This paper, led by Jeewani Meepage in Betsy Stone's group, looks at the series of siloxanol aerosols formed from oxidation of decamethylpentasiloxane (D5), a common ingredient in personal care products. Samples from New York City ambient air are compared to laboratory oxidation products.

I will be joining other chapter authors of Tending Iowa's Land by Connie Mutel, to hold a Senior College class that will explore some of the themes in the book: thriving rural communities, growing food, protecting soil, resiliency to climate change, reestablishing water quality in Iowa.

Activity around Iowa City in March on the topics of air quality and wildfire, catalyzed the Facing the Inferno exhibit at Pentacrest Museums

We pull together all of the aerosol observations from the Zion site of the Lake Michigan Ozone Study 2017, and comment on the absence of a detectable ultrafine mode in lake spray aerosol.

Marisol Contreras's paper, "Technoeconomic Analysis of Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production from Desalination Waste Brine using Concentrated Solar Flux," has been published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

The Stanier research group at the University of Iowa has a new research project as part of the Mid-America Transportation Center. The project title is "Protecting People in Midwest Road and Transport Systems During Periods of Extreme Heat."

Canada’s seemingly endless wildfires in 2023 introduced millions of people across North America to the health hazards of wildfire smoke. While Western states have contended with smoky fire seasons for years, the air quality alerts across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this summer reached levels never seen there before.

Charles Stanier is a co-author of the online textbook Iowa 8th Grade Science Bundles: Applying Science to Iowa.

Beiming Tang, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Iowa, researched air quality modeling and pollution sources in South Korea. Now a post-doctoral researcher at NOAA, he focuses on UFS modeling and dry deposition code development.

Wildfires in Canada have caused a smoky haze over the Old Capitol dome, leading to an air quality advisory in eastern Iowa. Charles Stanier, an expert in airborne contaminants, explains the causes and impacts of the poor air quality, including short-term health risks and long-term effects on outdoor activities. The AirNow website and app provide information on daily air quality.