Publications of the Department

Dhaka, S., Lakshmi, S., Shekhar, S., Vaishya, A., Ojha, N., Pozzer, A., Ansari, T. and Sharma, A.: Impacts of mitigating regional and trans-regional anthropogenic emissions on aerosols and meteorology over the non-attainment cities of western India, Atmospheric Environment, 382, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2026.122185, 2026.

Costabile, F., Economou, T., Georgiades, P., Lelieveld, J., Münzel, T., Hahad, O., Daiber, A. and Pozzer, A.: Changes of Long-Term Exposure to Ultrafine Particles From 2010 to 2019 in High Income Countries in Relation to Cardiovascular Diseases, GeoHealth: an open acces AGU journal / American Geophysical Union, 10(7), doi:10.1029/2025GH001636, 2026.

Zou, Y., Ma, J., Liu, N., Lin, W., Xu, X., Li, Y., Cheng, S., Zheng, X., Pozzer, A. and Lelieveld, J.: Sources and variability of surface ozone over the Tibetan Plateau revealed by in situ observations and EMAC model simulations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(14), 10355–10377, doi:10.5194/acp-26-10355-2026, 2026.

Koutroumanou-Kontosi, K., Hadjinicolaou, P., Cartalis, C. and Lelieveld, J.: Kilometre-Scale Climate Projections for Nicosia: Dynamical and Machine Learning Downscaling to Detect Future Intra-Urban Heat Hotspots, Climate, 14(7), doi:10.3390/cli14070152, 2026.

Sieber, S., Ballester, J., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Pozzer, A. and Tonne, C.: The impact of improved air quality on low birth weight and health inequalities in Spain from 2010 to 2018, International Journal of Epidemiology, 55(4), doi:10.1093/ije/dyag130, 2026.

Wang, W., Su, H., Parrish, D. D., Ni, R., Li, X., Bao, F., Wang, H., Huang, C., Williams, J., Liao, H., Lu, K., Zhang, Y. and Cheng, Y.: Global warming makes nitrogen oxide abatement key to ozone pollution mitigation, Science Advances, 12(29), doi:10.1126/sciadv.aea4124, 2026.

Ort, L., Frankenberg, C., Dadheech, N., Yoon, J., Turner, A., Bloom, A. A., Konopka, P., Lachnitt, H. C., Hoor, P., Lelieveld, J., Kort, E. and Fischer, H.: Airborne Observations Reveal Underestimated Riverine Methane Emissions Across the Amazon, Geophysical Research Letters, 53(13), doi:10.1029/2026GL122310, 2026.

Ort, L., Frankenberg, C., Dadheech, N., Yoon, J., Turner, A., Bloom, A., Konopka, P., Lachnitt, H.-C., Hoor, P., Lelieveld, J., Kort, E. and Fischer, H.: Airborne Observations Reveal Underestimated Riverine Methane Emissions Across the Amazon, Geophysical Research Letters, 53(13), doi:10.1029/2026GL122310, 2026.

Lelieveld, J., Georgiades, P., Kohl, M., Cheng, Y., Christoudias, T., Sciare, J., Nicolaou, M., Dovrolis, C., Fnais, M., Kulmala, M., Daiber, A., Hahad, O., Kuntic, M., Münzel, T. and Pozzer, A.: Air quality and health implications of exposure to ultrafine particle pollution, Cardiovascular Research, doi:10.1093/cvr/cvag136, 2026.

Kirkby, J., Curtius, J., Klebach, H., Caudillo-Plath, L., Heinritzi, M., Russell, D. M., Rörup, B., Baalbaki, R., Shen, J., Sommer, E., Kürten, A., Alfaouri, D., Almeida, J., Amorim, A., Beck, L. J., Beckmann, H., Berntheusel, M., Christoudias, T., Dada, L., DeVivo, J., Donahue, N., Duplissy, J., El Haddad, I., Hansel, A., Harder, H., He, X.-C., Kulmala, M., Kunkler, F., Lehtipalo, K., Liu, L., Mentler, B., Petäjä, T., Rato, P., Richter, S., Schobesberger, S., Scholz, W., Simon, M., Thakur, R. C., Tomé, A., Tong, Y., Top, J., Volkamer, R., Winkler, P. M., Yang, B., Zauner-Wieczorek, M. and Zhang, J.: Rapid new particle formation driven by methanesulfonic acid and amines, Environmental science: Atmospheres, 6(7), 1028–1039, doi:10.1039/d5ea00123d, 2026.

