-1681-2018
  • Spectral signatures of submicron scale light-absorbing impurities in snow and ice using hyperspectral microscopy A Dal Farra, S Kaspari, J Beach, TD Bucheli, M Schaepman and M Schwikowski
    Journal of Glaciology 1-10 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1017/jog.2018.29
  • Technical note: Influence of surface roughness and local turbulence on coated-wall flow tube experiments for gas uptake and kinetic studies G Li, H Su, U Kuhn, H Meusel, M Ammann, M Shao, U Pöschl and Y Cheng
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18, 2669-2686 (2018).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-2669-2018
  • An empirical perspective for understanding climate change impacts in Switzerland PD Henne, M Bigalke, U Büntgen, D Colombaroli, M Conedera, U Feller, D Frank, J Fuhrer, M Grosjean, O Heiri, J Luterbacher, A Mestrot, A Rigling, O Rössler, C Rohr, T Rutishauser, M Schwikowski, A Stampfli, S Szidat, J-P Theurillat, R Weingartner, W Wilcke and W Tinner
    Regional Environmental Change 18, 205-221 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1182-9
  • The role of organic aerosol in atmospheric ice nucleation: a review DA Knopf, PA Alpert and B Wang
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (2018).
    DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00120


Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in chronological order.


  • Legacy organochlorine pollutants in glacial watersheds: a review KR Miner, J Blais, C Bogdal, S Villa, M Schwikowski, P Pavlova, C Steinlin, C Gerbi and KJ Kreutz
    Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 19, 1474-1483 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1039/C7EM00393E
  • No coincident nitrate enhancement events in polar ice cores following the largest known solar storms F Mekhaldi, JR McConnell, F Adolphi, MM Arienzo, NJ Chellman, OJ Maselli, AD Moy, CT Plummer, M Sigl and R Muscheler
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122, 11,900-911,913 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1002/2017JD027325
  • A 320 year ice-core record of atmospheric Hg pollution in the Altai, Central Asia S Eyrikh, A Eichler, L Tobler, N Malygina, T Papina and M Schwikowski
    Environmental Science and Technology (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03140
  • Volcanic stratospheric sulfur injections and aerosol optical depth from 500 BCE to 1900 CE M Toohey, M Sigl
    Earth System Science Data 9, 809-831 (2017).
    DOI: doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-809-2017
  • Potential volcanic impacts on future climate variability I Bethke, S Outten, OH Otterå, E Hawkins, S Wagner, M Sigl and P Thorne
    Nature Climate Change 7, 799 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3394
  • Volcanic suppression of Nile summer flooding triggers revolt and constrains interstate conflict in ancient Egypt JG Manning, F Ludlow, AR Stine, WR Boos, M Sigl and JR Marlon
    Nature Communications 8, 900 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00957-y
  • Light-induced protein nitration and degradation with HONO emission H Meusel, Y Elshorbany, U Kuhn, T Bartels-Rausch, K Reinmuth-Selzle, CJ Kampf, G Li, X Wang, J Lelieveld, U Pöschl, T Hoffmann, H Su, M Ammann and Y Cheng
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, 11819-11833 (2017).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-11819-2017
  • Fatty acid surfactant photochemistry results in new particle formation PA Alpert, R Ciuraru, S Rossignol, M Passananti, L Tinel, S Perrier, Y Dupart, SS Steimer, M Ammann, DJ Donaldson and C George
    Scientific Reports 7, 12693 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12601-2
  • Experimental evidence for the formation of solvation shells by soluble species at a nonuniform air–ice interface T Bartels-Rausch, F Orlando, X Kong, L Artiglia and M Ammann
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 1, 572-579 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00077
  • New tools for atmospheric chemistry: general discussion P Alpert, A Archibald, S Arnold, K Ashworth, S Brown, S Campbell, LJ Carpenter, H Coe, J Dou, J Edebeli, B Finlayson-Pitts, A Grantham, J Hamilton, M Hastings, D Heard, G Isaacman-VanWertz, R Jones, M Kalberer, A Kiendler-Scharr, D Knopf, J Kroll, J Lelieveld, A Lewis, E Marais, A Marsh, S Moller, A Petzold, W Porter, A Ravishankara, J Reid, A Rickard, G Rovelli, Y Rudich, C Taatjes, A Vaughan, A Wahner, TJ Wallington, J Williams, P Young and A Zelenyuk
    Faraday Discussions 200, 663-691 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1039/C7FD90041D
  • Perspectives on the future of ice nucleation research: research needs and unanswered questions identified from two international workshops I Coluzza, J Creamean, M Rossi, H Wex, P Alpert, V Bianco, Y Boose, C Dellago, L Felgitsch, J Fröhlich-Nowoisky, H Herrmann, S Jungblut, Z Kanji, G Menzl, B Moffett, C Moritz, A Mutzel, U Pöschl, M Schauperl, J Scheel, E Stopelli, F Stratmann, H Grothe and D Schmale
    Atmosphere 8, 138 (2017).
