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17.04.2023

New publication in Global Change Biology explores the impact of chemical pollution on biodiversity

Pollution of the environment with chemicals threatens biodiversity and our ecosystems. However, research on biodiversity loss does not yet...

11.04.2023

EDGE on Hessischer Rundfunk

Thilo Hofmann, Ruoting Peng and Anya Sherman from EDGE were featured in hr's "alles wissen", presenting the research behind their paper "Uptake,...

24.03.2023

EDGE on ORF2

Today, Thilo Hofmann from EDGE talkes about the possibilities of waste water screening to predict drug consumption trends in Europe on ORF 2's "Mayrs...

23.03.2023

Welcome New Group Member: Ronja Kok

Ronja Kok joined EDGE in March 2023 to support our administrative team – she will be responsible for organizing the lecture series, developing the...

16.03.2023

New Publication in Environmental Pollution: Benchmarking Biochar with Activated Carbon for Immobilizing Leachable PAH and Heterocyclic PAH in Contaminated Soils

In the scope of the KOKOSAN II project, Carlotta Carlini, Gabriel Sigmund and colleagues compared the performance of biochar, steam activated biochar...

09.03.2023

EDGE on Ö1

Gabriel Sigmund from EDGE had a chat on PFAS with Sabine Cladrowa from Austrians Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) in the Ö1...

08.02.2023

New Publications on the Use of Acesulfame to Study Critical Processes in Subsurface Water

EDGE researchers investigated how the seasonal biodegradation of the artificial sweetener acesulfame (ACE) can be used to study critical processes in...

06.02.2023

New project at EDGE explores tire wear particle impacts on plants

The teams from Thilo Hofmann (EDGE) won together with Prof. Benny Chefetz (HUJ) the new University of Vienna - Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

10.01.2023

New Publication in MethodsX: Analytical Strategies to Measure Gadolinium as a Wastewater Marker in Surface and Groundwater Systems

Gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast agents, used in magnetic resonance imaging, not only leave the human body virtually unaffected, but also survive...

10.01.2023

New Publication in Chemical Geology Investigates the Evolution of Microbial Habitats under Extreme Environmental Changes during the Badenian Salinity Crisis

A new study from Viemann et al. with Thilo Hofmann and Nathalie Tepe from EDGE investigates the evolution of microbial habitats under extreme...

09.01.2023

New Publication in Geoderma: Small Biochar Particles Hardly Disintegrate under Cryo-Stress

In this study led by Gabriel Sigmund, in collaboration with colleagues from the Ithaka Institute for Carbon Strategies and Agroscope, the physical...

02.01.2023

New publication in Environmental Science and Technology: Uptake, metabolism, and accumulation of tire wear particle-derived compounds in lettuce

Edible plants, such as lettuce, can take up chemicals released from tire wear particles. Tire wear particles reach agricultural fields through the...

20.12.2022

New publication in Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry: "Large extent of mercury stable isotope fractionation in contaminated stream sediments induced by changes of mercury binding forms"

Mercury (Hg) release from contaminated legacy sites is a large contributor to riverine ecosystems and can represent a significant local and regional...

15.12.2022

New publication in the Journal of Hazardous Materials: “Soil-pH and cement influence the weathering kinetics of chrysotile asbestos in soils and its hydroxyl radical yield“

Asbestos fibers are carcinogenic minerals that have abundantly been used in different industrial settings and in consumer applications. Much of the...

15.12.2022

New publication in Chemical Research in Toxicology: “The potential contribution of hexavalent chromium to the carcinogenicity of chrysotile asbestos“

Asbestos fibers are carcinogenic minerals that induce non-malignant and malignant diseases after inhalation.

In this publication, Stephan Kraemer...

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