Shizhen Back in Britain

During July 19–29, Shizhen revisited the UK for the first time in nine years since her graduation. She spent about one week at the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, to carry out a joint study on TOMPs air sampling, where she met with Prof. Kevin Jones and Prof. Andy Sweetman. Later, she visited Prof. Richard Thompson at the University of Plymouth, recognized as the “father of microplastics,” to discuss collaborative research on plastic pollution. This memorable trip not only brought back fond memories of her student days but also reinforced long-term collaborations and opened new opportunities for future research.

Back to the Days When We Were Young

Li Jing’s review paper accepted for publication in CARR

On July 23, Li Jing’s new paper entitled ‘Advances in the Design of Urban CO2 Emission Monitoring Networks:A Review‘ was accepted for publication in Carbon Research. It is a nice and very useful review paper. Congratulations!

Figure 4. Global city-scale carbon emissions. The pink bars indicate city-wide atmospheric CO₂ enhancements relative to background levels (see Table 1), while the blue bars represent ¹⁴C-derived FFCO₂ emissions, the green bars represent differences between posterior (inversion) and prior (inventory) FFCO₂ emissions (see Table 3). The inversion results shown here are derived from well-documented urban CO2 monitoring networks that utilize tower-based or surface observations to support top-down validation of emission inventories. Dots mark the locations of global cities, overlaid on a colored background map showing fossil fuel CO₂ emissions in December 2022 from the ODIAC inventory (Open-source Data Inventory for Anthropogenic CO2)(Tomohiro & Shamil, 2015). The 14C-derived fossil fuel CO₂ including data from (W. J. Zhou et al., 2020) (Urumqi, Harbin, Guiyang, Lanzhou, Chongqing, Xi’an, Beijing, Wuhan), (Niu et al., 2016) (Xiamen), (Ding et al., 2013) (Guangzhou), (Sharma et al., 2023) (Indian), (Santos et al., 2019) (Rio de Janeiro), (Miller et al., 2020) (Los Angeles), (Turnbull et al., 2015) (Indianapolis), (Zazzeri et al., 2023) (London),(Lopez et al., 2013) (Paris), (Molnár et al., 2010) (Debrecen), (Levin & Rödenbeck, 2008) (Heidelberg), (Svetlik et al., 2010)(Bratislava, Prague), (Piotrowska et al., 2020) (Gliwice), (Zimnoch et al., 2012) (Krakow).

Wang Xiao and Buqing’s new paper accepted for publication in STOTEN

On July 22, Wang Xiao and Buqing’s new paper entitled ‘Tracing anthropogenic contamination in a riverine source-reservoir continuum: insights from molecular markers‘ was accepted for publication in STOTEN.  This is Wang Xiao’s first paper ever. Congratulations!

Fig. 4 Distribution of different anthropogenic markers in the Xinfengjiang Riverine Source-Reservoir continuum. (a): coprostanol (ng/g dw), (b) linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) (ng/g dw), (c): unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs) (ng/g dw), (d): brassicasterol (μg/g TOC), (e) dinosterol (μg/g TOC). The middle figure is the sampling sites and land-use patterns map.