    DOI: 10.3390/atmos8080138
  • New Zealand supereruption provides time marker for the Last Glacial Maximum in Antarctica NW Dunbar, NA Iverson, AR Van Eaton, M Sigl, BV Alloway, AV Kurbatov, LG Mastin, JR McConnell and CJN Wilson
    Scientific Reports 7, 12238 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11758-0
  • A surface-stabilized ozonide triggers bromide oxidation at the aqueous solution-vapour interface L Artiglia, J Edebeli, F Orlando, S Chen, M-T Lee, P Corral Arroyo, A Gilgen, T Bartels-Rausch, A Kleibert, M Vazdar, M Andres Carignano, JS Francisco, PB Shepson, I Gladich and M Ammann
    Nature Communications 8, 700 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00823-x
  • Coexistence of physisorbed and solvated HCl at warm ice surfaces X Kong, A Waldner, F Orlando, L Artiglia, T Huthwelker, M Ammann and T Bartels-Rausch
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4757-4762 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01573
  • Multi-proxy dating of Iceland’s major pre-settlement Katla eruption to 822–823 CE EO U Büntgen, L Wacker, M Sigl, F Charpentier Ljungqvist, N Di Cosmo, G Plunkett, P J Krusic, T P Newfield, J Esper, C Lane, F Reinig, C Oppenheimer
    Geology 45, 783-786 (2017).
    DOI: doi.org/10.1130/G39269.1
  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era PAGES2k Consortium
    Scientific Data 4, 170088 (2017).
    DOI: doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.88
  • Reply to 'Limited Late Antique cooling' U Büntgen, VS Myglan, FC Ljungqvist, M McCormick, N Di Cosmo, M Sigl, J Jungclaus, S Wagner, PJ Krusic, J Esper, JO Kaplan, MAC de Vaan, J Luterbacher, L Wacker, W Tegel, ON Solomina, K Nicolussi, C Oppenheimer, F Reinig and AV Kirdyanov
    Nature Geoscience 10, 243 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2927
  • Aromatic acids in a Eurasian Arctic ice core: a 2600-year proxy record of biomass burning MA M M Grieman, D Fritzsche, J R McConnellk, T Opel, M Sigl, E S Saltzman
    Climate of the Past 13, 395-410 (2017).
