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.

Prof Habib appointed member of UN Independent Scientific Panel on effects of nuclear war

On 17 July, Professor MD Ahsan Habib received an official letter issued  by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (安东尼奥⋅古特雷斯), appointing him selected member of the  UN Independent Scientific Panel on effects of nuclear war, which includes 21 members in total. Habib was selected both as a senior professor in Dhaka University and a fellow of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Huge honor and great task, congratulations to Professor Habib!

The independent scientific panel of experts is tasked with examining the physical effects and societal consequences of a nuclear war on a local, regional and planetary scale in the days, weeks and decades following a nuclear war.

The panel was established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 79/238, titled “Nuclear War Effects and Scientific Research”, and is mandated to examine “the physical effects and societal consequences” of a nuclear war “on a local, regional and planetary scale, including, inter alia, the climatic, environmental and radiological effects, and their impacts on public health, global socioeconomic systems, agriculture and ecosystems, in the days, weeks and decades following a nuclear war”.

The panel consists of 21 members drawn from a range of scientific fields, including:  nuclear and radiation studies; atmospheric sciences and climate; environment and environmental studies; agriculture, biology and life sciences; public health and medicine; and behavioural and social sciences and applied economics.

Click for more info: https://press.un.org/en/2025/dc3900.doc.htm