Paisi, N., Pozzer, A., Steffens, B., Bacer, S. and Lelieveld, J.: Projected excess mortality from PM2.5 exposure in Europe under future climate and sociodemographic pathways, Environmental research: Health, 4, doi:10.1088/2752-5309/ae868a, 2026.

Yu, W., Baalbaki, R., Shen, J., DeVivo, J., Caudillo-Plath, L., Sommer, E., Heitto, A., Klebach, H., Russell, D. M., Amorim, A., Beckmann, H., Bhattacharyya, N., Blankenship, V., Chassaing, A., Cruz-Simbron, R., Dada, L., Jacobshagen, A., Judmaier, B., Kaniyodical, M., Konrat, R., Krüger, T., Kunkler, F., Lietzke, C. J., Liu, L., Mauldin, R., Mentler, B., Morawiec, A., Rato, P., Rörup, B., Ruhl, S., Scholz, W., Simon, M., Stinchfield, A., Tomé, A., Tong, Y., Top, J., Umo, N. S., Unfer, G. R., Vettikkat, L., Weissbacher, J., Xenofontos, C., Yang, B., Zauner-Wieczorek, M., Zhang, J., Zheng, Z., Christoudias, T., Curtius, J., El Haddad, I., Flagan, R., Hansel, A., Harder, H., Kürten, A., Möhler, O., Petäjä, T., Volkamer, R., Winkler, P. M., Worsnop, D. R., Kulmala, M., Donahue, N. M., Kirkby, J., Yli-Juuti, T., Riipinen, I., He, X.-C. and Lehtipalo, K.: Impact of humidity on aerosol growth from methanesulfonic acid, Environmental science: Atmospheres, 6, doi:10.1039/d5ea00123d, 2026.

Kuntic, M., Daiber, A., Hahad, O., Lelieveld, J. and Münzel, T.: Einfluss von Luftverschmutzung auf die kardiovaskuläre Gesundheit, Herz, 51, doi:10.1007/s00059-026-05388-4, 2026.

Brown, F., Heald, C. L., Steiner, A., Yáñez-Serrano, A. M., Kesselmeier, J., Monteiro, C. de A., Harder, H., Araújo, A. C. de, Hall, D. H., Dias-Júnior, C. Q. and Wolff, S.: Linking in-canopy chemistry to above-canopy O₃, BVOCs, and NO_x gas fluxes in the Amazon rainforest, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(12), 9181–9205, doi:10.5194/acp-26-9181-2026, 2026.

Maack, C., Daiber, A., Schneider, A., Lelieveld, J. and Hahad, O.: Herz und Klima, Herz, 51, doi:10.1007/s00059-026-05384-8, 2026.

Baalbaki, R., Shen, J., Simon, M., Klebach, H., Ruhl, S., DeVivo, J., Wang, M., Scholz, W., Dada, L., Rörup, B., Stolzenburg, D., Manninen, H. E., Sommer, E., Caudillo-Plath, L., Marie, G., Friedrich, M., Yu, W., Alfaouri, D., Amorim, A., Arnoldi-Meadows, T., Beckmann, H., Berntheusel, M., Bräkling, S., Brasseur, Z., Chiu, R., Duplissy, J., Finkenzeller, H., Heinritzi, M., Kunkler, F., Lamkaddam, H., Lopez, B., Mahfouz, N., Makhmutov, V., Martinez, M., Marten, R., Massabo, D., Mauldin, R., Mentler, B., Müller, M., Philippov, M., Piedehierro, A. A., Rato, P., Reinecke, T., Richter, S., Russell, D. M., Schulze, B., Surdu, M., Thakur, R. C., Tham, Y. J., Tian, P., Tomé, A., Tong, Y., Top, J., Wagner, A. C., Wang, D. S., Wang, Y., Ward, R. X., Weber, S. K., Welti, A., Wu, Y., Zauner-Wieczorek, M., Zhang, J., Curtius, J., Donahue, N. M., El Haddad, I., Flagan, R. C., Hansel, A., Harder, H., Kürten, A., Petäjä, T., Schobesberger, S., Sipilä, M., Volkamer, R., Winkler, P. M., Worsnop, D. R., Christoudias, T., Pozzer, A., Kulmala, M., Kirkby, J., Lehtipalo, K. and He, X.-C.: Role of methanesulfonic acid in atmospheric particle nucleation and growth, Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10810-2, 2026.