    DOI: 10.5194/cp-13-395-2017
  • Photochemical formation of nitrite and nitrous acid (HONO) upon irradiation of nitrophenols in aqueous solution and in viscous secondary organic aerosol proxy F Barsotti, T Bartels-Rausch, E De Laurentiis, M Ammann, M Brigante, G Mailhot, V Maurino, C Minero and D Vione
    Environmental Science and Technology 51, 7486-7495 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01397
  • Technical note: Monte Carlo genetic algorithm (MCGA) for model analysis of multiphase chemical kinetics to determine transport and reaction rate coefficients using multiple experimental data sets T Berkemeier, M Ammann, UK Krieger, T Peter, P Spichtinger, U Pöschl, M Shiraiwa and AJ Huisman
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, 8021-8029 (2017).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-8021-2017
  • Ice cloud formation potential by free tropospheric particles from long-range transport over the Northern Atlantic Ocean S China, PA Alpert, B Zhang, S Schum, K Dzepina, K Wright, RC Owen, P Fialho, LR Mazzoleni, C Mazzoleni and DA Knopf
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122, 3065-3079 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025817
  • Deposition of sulphur and nitrogen in Europe 1900–2050. Model calculations and comparison to historical observations M Engardt, D Simpson, M Schwikowski and L Granat
    Tellus B 69, 1328945 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1080/16000889.2017.1328945
  • Efficient bulk mass accommodation and dissociation of N2O5 in neutral aqueous aerosol G Gržinić, T Bartels-Rausch, A Türler and M Ammann
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, 6493-6502 (2017).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-6493-2017
  • Interfacial photochemistry of biogenic surfactants: a major source of abiotic volatile organic compounds M Bruggemann, N Hayeck, C Bonnineau, S Pesce, PA Alpert, S Perrier, C Zuth, T Hoffmann, J Chen and C George
    Faraday Discussions 200, 59-74 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1039/C7FD00022G
  • Multi-proxy dating the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Changbaishan to late 946 CE C Oppenheimer, L Wacker, J Xu, JD Galván, M Stoffel, S Guillet, C Corona, M Sigl, N Di Cosmo, I Hajdas, B Pan, R Breuker, L Schneider, J Esper, J Fei, JOS Hammond and U Büntgen
    Quaternary Science Reviews 158, 164-171 (2017).
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.12.024
  • The essential role for laboratory studies in atmospheric chemistry JB Burkholder, JPD Abbatt, I Barnes, JM Roberts, ML Melamed, M Ammann, AK Bertram, CD Cappa, AG Carlton, LJ Carpenter, JN Crowley, Y Dubowski, C George, DE Heard, H Herrmann, FN Keutsch, JH Kroll, VF McNeill, NL Ng, SA Nizkorodov, JJ Orlando, CJ Percival, B Picquet-Varrault, Y Rudich, PW Seakins, JD Surratt, H Tanimoto, JA Thornton, Z Tong, GS Tyndall, A Wahner, CJ Weschler, KR Wilson and PJ Ziemann
    Environmental Science and Technology (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04947
  • Explosive eruption of El Chichón volcano (Mexico) disrupted 6th century Maya civilization and contributed to global cooling K Nooren, WZ Hoek, H van der Plicht, M Sigl, MJ van Bergen, D Galop, N Torrescano-Valle, G Islebe, A Huizinga, T Winkels and H Middelkoop
    Geology 45, 175-178 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1130/g38739.1
  • Ground-penetrating radar reveals ice thickness and undisturbed englacial layers at Kilimanjaro's Northern Ice Field P Bohleber, L Sold, DR Hardy, M Schwikowski, P Klenk, A Fischer, P Sirguey, NJ Cullen, M Potocki, H Hoffmann and P Mayewski
    The Cryosphere 11, 469-482 (2017).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-469-2017
  • Ice-core evidence of earliest extensive copper metallurgy in the Andes 2700 years ago A Eichler, G Gramlich, T Kellerhals, L Tobler, T Rehren and M Schwikowski
    Scientific Reports 7, 41855 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/srep41855
  • Introducing time resolution to detect Ce3+ catalytically active sites at the Pt/CeO2 interface through ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy L Artiglia, F Orlando, K Roy, R Kopelent, O Safonova, M Nachtegaal, T Huthwelker and JA van Bokhoven
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8, 102-108 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02314
  • Modulation of snow reflectance and snowmelt from Central Asian glaciers by anthropogenic black carbon J Schmale, M Flanner, S Kang, M Sprenger, Q Zhang, J Guo, Y Li, M Schwikowski and D Farinotti
    Scientific Reports 7, 40501 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1038/srep40501
  • Climate change threatens archaeologically significant ice patches: insights into their age, internal structure, mass balance and climate sensitivity RS Ødegård, A Nesje, K Isaksen, LM Andreassen, T Eiken, M Schwikowski and C Uglietti
    The Cryosphere 11, 17-32 (2017).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-17-2017



Publications of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LUC) in chronological order.


