Hey there there are some big #wildfires
(well, big for the area) in Tierra del Fuego (54S) in South America. A nice case study to look into impacts in marine ecosystems downwind and explore aerosol transport into Antarctica.

#pythoplankton #biogeochem #atmoschemistry #paleoclimatology

A neat bit for trivia for #atmoschem folks!
Some of us use data from SCIAMACHY (the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY), which is on-board the Envisat satellite.
SCIAMACHY is actually a real word…
Sciamachy, noun, definition: having an argument or a fight with an imaginary opponent
#atmochem #atmosphericscientist #atmosphericscience #atmosphericsciences #atmoschemistry #atmosphericchemistry #scicomm #chemistry #airquality #remotesensing

A neat bit for trivia for #atmoschem folks!
Some of us use data from SCIAMACHY (the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY), which is on-board the Envisat satellite.
SCIAMACHY is actually a real word…
Sciamachy, noun, definition: having an argument or a fight with an imaginary opponent
#atmochem #atmosphericscientist #atmosphericscience #atmosphericsciences #atmoschemistry #atmosphericchemistry #scicomm #chemistry #airquality #remotesensing

Another aspect wildfires burning human structures: harmful toxic materials. In this case the already well known case of lead and other pollutants.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.2c02099

#atmoschemistry