Robin, M., de Souza, V. F., Byron, J., Niinemets, Ü., Williams, J., Römermann, C., D’Oliveira, F. A. F., Dias-Junior, C. Q., de Carvalho Gonçalves, J. F., Garcia, M. N., Pinho, D., Nelson, B. W. and Alves, E. G.: Publisher Correction: Coordinated volatile isoprenoid production and leaf turnover strategy protect central Amazon Forest trees against stress, Communications Earth & Environment, 7, doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03769-5, 2026.

Münzel, T., Kuntic, M., Lelieveld, J., Aschner, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Hahad, O., Daiber, A. and Landrigan, P. J.: Dirty Earth, Diseased Hearts: Soil, Water, and Plastic Pollution in the Cardiovascular Exposome, Anatolian journal of cardiology, 30(7), 411–434, doi:10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2026.6593, 2026.

Ma, J., Chen, B., He, Q., Yan, X., Wang, G., Cheng, S., Steil, B., Brühl, C., Tost, H., Höpfner, M., Pozzer, A. and Lelieveld, J.: Modelling the deep convective transport of trace gases (CO, NH₃ and SO₂) from the planetary boundary layer to the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(11), 8125–8144, doi:10.5194/acp-26-8125-2026, 2026.

Pugliese, G., Schüttler, J. M., Byron, J., Finck, J., Martin, A., Edtbauer, A., Dias-Júnior, C. Q., D’Oliveira, F. A. F., Pöhlker, C., Pozzer, A., Gleixner, G., Trumbore, S. E., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: El Niño drought and heat extremes suppress soil isoprene uptake capacity in the Amazon rainforest, Communications Earth & Environment, 7, doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03749-9, 2026.

Sommer, E., Almeida, J., Yu, W., Simon, M., Möller, F., Xenofontos, C., Pozzer, A., Zheng, Z., Bhattacharyya, N., Alfaouri, D., Atabakhsh, S., Baalbaki, R., Beckmann, H., Berntheusel, M., Bogert, P., Busato, M., Canagaratna, M., Caudillo-Plath, L., Chassaing, A., Cruz-Simbron, R., Dada, L., DeVivo, J., Duplissy, J., Gordon, H., Granzin, M., Hartl, H. G., Hirvensalo, E., Jacobshagen, A., Judmaier, B., Kaniyodical, M., Klebach, H., Koemets, P., Kohl, M., Konrat, R., Kunkler, F., Leiminger, M., Lietzke, C. J., Liu, L., Mauldin, R., Mentler, B., Morawiec, A., Pignatelli, A., Rato, P., Reinecke, T., Richter, S., Ruhl, S., Russell, D. M., Scholz, W., Shen, J., Stinchfield, A., Thakur, R. C., Tong, Y., Top, J., Umo, N. S., Weissbacher, J., Yang, B., Zhang, J., Amorim, A., Baltensberger, U., Christoudias, T., Curtius, J., Donahue, N. M., El Haddad, I., Flagan, R. C., Hansel, A., Harder, H., He, X.-C., Junninen, H., Kulmala, M., Lehtipalo, K., Lelieveld, J., Schobesberger, S., Volkamer, R., Worsnop, D. R., Onnela, A., Winkler, P. M. and Kirkby, J.: Nucleation of α-pinene oxidation products with sulfuric acid and the fate of the peroxyacetyl radical, Environmental science: Atmospheres, 6, doi:10.1039/d6ea00046k, 2026.

