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The Division of Environmental Geosciences investigates key processes controlling the natural environment and anthropogenic impacts. Researchers at EDGE combine field observations with experimental work, linking molecular-scale mechanisms at environmental interfaces with complex large-scale environmental processes using quantitative modelling. At EDGE, we accept the challenges posed by the release of known and emerging pollutants and recognise the need to understand their impacts on soils, ground and surface waters, using process-based and mechanistic research.
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Martino, C., Savoca, D., Mauro, M., Byrne, M., Hüffer, T., Chiarelli, R., Badalamenti, R., Maccotta, A., Arizza, V., & Vazzana, M. (2025). Heatwave conditions increase the toxicity of phthalates in marine organisms. Science of the Total Environment, 979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179479
Saeidi, N., Lotteraner, L., Sigmund, G., Hofmann, T., Krauss, M., Mackenzie, K., & Georgi, A. (2025). Towards a better understanding of sorption of persistent and mobile contaminants to activated carbon: Applying data analysis techniques with experimental datasets of limited size. Water Research, 274, Article 123032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.123032
Kintzi, A., Daturpalli, S., Battagliarin, G., & Zumstein, M. (2025). Biologischer Abbau von wasserlöslichen Polymeren in Abwassersystemen: Effekt von ausgewählten Protokollvariationen. Vom Wasser - das Journal, 123(1), 10-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/vomw.202500003
Fian, L., Felt, U., Hofmann, T., White, M., & Pahl, S. (2025). Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 103(102583). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102583
Lintner, M., Henkel, C., Peng, R., Heinz, P., Stockhausen, M., Hofmann, T., Hüffer, T., & Keul, N. (2025). Tire-derived compounds, phthalates, and trace metals in the Kiel Fjord (Germany). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 212, Article 117581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117581