  • Radiocarbon dating of glacier ice: overview, optimisation, validation and potential C Uglietti, A Zapf, TM Jenk, M Sigl, S Szidat, G Salazar and M Schwikowski
    The Cryosphere 10, 3091-3105 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-3091-2016
  • Chemical composition and properties of the liquid–vapor interface of aqueous C1 to C4 monofunctional acid and alcohol solutions M-T Lee, F Orlando, L Artiglia, S Chen and M Ammann
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 120, 9749-9758 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b09261
  • Ionic and stable isotope chemistry as indicators of water sources to the Upper Mendoza River basin, Central Andes of Argentina S Crespo, J Aranibar, L Gomez, M Schwikowski, S Bruetsch, L Cara and R Villalba
    Hydrological Sciences Journal 1-18 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2016.1252840
  • Explosive eruption of El Chichón volcano (Mexico) disrupted 6th century Maya civilization and contributed to global cooling K Nooren, WZ Hoek, H van der Plicht, M Sigl, MJ van Bergen, D Galop, N Torrescano-Valle, G Islebe, A Huizinga, T Winkels and H Middelkoop
    Geology (2016).
    DOI: 10.1130/g38739.1
  • Age of the Mt. Ortles ice cores, the Tyrolean Iceman and glaciation of the highest summit of South Tyrol since the northern hemisphere climatic optimum P Gabrielli, C Barbante, G Bertagna, M Bertó, D Binder, A Carton, L Carturan, F Cazorzi, G Cozzi, G Dalla Fontana, M Davis, F De Blasi, R Dinale, G Dragà, G Dreossi, D Festi, M Frezzotti, J Gabrieli, SP Galos, P Ginot, P Heidenwolf, TM Jenk, N Kehrwald, D Kenny, O Magand, V Mair, V Mikhalenko, PN Lin, K Oeggl, G Piffer, M Rinaldi, U Schotterer, M Schwikowski, R Seppi, A Spolaor, B Stenni, D Tonidandel, C Uglietti, V Zagorodnov, T Zanoner and P Zennaro
    The Cryosphere 10, 2779-2797 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-2779-2016
  • Surface mass balance and water stable isotopes derived from firn cores on three ice rises, Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica CP Vega, E Schlosser, DV Divine, J Kohler, T Martma, A Eichler, M Schwikowski and E Isaksson
    The Cryosphere 10, 2763-2777 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-2763-2016
  • The effect of viscosity and diffusion on the HO2 uptake by sucrose and secondary organic aerosol particles PSJ Lakey, T Berkemeier, M Krapf, J Dommen, SS Steimer, LK Whalley, T Ingham, MT Baeza-Romero, U Pöschl, M Shiraiwa, M Ammann and DE Heard
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16, 13035-13047 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-13035-2016
  • Heterogeneous photochemistry of imidazole-2-carboxaldehyde: HO2 radical formation and aerosol growth L González Palacios, P Corral Arroyo, KZ Aregahegn, SS Steimer, T Bartels-Rausch, B Nozière, C George, M Ammann and R Volkamer
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16, 11823-11836 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-11823-2016
  • A new set-up for simultaneous high-precision measurements of CO2, δ13C-CO2 and δ18O-CO2 on small ice core samples TM Jenk, M Rubino, D Etheridge, VG Ciobanu and T Blunier
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9, 3687-3706 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-3687-2016
  • Organic nitrate contribution to new particle formation and growth in secondary organic aerosols from α-pinene ozonolysis T Berkemeier, M Ammann, TF Mentel, U Pöschl and M Shiraiwa
    Environmental Science and Technology 50, 6334-6342 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00961
  • A temperate alpine glacier as a reservoir of polychlorinated biphenyls: Model results of incorporation, transport, and release C Steinlin, C Bogdal, MP Lüthi, PA Pavlova, M Schwikowski, M Zennegg, P Schmid, M Scheringer and K Hungerbühler
    Environmental Science and Technology 50, 5572-5579 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05886
  • A synthetic ice core approach to estimate ion relocation in an ice field site experiencing periodical melt: A case study on Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard CP Vega, VA Pohjola, E Beaudon, B Claremar, WJJ van Pelt, R Pettersson, E Isaksson, T Martma, M Schwikowski and CE Bøggild
    The Cryosphere 10, 961-976 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-961-2016
  • A Method for Continuous 239Pu Determinations in Arctic and Antarctic Ice Cores MM Arienzo, JR McConnell, N Chellman, AS Criscitiello, M Curran, D Fritzsche, S Kipfstuhl, R Mulvaney, M Nolan, T Opel, M Sigl and JP Steffensen
    Environmental Science and Technology 50, 7066-7073 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01108
  • Ozone uptake on glassy, semi-solid and liquid organic matter and the role of reactive oxygen intermediates in atmospheric aerosol chemistry T Berkemeier, SS Steimer, UK Krieger, T Peter, U Poschl, M Ammann and M Shiraiwa
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2016).
    DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00634E
  • Local artifacts in ice core methane records caused by layered bubble trapping and in situ production: a multi-site investigation RH Rhodes, X Faïn, EJ Brook, JR McConnell, OJ Maselli, M Sigl, J Edwards, C Buizert, T Blunier, J Chappellaz and J Freitag
    Climate of the Past 12, 1061-1077 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-1061-2016
  • Climatic and societal impacts of a volcanic double event at the dawn of the Middle Ages M Toohey, K Krüger, M Sigl, F Stordal and H Svensen
    Climatic Change 136, 401-412 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1648-7
  • A continuous ice-core Be-10 record from Mongolian mid-latitudes: Influences of solar variability and local climate F Inceoglu, MF Knudsen, J Olsen, C Karoff, PA Herren, M Schwikowski, A Aldahan and G Possnert
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters 437, 47-56 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.006
  • The environmental photochemistry of oxide surfaces and the nature of frozen salt solutions: A new in situ XPS approach F Orlando, A Waldner, T Bartels-Rausch, M Birrer, S Kato, MT Lee, C Proff, T Huthwelker, A Kleibert, J van Bokhoven and M Ammann
    Topics in Catalysis 59, 591-604 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1007/s11244-015-0515-5
  • Twentieth-century warming preserved in a Geladaindong mountain ice core, central Tibetan Plateau Y Zhang, S Kang, B Grigholm, Y Zhang, S Kaspari, U Morgenstern, J Ren, D Qin, PA Mayewski, Q Zhang, Z Cong, M Sillanpää, M Schwikowki and F Chen
    Annals of Glaciology 57, 70 - 80 (2016).
    DOI: 10.3189/2016AoG71A001
  • The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 2: Annual-layer counting (0–31 ka BP) M Sigl, TJ Fudge, M Winstrup, J Cole-Dai, D Ferris, JR McConnell, KC Taylor, KC Welten, TE Woodruff, F Adolphi, M Bisiaux, EJ Brook, C Buizert, MW Caffee, NW Dunbar, R Edwards, L Geng, N Iverson, B Koffman, L Layman, OJ Maselli, K McGwire, R Muscheler, K Nishiizumi, DR Pasteris, RH Rhodes and TA Sowers
    Climate of the Past 12, 769-786 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-769-2016
  • Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD U Buntgen, VS Myglan, FC Ljungqvist, M McCormick, N Di Cosmo, M Sigl, J Jungclaus, S Wagner, PJ Krusic, J Esper, JO Kaplan, MAC de Vaan, J Luterbacher, L Wacker, W Tegel and AV Kirdyanov
    Nature Geosci 9, 231-236 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2652
  • 210Po poisoning as possible cause of death: Forensic investigations and toxicological analysis of the remains of Yasser Arafat P Froidevaux, F Bochud, S Baechler, V Castella, M Augsburger, C Bailat, K Michaud, M Straub, M Pecchia, TM Jenk, T Uldin and P Mangin
    Forensic Science International 259, 1-9 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.09.019
  • McCall Glacier record of Arctic climate change: Interpreting a northern Alaska ice core with regional water isotopes ES Klein, M Nolan, J McConnell, M Sigl, J Cherry, J Young and JM Welker
    Quaternary Science Reviews 131, Part B, 274-284 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.030
  • Historic records of organic compounds from a high Alpine glacier: influences of biomass burning, anthropogenic emissions, and dust transport C Muller-Tautges, A Eichler, M Schwikowski, GB Pezzatti, M Conedera and T Hoffmann
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16, 1029-1043 (2016).
    DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-1029-2016