2021 News & Events

Karen Rosenlof appointed as Co-Chair of the SPARC Scientific Steering Group
21 December 2021

Amy Butler Receives Outstanding Science Communicator Award
2 December 2021

Research Shows Wildfire Smoke Increases Ozone Pollution
8 December 2021

Greg Frost Awarded OAR Employee of the Year
2 December 2021

CSL at the 2021 AGU Fall Meeting
1 December 2021

Vehicles are an under-recognized source of urban ammonia pollution
23 November 2021

University of Colorado CIRES Innovative Research Program Virtual Poster Session and Q&A
18 November 2021, Webcast

DoC Formally Approves NOAA's Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Program
12 November 2021

This solar geoengineering idea has a Goldilocks problem
13 October 2021

Remote work may be keeping air cleaner in some cities
13 October 2021

Ocean life helps produce clouds, but existing clouds keep new ones at bay
12 October 2021

Paper identified as a top ten that has influenced the field of tropospheric chemistry
4 October 2021

NOAA Bronze Medals Awarded to Research Teams
1 October 2021

Today Climate: Surprising Sources of Air Pollution
21 September 2021 features CSL Mobile Lab during SUNVEx

World Ozone Day 2021: Montreal Protocol - keeping us, our food and vaccines cool
16 September 2021

IGAC Scientific Conference: Atmospheric Chemistry from a Distance
week of 12 September 2021, held virtually globally

Fires, dust storms, COVID impacted air quality worldwide in 2020
7 September 2021

State of the Climate report confirms 2020 was among three warmest years on record
25 August 2021

Small Company Thrives on Commercialization of Miniaturized Particle Spectrometer
24 August 2021

Test flights underway for the ACCLIP airborne mission investigating climate and chemistry impacts of the Asian Summer Monsoon
10 August 2021

NOAA tests new lidar technology to improve data on hurricane track and intensity
6 August 2021

Fragrant consumer products a key source of ozone-forming pollution in New York City
3 August 2021

Particles from paints and pesticides have deadly impact
27 July 2021

WMO Releases Final Report on the Unexpected Emissions of CFC-11
20 July 2021

Earth has two different stratospheres
30 June 2021

CSL Welcomes Summer Research Students
22 June 2021

Implications of the size and composition of aerosol particles in the stratosphere
15 June 2021

University of Colorado CIRES Rendezvous
21 May 2019, virtual event

Study suggests that tall mountain ranges may not always act as natural barriers against pollutant transport
19 May 2021

Study of wildfire plumes provide insights into methods that might cool the planet
14 May 2021

Simulated geoengineering evaluation: cooler planet, but with side effects
6 May 2021

Instrument installed on Commerce building to track weather and greenhouse gas emissions
19 April 2021

CIRES Outstanding Performance Awards at CSL
16 April 2021

Ken Jamieson receives NOAA Silver Sherman Award
16 April 2021

Giant Australian bushfire injected 1 million tons of smoke in the atmosphere
15 April 2021

NCAR News: COVID-19 lockdowns linked to pollution spikes in some cities
14 April 2021 publication highlight includes CSL author Claire Granier

Consequences of coronavirus lockdown: New study gathers data on atmospheric pollutants
13 April 2021

Health Effects Institute Annual Conference
6 April - May 2021, virtual event

Brian McDonald receives NOAA Silver Sherman Award
19 March 2021

New ozone air pollution maps support Global Burden of Disease study
8 March 2021

Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL) Science Review
23-25 February 2021, virtual event

UNEP report offers a comprehensive blueprint for addressing our triple planetary emergency
18 February 2021

COVID-19 lockdowns reduced ozone pollution over the northern hemisphere
17 February 2021

Emissions of a banned ozone-depleting gas are back on the decline
12 February 2021

Cooling effect of clouds generated by shipping overestimated
29 January 2021

Research suggests frigid Arctic air outbreaks may be predictable
28 January 2021

CSL at the 2021 AMS Annual Meeting
5 January 2021