Robin, M., de Souza, V. F., Byron, J., Niinemets, Ü., Williams, J., Römermann, C., D’Oliveira, F. A. F., Dias-Junior, C. Q., de Carvalho Gonçalves, J. F., Garcia, M. N., Pinho, D., Nelson, B. W. and Alves, E. G.: Coordinated volatile isoprenoid production and leaf turnover strategy protect central Amazon Forest trees against stress, Communications Earth & Environment, 7, doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03668-9, 2026.

Schüttler, J. M., Pugliese, G., Byron, J., Dias-Júnior, C. Q., Monteiro, C. de A., Harder, H., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: Chiral volatile organic compound fluxes from soil in the Amazon Rainforest across seasons, Biogeosciences, 23(19), 34678–3498, doi:10.5194/bg-23-3467-2026, 2026.

Weyland, B., Rosanka, S., Taraborrelli, D., Bohn, B., Zahn, A., Obersteiner, F., Förster, E., Mertens, M., Jöckel, P., Ziereis, H., Kaiser, K., Fischer, H., Crowley, J. N., Wang, N., Edtbauer, A., Williams, J., Hernández, M. D. A., Burrows, J. P., Kluge, F., Rotermund, M., Butz, A. and Pfeilsticker, K.: Airborne remote sensing of nitrous acid in the troposphere: potential sources of excess HONO, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(10), 6825–6856, doi:10.5194/acp-26-6825-2026, 2026.

Langford, B., Williams, J. and Casas, J.: The differential impact of air pollution on insect chemical communication, Communications Earth & Environment, 7, doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03608-7, 2026.

Byron, J., Pugliese, G., Monteiro, C. de A., Schuettler, J., Edtbauer, A., Alves, E. G., Hartmann, S. C., Tsokankunku, A., Hall, D. H., Dias-Junior, C. È. Q., Harder, H., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: Intense El Niño provokes production of new reactive volatiles as stress defences in Amazon rainforest, Communications Earth & Environment, 7, doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03597-7, 2026.

Vogel, B., Lauther, V., Köllner, F., Ekinci, F., Rolf, C., Strobel, J., van Luijt, R., Volk, C. M., Borrmann, S., Dragoneas, A., Eppers, O., Molleker, S., Hoor, P., Ort, L., Weyland, F., Zahn, A., Clemens, J., Gunther, G., Kachula, O., Müller, R., Ploeger, F. and Riese, M.: Continental and marine source regions contributing to the outflow of the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone during the PHILEAS campaign in summer 2023, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(9), 6283–6319, doi:10.5194/acp-26-6283-2026, 2026.

Vogel, B., Lauther, V., Köllner, F., Ekinci, F., Rolf, C., Strobel, J., van Luijt, R., Volk, C. M., Borrmann, S., Dragoneas, A., Eppers, O., Molleker, S., Hoor, P., Ort, L., Weyland, F., Zahn, A., Clemens, J., Günther, G., Kachula, O., Müller, R., Ploeger, F. and Riese, M.: Continental and marine source regions contributing to the outflow of the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone during the PHILEAS campaign in summer 2023, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(9), 6283–6319, doi:10.5194/acp-26-6283-2026, 2026.

Piepoli, M., Weidinger, F., Aboyans, V., Abreu, A., Andersen, Z. J., Baneras, J., Carugno, M., Cerbai, E., Castelvecchio, S., Daiber, A., Forastiere, F., Gevaert, S., Guida, G., Hahad, O., Hoffmann, B., Kuzma, L., Lelieveld, J., Mannucci, P. M., Montgomery, H., Newby, D. E., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Papadakis, M., Parati, G., Renzi, M., Roosli, M., Schnabel, R. B., van Laake, L. W., Van Linthout, S., Sorensen, M., Stafoggia, M., Traykov, V., Vaartjes, I., Luscher, T., Miller, M. R. and Münzel, T.: Environmental risk factors and cardiovascular health, European heart journal - acute cardiovascular care / European Society of Cardiology, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehag270, 2026.

Wüst, L., Moormann, L., Dewald, P., Jin, E., Schuladen, J., Williams, J., Drewnick, F., Pöschl, U., Lelieveld, J. and Crowley, J. N.: Formation and photolysis of multifunctional organic nitrates from the reaction of limonene and NO₃ radicals, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 28, doi:10.1039/D6CP00964F, 2026.